Re: [xmca] History of CHAT & ISCAR Panel

Jim wertsch wrote that the topic of history of
socio-cultural-historical-activity-approaches was probably worth
several symposia, Cathrene.

The "AT in a nutshell" chapter in Kaptilinin and Nardi (or versa vice) is
another interesitng historical account
to add to the growing list.
mike

On 9/9/07, Cathrene Connery <cconnery@ithaca.edu> wrote:
>
> Olga Vasquez wrote:
> >> Thanks Judith,
> >
> > We now have one more slot for the panel that Cathrene is proposing on
> > the history
> > of CHAT with individuals working on various aspects of the enterprise
> > and different places
> > of the earth.
> >
> > Cathrene, could you define it for us?
> > Olga
> >
> >>
> >> I am following up on the panel that I suggested based on the meeting
> >> here in Brazil. What about a panel between ethnographers and chat
> >> theorists to juxtapose the traditions on studying learning in and out
> >> of schools
> >>
> >> I propose:
> >>
> >> Elsie Rockwell, Mexico
> >>
> >> Marietta de haan, the netherlands
> >>
> >> Clara Keating, Portugual (from David Barton's Group)
> >>
> >> robert rueda or luis moll or norma gonzalez, US
> >>
> >> responders--
> >>
> >> Carol Lee, US (or carol could talk and robert, luis or norma could
> >> respond)
> >>
> >> Bernard Schnewley, Geneva
> >>
> >> On 9/7/07, Olga Vasquez
> >> <<mailto:ovasquez@weber.ucsd.edu>ovasquez@weber.ucsd.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear Colleagues and friends,
> >>
> >> It is true, ISCAR will take place in San Diego! It is not a
> >> malicious rumor. Everything is set--rooms, time schedule, etc.
> >> However, our 6-campus planning committee is trying to maintain the
> >> "complexity" and comprehensiveness that all our work embraces as the
> >> basic unit of analysis, and
> >> therefore are taking a little longer than usual to finalize our
> >> vision and our schedule--as you
> >> say below, working collaboratively across time, place, and
> >> intersections of our theories, is a complex,
> >> complicated thing to do. In fact, I wish that we could some how, some
> >> day, broadcast some of
> >> the ICHAT discussions we during our planning sessions--they are as
> >> exhilarating as those on this forum.
> >>
> >> Do look for the announcement of the conference, "Ecologies of
> >> Diversities" to come out in
> >> the next two weeks. The conference will be held here at UCSD from
> >> September 8 (welcoming
> >> reception) to the 13th, 2008.
> >>
> >> Let us know what you all would like to propose for a symposia. Your
> >> ideas are very much
> >> in line with one of the emphases we want to give the
> >> conference--systems of collaborative effort.
> >>
> >> I look forward to meeting you all,
> >> Olga
> >>
> >> ISCAR Planning Committee
> >>
> >>> Hi Cathrene-
> >>>
> >>> Lets see what your initiative uncovers. A lot I hope. As to ISCAR,
> >>> maybe the
> >>> idea of an ISCAR in
> >>> San Diego is just a malicious rumor? (The offer of a cot and key to
> >>> the lab
> >>> stand, so far no takers)
> >>>
> >>> Here is a small contribution to your project that might be of some
> >>> interest.
> >>> Check out the first page of the document at
> >>> <http://lchc.ucsd.edu/Pubs/CHILDPSY.pdf>
> http://lchc.ucsd.edu/Pubs/CHILDPSY.pdf.
> >>> Published in 1981. The "author"
> >>> is labelled as lchc, but if you go to the bottom of the first page,
> >>> there is
> >>> a list of the contributors with non-acronymic names
> >>> Perhaps there are some clues to history in that list?
> >>> mike
> >>>
> >>> PS-- A search on Raeithel on lchc might yield a little information
> >>> as well.
> >>>
> >>> On 9/7/07, Cathrene Connery
> >>> <<mailto:cconnery@ithaca.edu>cconnery@ithaca.edu> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi everyone:
> >>>> Thanks to Mike for the interesting graphic by Arne Raethell. It is
> a
> >>>> beautiful heuristic and psychological tool. The notion of putting
> >>>> together a session at ISCAR on this topic is actually a very good
> one
> >>>> ...and while the complexity of the task may appear to require the
> >>>> spacial / relational intelligence of a cab driver from Chicago or
> >>>> London, I believe that by elucidating the major thoroughfares, back
> >>>> alleys, and main streets associated with CHAT would invite more
> >>>> participants into the larger discussion.
> >>>>
> >>>> Like Mike, we are all swamped right now and are likely to be
> >>>> heading to
> >>>> the gym or the bar. (Perhaps I am the only person on the East Coast
> >>>> still in her office on Friday at 5:00 p.m.?) However, if the
> >>>> weight of
> >>>> this question could be amicably shouldered by the collective,
> >>>> distributed intelligence and historical memory of this list serve, I
> >>>> think the task is doable. What if everyone took a deep breath,
> typed
> >>>> the stem "In the beginning...." and wrote in a stream of conscious
> >>>> fashion knowing that there is a younger generation of scholars, an
> >>>> eager
> >> >> audience, who need and look up to your guidance? One or two
> >> paragraphs
> >>>> would be enough. Perhaps people on the list serve could agree to
> >>>> disagree in advance without challenging others interpretations? The
> >>>> results might be very interesting: a multi-dimensional prism
> >>>> highlighting the many colors / interpretations of the field.
> >>>>
> >>>> The CHAT community is unique among list serves exhibiting a
> >>>> comraderie
> >>>> and respect other electronic conversations don't reflect. If each
> >>>> person could highlight a piece of the puzzle related to their
> >>>> interest,
> >>>> we'd have a fascinating mosaic from which we could co-construct
> >>>> individual and perhaps, a collective vision. Besides, we don't want
> >>> > Mike to go through life out of breath, experiencing his
> >>> responsibilities
> >>>> to the list serve like one of those slick TV wrestlers who heaves
> >>>> bodies
> >>> > across the ring. As far as the cot and key are concerned, if
> >>> there
> >>>> are any opportunities to do post-doc work, please let me know!
> >>>> Happy Friday,
> >>>> Cathrene
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Mike Cole wrote:
> >>>> > HUGE FONT FOR HUGE QUESTION!!!
> >>>> > Now for the small print - read with care)
> >>>> > (I volunteer to do this work on condition that members of xmca
> >>>> complete
> >>>> two
> >>>> > grant proposals required in next few weeks, prepare for,
> >>>> > and teach my fall classes! I will provide a cot and key to LCHC
> >>>> to my
> >>>> > substitute at UCSD during this time period. And when I am done,
> >>>> > like the dragon's teeth that Jason stirred up looking for the
> >>>> golden
> >>>> fleece,
> >>>> > a thousand better informed colleagues will point out the
> >>>> > total idiocy of my interpretation of history)
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Now, feeling all springy and cool after the passing fit of local
> >>>> hot
> >>>> air, I
> >>>> > will say that
> >>>> > I think it would be most useful, if there is genuine interest in
> >>>> such
> >>>> > historical excavation,
> >>>> > exegesis, and exciting prospects, that it be (shhhhh) a collective
> >>>> effort.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > There are books written on this topics, several chapters of
> >>>> books about
> >>>> > which some members
> >>>> > of xmca are presumably knowledgeable because their names are
> >>>> attached to
> >>>> > them, as well as
> >>>> > many papers written on this topic in many languages, and hot
> >>>> disputes
> >>>> about
> >>>> > this topic in several
> >>>> > world capitals as we stare at our screens. There is even a lot
> >>>> to be
> >>>> found
> >>>> > by goggling on lchc.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > For the moment (I am about to join my family after a long day of
> >>>> work) I
> >>>> > append a graphical genaeology (sp?) created by Arne Raeithel
> >>>> that may
> >>>> > indicate some of the territory to be covered in a way some will
> >>>> find
> >>>> useful.
> >>>> > I have a few documents around the lab I can dig up that most will
> >>>> > not know about that are relevant. But this topic, if people
> >>>> really want
> >>>> to
> >>>> > engage it, requires willingness of many to cooperate in a
> >>>> collaborative
> >>>> > archeaology of ideas.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Perhaps this would make an interesting general symposium at
> >>>> ISCAR next
> >>>> year,
> >>>> > if the organizers, wherever they are hiding, ever get around
> >>>> > to making public their plans for that august occasion.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > mike
> >>>> >
> >>>> >
> >>>> > On 9/6/07, Worthen, Helena Harlow <<mailto:hworthen@ad.uiuc.edu>
> >>>> hworthen@ad.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >>>> >
> >>>> >> I second the request from Cathrene Connery and Donald James
> >>>> Cunningham
> >>>> >> to hear from some who have tried how they (you) present CHAT. The
> >>>> >> historical perspective (behaviorism, cognitive science,
> >>>> sociocultural
> >>>> >> perspectives) seems like a necessary one. But what were the
> >>>> problems at
> >>>> >> each point that pushed things onward?
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Helena
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Helena Worthen
> >>>> >> Clinical Associate Professor
> >>>> >> Labor Education Program
> >>>> >> Institute of Labor & Industrial Relations
> >>>> >> 504 E. Armory, Room 227
> >>>> >> Champaign, IL 61821
> >>>> >> Phone: 217-244-4095
> >>>> >> <mailto:hworthen@uiuc.edu>hworthen@uiuc.edu
> >>>> >> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> >> From:
> >>>> <mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu>xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu
> >>>> [mailto:<mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu>
> >>>> xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
> >> >> >> On Behalf Of Cathrene Connery
> >>>> >> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 5:59 PM
> >>>> >> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> >>>> >> Subject: [xmca] The Evolution of CHAT
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Tony Whitson wrote:
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>> Don,
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> Sorry for the delay in responding to this -- but I think it's
> >>>> a useful
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> question for discussion in this group.
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> I want to respond quickly on another point before getting to
> >>>> your main
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> question about teaching CHAT.
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> First, you write:
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>>> I've taught the usual suspects (behaviorism,
> >>>> >>>> Bandura, Piaget, cognitive information processing) for years
> >>>> and have
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >> a
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>>> pretty good idea about them but would appreciate some help on
> >>>> CHAT.
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>> Where I am, students have learned a story about how once upon
> >>>> a time
> >>>> >>> the world was ruled by the behaviorists, but they've been
> >>>> vanquished
> >>>> >>> by the (scientifically, pedagogically, politically, and morally)
> >>>> >>> superior forces of Cognitive Science. They think that's where
> the
> >>> > >>> story ends (as in the "End of History" celebrated since
> >>> Daniel Bell in
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> the early 60's, where history completes itself with the
> universal
> >>> > >>> triumph of capitalism).
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> I think it's important for students to learn about what's
> >>>> happening
> >>>> >>> "beyond cognitivism." For me, this is not just a matter of
> >>>> theory or
> >>>> >>> intellectual politics: My students just won't understand
> >>>> anything I'm
> >>>> >>> saying or doing unless they understand that I'm addressing an
> >>>> ontology
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> in which cognition cannot be understood except as it is
> >>>> embedded in
> >>>> >>> the broader (not only cognitive) projects and processes of
> >>>> being and
> >>>> >>> becoming. CHAT takes this stance against reductive
> >>>> cognitivism, and
> >>>> >>> CHAT cannot be understood (IMHO) without recognizing this. I
> >>>> think
> >>>> >>> Wenger & the Communities of Practice literature perhaps makes
> >>>> this
> >>>> >>> point more directly and accessibly, although details have not
> >>>> been
> >>>> >>> theorized as extensively as in CHAT. Curriculum theory -- my
> >>>> own home
> >>>> >>> turf -- has always approached education as a matter of
> >>>> ontology, not
> >>>> >>> merely cognition ( i.e., not just Knowing, but Being and
> >>>> Becoming).
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> So, I would want to tell the story of behaviorist hegemony
> >>>> giving way
> >>>> >>> to cognitivist hegemony, which in turn is being challenged by
> >>>> a turn
> >>>> >>> to the broader perspective of social ontology. This is not to
> >>>> say that
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> the reductivist ideology of cognitivISM is replaced by an
> >>>> ideology of
> >>>> >>> postcognitivISM (see my post at
> >>>> <http://postcog.net>http://postcog.net ); Nor is it a call
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> for hegemonic "postcognitivism" in place of hegemonic
> >>>> cognitivism.
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> One good source is Lave, Jean. "Teaching, as Learning, in
> >>>> Practice."
> >>>> >>> Mind, Culture, and Activity 3, no. 3 (1996): 149-64.
> >>>> >>> I think this particular point might come through more strongly
> in
> >>>> >>> Lave, Jean. "Learning as Participation in Communities of
> >>>> Practice."
> >>>> >>> Paper presented at the American Educational Research
> >>>> Association, San
> >>>> >>> Francisco 1992.
> >>>> >>> (This paper is now linked from
> >>>> <http://postcog.net/#Lave>http://postcog.net/#Lave . This is the
> >>>> >>> paper Jean presented in the symposium that David Kirshner and I
> >>>> >>> organized, which grew into our book _Situated Cognition_,
> >>>> although a
> >>>> >>> different piece was used as her chapter in the book. The MCA
> >>>> article
> >>>> >>> includes aspects of the AERA paper, although its scope is
> >>>> broader and
> >>>> >>> the social ontology argument may be less central to the complete
> >>>> >>> published article.)
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> With regard to your main question, you write:
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>>> [I] was wondering if any of you would be
> >>>> >>>> willing to share with me (and other XMCAers) how you present
> >>>> CHAT. I
> >>>> >>>> mean, I don't think undergrads are going to be too interested
> >>>> in the
> >>>> >>>> distinction between action and activity or working out the
> >>>> concept of
> >>>> >>>> "object". Or am I wrong?
> >> >> >>>>
> >>>> >>> This could be a very interesting discussion for XMCA.
> >>>> >>> As you suggest, for an undergrad Ed Psych class, it might be
> >>>> best to
> >>>> >>> streamline CHAT a bit. However, I don't think the
> differentiation
> >>>> >>> among the three levels of activity, action, and operations is
> >>>> >>> dispensable. I think it's necessary to see activities and
> >>>> activity
> >>>> >>> systems emerging on a social/cultural level beyond consciously
> >>>> >>> goal-oriented action, and to see the role of routinized
> >>>> operational
> >>>> >>> activity that does not require conscious attention.
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> It would be helpful to develop introductory approaches for this
> >>>> >>> audience. Starting points could include the resources at
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> <http://www.edu.helsinki.fi/activity/pages/chatanddwr/>
> http://www.edu.helsinki.fi/activity/pages/chatanddwr/
> >>>>
> >>>> >>> and
> >>>> >>> Roth, Wolff-Michael, and Yew-Jin Lee. ""Vygotsky's Neglected
> >>>> Legacy":
> >>>> >>> Cultural-Historical Activity Theory." Review of Educational
> >>>> Research
> >>>> >>> 77, no. 2 (2007): 186-232.
> >>>> >>> as well as
> >>>> >>> pp. 27-47 in Spinuzzi, Clay. Tracing Genres through
> >>>> Organizations: A
> >>>> >>> Sociocultural Approach to Information Design. Cambridge,
> >>>> Mass.: MIT
> >>>> >>> Press, 2003.
> >>>> >>> and
> >>>> >>> pp. 29-72 ("Activity Theory in a Nutshell") in Kaptelinin,
> >>>> Victor, and
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> Bonnie A. Nardi. Acting with Technology: Activity Theory and
> >>> > >>> Interaction Design. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2006.
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> On Wed, 29 Aug 2007, Cunningham, Donald James wrote:
> >>> > >>>
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>>> And in a week or so, I will begin teaching an undergraduate
> >>>> class in
> >>>> >>>> "Educational Psychology" for future teachers. It has been a
> >>>> few years
> >>>> >>>> since I taught such a class and was wondering if any of you
> >>>> would be
> >>>> >>>> willing to share with me (and other XMCAers) how you present
> >>>> CHAT. I
> >>>> >>>> mean, I don't think undergrads are going to be too interested
> >>>> in the
> >>>> >>>> distinction between action and activity or working out the
> >>>> concept of
> >>>> >>>> "object". Or am I wrong? I've taught the usual suspects
> >>>> (behaviorism,
> >>>> >>>> Bandura, Piaget, cognitive information processing) for years
> >>>> and have
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >> a
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>>> pretty good idea about them but would appreciate some help on
> >>>> CHAT.
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> Don Cunningham
> >>>> >>>> Indiana University
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> Ancora Imparo!
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> >>>> From:
> >>>> <mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu>xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> [mailto:<mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu>
> xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
> >>>>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>>> On Behalf Of Mike Cole
> >>>> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 6:13 PM
> >>>> >>>> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> >>>> >>>> Subject: [xmca] mediational theories of mind: Suggestions
> >>>> requested
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> Dear Xmca-ites---
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> Toward the end of the month I will begin teaching a grad
> >>>> course on
> >>>> >>>> mediational theories of mind.
> >>>> >>>> I would love suggestions for interesting readings.
> >>>> >>>> We will be looking in a sort of "mcLuhanesque" way at the
> >>>> affordances
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >> of
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>>> different kinds of mediators
> >>>> >>>> in human action/activity/mind.
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> So, language and thought
> >>>> >>>> writing
> >>>> >>>> film
> >>>> >>>> music
> >>>> >>>> tv
> >>>> >>>> rituals
> >>>> >>>> games
> >>>> >>>> .........
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> Starting with early 20th century writers of general
> >>>> familiarity to
> >>>> >>>> members
> >>>> >>>> of this list, I have been thinking about including
> >>>> >>>> such works as Cszikentmihalyi, "meaning of things," Turkle's
> >>>> recent
> >>>> >>>> "evocative objects," and perhaps something on mediated
> >>>> >>>> behavior in large groups such as "the wisdom of crowds."
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> Any and all suggestions warmly welcomed. So much going on its
> >>>> hard to
> >>>> >>>> even
> >>>> >>>> think about how to begin to think about this
> >>>> >>>> upcoming fall!!
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> mike
> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> >>>> xmca mailing list
> >>>> >>>> <mailto:xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> <http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca>
> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
> >>>>
> >> >> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> >>>> xmca mailing list
> >>>> >>>> <mailto:xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> <http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca>
> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
> >>>>
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>> Tony Whitson
> >>>> >>> UD School of Education
> >>>> >>> NEWARK DE 19716
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> <mailto:twhitson@udel.edu>twhitson@udel.edu
> >>>> >>> _______________________________
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> "those who fail to reread
> >>>> >>> are obliged to read the same story everywhere"
> >>>> >>> -- Roland Barthes, S/Z (1970)
> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> >>> xmca mailing list
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> >>>> >>>
> >>>> <http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca>
> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
> >>>>
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >> Hi everyone:
> >>>> >> Tony's eloquent characterization of "behaviorist hegemony
> >>>> giving way to
> >>>> >> cognitivist hegemony, which in turn is being challenged by a
> >>>> turn to
> >>>> the
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> broader perspective of social ontology" is well put. How CHAT
> >>>> is being
> >>>> >> presented to the rugged individualists (albeit mythological
> >>>> entities)
> >>>> in
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> our teacher ed programs is of interest to me as well. It would
> >>>> further
> >>>> >> be helpful for CHAT neophytes like myself to hear how those of
> >>>> you who
> >>>> >> have shaped CHAT view how the domain has genetically evolved
> >>>> and, in
> >>>> >> some cases, splintered (i.e. the differences between
> sociocultural
> >>>> >> theory vs. activity theory). Thanks for engaging in an
> >>>> interesting
> >>>> >> discussion. I realize this topic has already been hashed out
> >>>> on-line
> >>>> >> previously, but it was Lev that said we only truly know
> >>>> something when
> >>>> >> we view it in motion.
> >>>> >> Cathrene
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> --
> >>>> >> Dr. M. Cathrene Connery
> >>>> >> Assistant Professor of Education
> >>> > >> 607.274.7382
> >>>> >> Ithaca College
> >>>> >>
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> >>> > >>
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> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>
>
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> >>>>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>
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> >>>>
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> >>>> >>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Dr. M. Cathrene Connery
> >>>> Assistant Professor of Education
> >>>> 607.274.7382
> >>>> Ithaca College
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> Olga A. Vasquez
> >> Department of Communication
> >> UCSD
> >> 9500 Gilman Drive
> >> La Jolla, CA 92093
> >> (858) 534-6284
> >
> >
> Hi all,
> Thanks for your interest regarding the history of CHAT and the potential
> ISCAR panel. Mike has forwarded some solid names on which to draw.
> Steve's ideas regarding a master bibliography sound great. While we are
> at it, why not consider a collection of essays or writings for a book?
>
> As far as the panel is concerned, I would be happy to define a direction
> or write a proposal as soon as I can confirm the possibility of my
> attending the conference. Second, I'd appreciate input from others
> regarding those scholars who should be contacted as potential panelists
> or contributors in some way. As a newcomer, I'd be loathe to leave
> someone out and am relying on your expertise. So, please forward your
> suggestions. In the meantime, if Olga could let me know what kind of
> information she needs, I'll do a little work behind the scenes.
> Best,
> Cathrene
>
> --
> Dr. M. Cathrene Connery
> Assistant Professor of Education
> 607.274.7382
> Ithaca College
>
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