Re: [xmca] Summer reading

at the risk of pre-empting Emily's reply....the first usage of this term that I'm
aware of comes from a guy named Charles Suhor, who to my knowledge coined
the term in the following article:
Suhor, Charles. "Towards a Semiotics-Based Curriculum." Journal of Curriculum
Studies, 16(3) July-September 1984, 247-57

The simple definition is that it involves translating an idea across symbol
systems, e.g., drawing your understanding of a poem. I've referenced this article
many times when writing about students interpreting literature through art,
music, dance, etc.

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:35:48 -0500
>From: Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu>
>Subject: Re: [xmca] Summer reading
>To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
>
>Emily,
>
>Can you give us a quick definition of transmediation, and say a bit more
>about Berghoff's work?
>
>Martin
>
>
>On 7/17/07 7:22 AM, "Emily Duvall" <duvalleg@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> 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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>>>> 814-404-6175 (cell)
>>>> 814-863-4511 (office)
>>>> FAX: 814-863-7602
>>>> edd130@psu.edu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -------------- 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!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu
>>>>>
>>> [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
>>>
>>>>> On Behalf Of Tony Whitson
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:26 AM
>>>>> To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
>>>>> Subject: [xmca] no Garfinkel book, after all
>>>>>
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