Re: [xmca] ISCAR (review)

[Bella Kotik-Friedgut <bella.kotik@gmail.com>]

Veresov's section was exactly about relation ( matching) between theory and
practice; it was very lively thanks to Nickolay's charismatic leading the
discussion.

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 7:00 AM, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the added ideas, Volker-- A broad spectrum for sure.
>
> I have heard a couple of comments about a felt gap between theoretical
> focus
> and real life, practical relevance.
>
> Were there any discussions of the theory/practice relationship that seemed
> to you helpful? Any good examples? I think this relates to the tension
> between "teacher for the people" and "reviewers" but i am unsure.
>
> mike
>
>
>
> , Sep 13, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Volker Bunzendahl <volker@volker.dk> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >  second thoughts, part 2:
> >>
> >
> > the next session I attended to was:*Psychology of art and literature*,
> > where *Ana María Rodriguez* talk about how art-workshops - for the
> > participants, created an new way of self-experience, and change of
> memory,
> > through collective and public participation.*Bella Kotic-Friedgut* talked
> > about Vygotskys early years, his writings about Hamlet, about Dostojevski
> > and his "antisemitism", about how theater and the revolution in USSR -
> for
> > Vygotsky showed a contradiction, with similarity to our own role as
> > researchers: Do we want to be "teacher for the people" or do we want to
> be
> > "reviewers"... or both, as reflective practitioners? *Ann Maj NIelsen*
> > talked about her work with children's use of, and understanding of first
> and
> > second order symbolism. It demands that we are able to listen to
> children,
> > and that we manage to ask the questions, where children talk about their
> > experience. We will then be able to be open for understanding the role of
> > Sensory Appeal (in first order) and Cultural Codes (in second order
> > symbolism), which shape what we understand or do not understand.
> >
> > the next day, key speaker number one, Lucy Suchman, about Human Artifact
> > Interface. It was interesting, but her final point, that the best use of
> > artifacts is in health care and the military, made me think: ok, we may
> only
> > shoot healthy people? - bad joke, but it was not my cop of cafe late.
> >
> > after that, *Elinor Ochs, Experiencing language.*
> > She showed us four different views, 1) language as representational ,
> where
> > she combined Kohut and Geertz in an interesting way. Here we see symbolic
> > language as authentic, and the society as immoral, in contrast to
> > Aristoteles positive picture of "the political animal". On the other
> hand,
> > Wittgenstein shows us the opposite, symbolic language is in-authentic.
> > View 2: (Lacan) Words as "master signifier", view 3: (Boas) Language is
> not
> > one-to-one mappings. Language is inherently categorical. Language has
> > indexical capacity.
> > View 4: Everyday language in movement as an experience of unfolding
> meaning
> > as a social and personal creation. Experience as performance - temporal
> > unfolding living experiences..
> >
> > I have to read some of her work, I think, and she closed by pointing to a
> > book by Agamben: the coming community.
> >
> > more to come ...
> >
> >
> >
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Sincerely yours Bella Kotik-Friedgut
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