Monthly Archives: August 2009

The map of the network needs pluralizing

Posted on August 31, 2009 by hoon

I’ve added networkweaver blog to the link sidebar under a new category, Smart Mobs. It’s not a very active blog, yet it has a lot of fascinating, thought-provoking content. (See The Power of Network Weaving Aug.30) Here’s Part 1 of … Continue reading →

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Arrows

Posted on August 27, 2009 by hoon

Paris Marashi’s videos of Tehran and Iran are lovely.    In urban Iran, Sufi poetry oracles are sold on the street. Paris Marashi youtube Share and Enjoy:

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Not Everything Happens (Transformative Anthropology cont.)

Posted on August 24, 2009 by hoon

Following from our discussing with a friend my conception of Transformative Anthropology, and its central conception, the decisive yet happenstance contingencies that irrevocably alter the course of one’s life and development, she tweeted a question: How has randomness played a … Continue reading →

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Weather Report

Posted on August 21, 2009 by hoon

Continuing from the earlier post What the Wind Blows, presenting a schema of Four Orders given as a phenomenological device. (This device captures the diversification of awareness about one’s own behavior–it ranges from the unconscious yet singularly aware First Order, … Continue reading →

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We Are Stardust

Posted on August 17, 2009 by hoon

Billion year old carbon We are golden Caught in the devils bargain And weve got to get ourselves Back to the garden.excerpt, Woodstock, by Joni Mitchell In August 1969, I was 14 years old, and spending the summer with my … Continue reading →

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Transformative Anthropology III – Gas Stop

Posted on August 16, 2009 by hoon

I had the good fortune to reacquaint myself this week with a friend from 40 years ago. After explaining my research into the fragile contingencies underlying life changing events, she offered a terrific example, and, additionally brought a new term … Continue reading →

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Kseniya Simonova – Sand Artist

Posted on August 13, 2009 by hoon

Hat tip to Huffington Post (*). Here, ((Kseniya Simonova)) recounts Germany conquering Ukraine in the second world war. She brings calm, then conflict. A couple on a bench become a woman’s face; a peaceful walkway becomes a conflagration; a weeping … Continue reading →

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What the Wind Blows

Posted on August 12, 2009 by hoon

Reflexive Orders of Awareness – A Schema Some examples should suffice to unpack the notion of reflexive orders. First Order awareness is automatic, and not directed. If you ever have driven a car and noted at some point that you … Continue reading →

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Transformative Anthropology II.

Posted on August 8, 2009 by hoon

A handful of questions one can direct to a subject or to their self are easily enabled to drill into the fragile web of contingencies that are structurally necessary to human development. 1. What brought you to live where you … Continue reading →

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Transformative Anthropology I.

Posted on August 7, 2009 by hoon

I’m going to try here to rope in a few colleagues to respond in public–here–to something I’ve been playing around with off and on for four years. To set this up, here is an edited version of an email I … Continue reading →

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