Re: [xmca] Summer reading

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
>>>
>>> --
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>>> storm.
>>> -- Johann Wolfgang Goethe
>>>
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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!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu
>>>>
>> [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
>>
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>>>> To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
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