To be as concise as possible, one of my biggest challenges in regards to educational reform is the language and method of discourse. Namely, our method of discourse has become diluted by words of half-meanings. We have locked ourselves into a standstill because of our over reliance on certain concepts and terminologies. That being said, [...]
The Glass Bead Game imagines a futuristic society that is somehow governed by a game whose instructions are never made explicit. However, the basic premise of the game is made clear. Connections are drawn between various themes. They are conducted and organized by the Magister Ludi. They are the innate fabric that contends to hold [...]
You are late. You are running to your car and you are late. You are late for that presentation that you have been preparing for. You are splashing through a puddle and the puddle has a rock. You trip on the unseen rock in the puddle that you are splashing through. Maybe it was an [...]
Completing the sandbox sketch from the previous post. I realize many of these terms sound “buzzy” in isolation. The problem with creating a new tool set out of a dated mode of discourse is that there is no “new” word that can be inserted. Graeber is left with joining (sometimes rather uncomfortably) words in ways [...]
Prepping for the inaugural “Beyond Pedagogy” inquiry group meeting this Thursday, I’m rereading the first book I’ve chosen for the group: Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology. I’ll have more to share after the event and will give more context about the group itself. For now, I’m putting together a toolbox of words Graeber seems to [...]
I think things will be moving back to normal here shortly. There have been some exciting developments over the past couple of weeks: You can follow Manual’s adventures towards autonomy here. The Beyond Pedagogy Inquiry Group that I’ve put together will have its first meeting on Thursday. I will post our remaining schedule online for [...]