Re: [xmca] Summer reading

Thank you Peter - I went up to
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/05252007/profile.html
and listened/watched the interview with my husband. He has some
interesting comments regarding the difference between writing for a
particular audience (he calls it the writing of one for one), the
importance of language/word (literally) versus the distancing effect of
other media. I have a feeling we will pursue this for him and search for
a storyteller to work with... :-)
I'm currently involved in a project that involved the writing of
'herstories' (Courageious Acts of Academe: Making public our private
herstories of literacy)**- women academics stories pertaining to
literacy in connection to our mothers. The group I am writing and
researching with have each written a short story - they are a mix of
autobiography and our own theoretical musings - and we will each be
approaching the narratives with our individual research agenda's. We'll
be presenting this work at the Curriculum & Pedagogy conference in the
fall. My focus will consider the why of narratives and also the
connections I can make to externalization for an particular audience and
the internalization process. Any suggestions for theory reading within
the broad blanket of the cultural-historical approach would be welcome.
~ Em

Peter Smagorinsky wrote:
> On this topic: there's an edited collection by Maxine Hong Kingston based on
> her "healing workshops" she's conducted with war veterans (mainly Vietnam, but
> others; and including war widows), in which they use literary forms to work
> through their war experiences. Bill Moyers dedicated an entire program to her
> and the book earlier this summer.
>
> ---- Original message ----
>
>> Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:37:21 -0400
>> From: Emily Duvall <duvalleg@comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: [xmca] Summer reading
>> To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
>>
>> Wow - that sounds amazing.
>> I would begin investigating what UNICEF has done with children such as
>> Bael, particularly their use of storytellers to facilitate.
>> Actually I'm quite intrigued by personal narratives, why we write them
>> /and /read them. My husband is a Viet Nam vet - he was attached to the
>> Marine Corp and did recon, basically hired kills in his case - and he
>> has slowly been emerging from the horrors not only through
>> psychotherapy, behavior management, and medication, but also through
>> storytelling opportunities. Last year some students interviewed him for
>> an undergrad film-making project (they were interviewing vets) and the
>> video recordings were ultimately placed not only in the Penn State
>> archives, but in a local war museum and has been placed in the federal
>> archives for future researchers and interested members of the public. He
>> was given a copy and it's fascinating to see him tell his stories, but
>> also to listen to him reflect on the process of telling his story to
>> these two young people.
>> I guess it sounds a little too "oh the healing power of story", but I
>> think there is something to the externalization end of the process, said
>> the non-psychologist.
>> Nonetheless, it would be interesting and potentially useful to consider
>> guerrilla and paramilitary methods, not to mention reintegration of the
>> children, in terms of the internalization process that might be going on
>> within these 'cultural' activities.
>> I hope you'll keep us posted. I think this could be valuable work in
>> terms of the gang cultures as well.
>> ~ Em
>> P.S. Has there been any investigations of the Hitler youth or the
>> children involved in the cultural revolution in China?
>>
>> Martin Packer wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>> 814-861-3315 (home)
>>>> 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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>> --
>> 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
>> 814-861-3315 (home)
>> 814-404-6175 (cell)
>> 814-863-4511 (office)
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-- 
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
814-861-3315 (home)
814-404-6175 (cell)
814-863-4511 (office)
FAX: 814-863-7602
email: edd130@psu.edu
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