[Xmca-l] Re: some videos for a general audience

Tue Feb 11 04:19:39 PST 2020

Helen

*The XMCA archives are a mine of useful discussion, but there are few
> really seminal articles - to someone not centrally involved it’s sometimes
> hard to make the link between the philosophy and the method.*
>

I am a lurker on this list-serv. But nobody has responded to you.

Forgive me, but I really thought in this case the philosophy IS the method.
That's what makes AT so special.

Carol

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Carol A Macdonald Ph.D (Edin)
Editlab.Net
The Matthew Project

On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 at 01:18, Andy Blunden <andyb@marxists.org> wrote:

> i was shocked when I saw you'd cut my 9 mins to 2 mins, Anthony, but after
> I'd watched the 2 min version, I couldn't think what I could have been
> saying for the remaining 7 mins. You are a good editor.
>
> I would appreciate it if you, Anthony, or anyone else, could send me a
> video clip of 5-15 seconds with a question to answer.
>
> Andy
> ------------------------------
> *Andy Blunden*
> Hegel for Social Movements <https://brill.com/view/title/54574>
> Home Page <https://www.ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/index.htm>
> On 11/02/2020 7:36 am, Anthony Barra wrote:
>
> Thanks to Andy for his first video response -- on the Social Situation of
> Development.
>
> Snippets here:
> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEK3JV1Ux_5W2ZfG2I-J7prbfDUK_dIlo
> Full video here:
> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEK3JV1Ux_5Xu2aCKJ2iNGSvY-8wo28vx
>
> I will pose new questions soon -- and if anyone would like to contribute
> to the new "Answered questions" playlist, that would be great -- and
> probably fun for all involved.
>
> Thanks for the hospitality,
>
> Anthony
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 6:20 AM Wendy Maples <wendy.maples@outlook.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Likewise, I would be very pleased to have a short video on 'Topic 1'
>> especially!
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu <xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>> on behalf of Helen Beetham <helen.beetham@gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* 07 February 2020 09:19
>> *To:* eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>> *Subject:* [Xmca-l] Re: some videos for a general audience
>>
>> The two minute explainer videos are a wonderful idea.
>> As a researcher I would be really interested to hear (and share) some
>> two-minute, practical accounts of using CHAT in research settings. After
>> years of working in the field and using (and recommending) AT as an
>> analytical frame to other researchers, I’m finding that in order to submit
>> something for a PhD I have to write an extraordinary long and detailed
>> justification for its use, via critical theory, philosophy of language, and
>> even evolutionary biology. The reason I think it’s so powerful a tool - and
>> the reason I think it’s so controversial - is that it falls between
>> sociological methods/explanations that tend to be hyper local and resist
>> any systematic account of the relationships between agency, material
>> artefacts, and cultural-historical systems - and more cybernetic or
>> systematic accounts that dissolve human agency and meaning-making in the
>> ‘factors’ and forces acting on a situation. AT comes through the middle -
>> but exactly how it does that seems to me very particular to the context of
>> study. I’d be interested in any thoughts or practical experiences - and
>> apologise for any mistakes or naivity of my own understanding.
>>
>> The XMCA archives are a mine of useful discussion, but there are few
>> really seminal articles - to someone not centrally involved it’s sometimes
>> hard to make the link between the philosophy and the method.
>>
>> In solidarity
>> Helen
>>
>> Helen Beetham, Researcher and Consultant
>> @helenbeetham  helenb33
>> helen.beetham@gmail.com
>> h.a.beetham@wlv.ac.uk
>> digitalthinking.org.uk
>> <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitalthinking.org&data=02%7C01%7C%7C05c508e3689349efc41608d7abaf3c0a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637166641422149316&sdata=fkGFp7hWq42hUhhXRfrcIcDszFbXFGd2iIZG7%2F%2FIr%2F0%3D&reserved=0>
>>
>>
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>> On 7 Feb 2020, at 01:41, Anthony Barra <anthonymbarra@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ok, thanks Andy.  Good idea.
>>
>> And then after that we can have another chat, if we can think of a worthy
>> topic.
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 6:17 PM Andy Blunden <andyb@marxists.org> wrote:
>>
>> Totally wonderful questions, Anthony, questions which beautifully
>> illustrate the creativity of collaboration!
>>
>> I will record them on my webcam and edit them and send them to you,
>> rather than doing it by Skype. Allow me a couple of weeks though. The first
>> requires a thought-out concise answer, and the other 2 require a lot of
>> thought.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Andy
>> ------------------------------
>> *Andy Blunden*
>> Hegel for Social Movements
>> <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrill.com%2Fview%2Ftitle%2F54574&data=02%7C01%7C%7C05c508e3689349efc41608d7abaf3c0a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637166641422149316&sdata=TDSa%2BppVlurqKan0fAn9WtjlR3TIU6isiBv7QLqV%2BO8%3D&reserved=0>
>> Home Page
>> <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ethicalpolitics.org%2Fablunden%2Findex.htm&data=02%7C01%7C%7C05c508e3689349efc41608d7abaf3c0a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637166641422159324&sdata=4S0raH52Fy0BLQzT0A1E9NdJRPmhiFAJtqtmKwqeo0M%3D&reserved=0>
>> On 7/02/2020 4:34 am, Anthony Barra wrote:
>>
>> Hi Andy,
>>
>> I have two potential topics in mind, if you would find either (or both)
>> of them suitable -- both with an audience of non-experts in mind:
>>
>> Topic 1 - a layman's explanation of the concept of *the social situation
>> of development *through the eyes of an expert;
>>
>> Topic 2a - Thus far, what have been the worst, and the best, real-world
>> outcomes from Marx's methods of analysis?  Of Vygotsky's?  Can these
>> questions be objectively answered?
>> Topic 2b - Why should - or how could - a skeptic or critic of Marx's
>> economic analysis have faith in Vygotsky's psychological analysis?
>>
>> My motivations: for reasons I'm not totally sure of, I am a slow learner
>> -- and at times feel like my understanding is progressing in reverse.
>> Topic 1 is a component of cultural-historical theory I don't yet feel
>> comfortable with; Topic 2 is something I personally am curious about, and
>> it is also a topic I can't speak productively about in conversations with
>> peers and friends.  Lastly, I am motivated to continue building my youtube
>> channel
>> <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fchannel%2FUCV_JLMKIELbpjSH3nbmISoQ%2Fabout&data=02%7C01%7C%7C05c508e3689349efc41608d7abaf3c0a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637166641422159324&sdata=9DhI2KkGnGpQD06jBIHRdbNw5e6i8CPjUliDpKDiYqc%3D&reserved=0>,
>> in hopes that it will be a helpful resource to others who have been
>> captured - and confused - by Vygotsky and his ideas.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 11:30 PM Andy Blunden <andyb@marxists.org> wrote:
>>
>> I really like what you've done to make those two-minute quickies, Anthony.
>>
>> I'd be up for some more 2-minute Q&As if you are. And I've got  better
>> internet connection these days, too.
>>
>> Send me a list of topics/problems/questions and I'll pick something.
>>
>> The fact is: people don't watch hour-long youtube videos. Sadly. You have
>> the solution. :)
>>
>> andy
>> ------------------------------
>> *Andy Blunden*
>> Hegel for Social Movements
>> <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrill.com%2Fview%2Ftitle%2F54574&data=02%7C01%7C%7C05c508e3689349efc41608d7abaf3c0a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637166641422169333&sdata=HefrlKV21FZWFEoZGOKkzijn033bWFkDbwxpM3Bsqjk%3D&reserved=0>
>> Home Page
>> <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ethicalpolitics.org%2Fablunden%2Findex.htm&data=02%7C01%7C%7C05c508e3689349efc41608d7abaf3c0a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637166641422179345&sdata=6hwyB4reyA0%2FepWUzrHt2ncQF%2BFy8wuvGuEA8XsaGrk%3D&reserved=0>
>> On 24/01/2020 2:20 pm, Anthony Barra wrote:
>>
>> Good evening,
>>
>> I'd like to share a small project I've been working on recently, in an
>> attempt to better understand Vygotsky's ideas and implications.
>>
>> Short clips are here, averaging about 2 minutes apiece:
>> http://tiny.cc/dra4iz
>> <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftiny.cc%2Fdra4iz&data=02%7C01%7C%7C05c508e3689349efc41608d7abaf3c0a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637166641422179345&sdata=84XhID3QTwSK2x9JFSlPhA6YXFvrnQEXN%2F8HCvb%2FWvg%3D&reserved=0>
>>
>> Longer ones are here, and I am very grateful to Andy, Nikolai, and Peter
>> for their generosity: http://tiny.cc/bpa4iz
>> <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftiny.cc%2Fbpa4iz&data=02%7C01%7C%7C05c508e3689349efc41608d7abaf3c0a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637166641422189349&sdata=K4tJ1N6w6vD5nJEXBTn0GSieJHxaOv4C37JS4P3N%2FYo%3D&reserved=0>
>>
>>
>> Thank you, and have a great day.
>>
>> Anthony Barra
>>
>>
>>
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