Re: [xmca] Summer reading

From: Emily Duvall <duvalleg who-is-at comcast.net>
Date: Tue Jul 17 2007 - 05:22:04 PDT

Thanks Mary,
I went up to http://www.witness.co.za/ and the article is called "Art of
Darkness" by Sue Segar. It's bout the work of Eric Miller, but also
connected to a book he helped with, "Reality Bites: An African Decade"
by Gorrel Espelund, Jesper Strudsholm and Eric Miller, in which there is
a story about a young woman abducted into the LRA as a child. Our
subject, Summer Reading, is definitely striking a chord of interest for
me. There seems to be much that brings together my research and
humanitarian interests.
I wanted to add, Martin, that transmediation, in general, might be a
direction to take with the child soldiers you hope to work with. It fits
nicely into Vygotskian based work - see Berghoff, for example.
~ Em

Mary van der Riet wrote:
> Hi Martin
> if you do an internet search for The Natal Witness (SA based
> newspaper), and for the edition of July 14 2007, there is an article on
> an art exhibition related to the LRA child soldiers (the exhibition is
> either in Cape Town or Durban at the moment)
> Mary
>
> Mary van der Riet; School of Psychology; University of KwaZulu-Natal
> Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209
>
> email: vanderriet@ukzn.ac.za
> tel: 033 260 6163; fax: 033 2605809
>
>
>
>>>> Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu> 2007/07/14 04:22 AM >>>
>>>>
>
> Last year I had the opportunity to talk with staff at the Colombian
> Ministry
> of Education in Bogotá, and learned from them about the problems of
> the
> Œreinserted¹ children - former child soldiers who were recruited or
> simply
> kidnapped by guerilla or paramilitary groups there. As these children
> are
> escaping, or as the groups are disbanding, they are becoming the
> responsibility of the Ministry. We started to think about a possible
> research project that might benefit all concerned. One possibility we
> discussed was that we might learn a great deal from these children
> about the
> rationality and motivation of the guerilla and paramilitary groups -
> that
> interviews with them could throw light on the sources of conflict and
> possible pathways to peace for these groups, and also on the best way
> to
> facilitate the reintegration of the children into mainstream society.
>
> If anyone would be interested in collaborating on such a project, or
> has
> suggestions on how best to carry it out, or improve it, please let me
> know.
>
> Martin
>
>
>
> On 7/13/07 8:09 PM, "Cunningham, Donald James" <cunningh@indiana.edu>
> wrote:
>
>
>> Em, I first heard of the book here:
>>
>>
>>
> http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/videos/celebrity_inter
>
>
>> views/index.jhtml?playVideo=82274
>>
>> An odd source, I know, but Jon Stewart may be our most astute
>>
> journalist
>
>> today.
>>
>> Persevere!
>>
>> Don Cunningham
>> Indiana University
>>
>> Ancora Imparo!
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu
>>
> [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
>
>> On Behalf Of E Duvall
>> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 4:58 PM
>> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>> Subject: Re: [xmca] Summer reading
>>
>> Thank you for the recommendation Donald... I went up on line to
>> http://www.alongwaygone.com/index.html
>> and read about the book, read an excerpt and watched a video
>>
> recording.
>
>> This short visit was... that feeling you get when you don't know
>>
> what's
>
>> around the corner, but you need to look some truth in the eye but
>>
> you're
>
>> scared to look because you don't know what the looking will do to
>>
> you.
>
>> I'm a little scared to read the book; I hope to persevere.
>> ~ Em
>>
>> --
>> He only earns his freedom and his life, who takes them every day by
>> storm.
>> -- Johann Wolfgang Goethe
>>
>> Emily Duvall
>> Doctoral Candidate (ABD) / Graduate Assistant-Instructor
>> Language and Literacy Education (LLED)
>> Department of Curriculum and Instruction
>> College of Education
>> Penn State University
>> 256 Chambers Bldg.
>> University Park , PA 16802
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>>
>>
>>
>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> From: "Cunningham, Donald James" <cunningh@indiana.edu>
>>
>>> Tony,
>>>
>>> Instead of the Garfinkle book you might read "A Long Way Gone" by
>>> Ishmael Beah. It has nothing and everything to do with the issues
>>>
> we
>
>>> have been discussing...........djc
>>>
>>> Don Cunningham
>>> Indiana University
>>>
>>> Ancora Imparo!
>>>
>>>
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-- Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Emily Duvall
Doctoral Candidate (ABD) / Graduate Assistant-Instructor
Language and Literacy Education (LLED)
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
College of Education
Penn State University
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