as one of the leading researchers into neuro-immune systems and healthcare she is always worth a listen but I think the idea(l) of “the balance within” is questionable at best, […]

talk about their ideas/work relating to getting caught up in trends, mistaking aesthetic tastes/predilections for political-programs/ontologies, Salvage Punk, broken histories, waste-lands, and a reflexive research program for re-presenting life in […]

http://ssps.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/profiles/hage I have never understood the sort of virtual exposure theory of education that confuses text related skills (and other classroom focused student habitualizations) with the skills required to interact […]

“At the July 2013 Integral Theory Conference in San Francisco, Giorgio Placenza met with Roy Bhaskar, well known ontological philosopher of Critical Realism and Keynote Speaker at the Conference. Bhaskar […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDoj9j8GvWk “Metamorphosis seems like the ultimate evolutionary magic trick – the amazing transformation of one creature into a totally different being: one life, two bodies. From Ovid to Kafka to […]

“Kirmayer speaks on phenomenology and the ways in which it has mutated in a North American context. How are people framing the nature of their mental illness? How can we […]

from our comrades (let’s hope they return to action soon) over at http://figureground.ca/ http://morrisberman.blogspot.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTH2KpRtqYg via Brad Younger (go check out his youtube channel) “Shaun Gallagher argues that the extended mind hypothesis requires an enactive, neo-pragmatic concept of intentionality if it is to develop […]

http://vimeo.com/32515269 “Sociologists say the best way to describe human interaction in society is through the concept of role. In everyday life we play roles as student, teacher, parent, child, male […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvzQwIF2YGo this 80’s flashback goes out to friend of the blog and proud papa of his new book Tim Morton, even if you end up disagreeing with some or all […]

the athleticism aside I don’t really get dance, not the doing but the spectating, and I’m sure that this aspect-blindness is a loss on my part but for folks who […]

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