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recent bookmarks from robertogrecoThe American Scholar: Solitude and Leadership - William Deresiewicz2022-05-01T14:56:01+00:00
https://theamericanscholar.org/solitude-and-leadership/
robertogrecowilliamderesiewicz via:anne leadership education conformity tcsnmy risk risktaking learning culture life philosophy bureaucracy business careers change military management administration solitude concentration thinking independence multitasking howwethink 2010 slow criticalthinking focus attention thomasmann writing tseliot associations jamesjoice highered highereducation cognition distraction memory understanding studying efficiencyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:781d92a5908a/Tabletop Role-Playing Games and the Experience of Imagined Worlds | Nicholas J. Mizer | Palgrave Macmillan2021-07-28T02:07:18+00:00
https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030291266
robertogrecogames gaming imagination nicholasmizer dungeonsanddragons play 2019 via:anne rpghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:9c6d85ac095f/When Losing Is Likely | The Point Magazine2021-06-24T15:42:44+00:00
https://thepointmag.com/criticism/when-losing-is-likely/
robertogrecowendellberry 2021 via:anne conservatism conservativeradicalism radicalism georgescialabba rural ivanillich agrarian small personalresponsibility cars society virtue justice socialjustice personalbehavior behavior publicadvocacy gratitude marilynnerobinson desperation indignation outrage irritation poems marxism localism christianity religion secularism richardrorty pragmatism bradeast communism christopherlasch antimodernism leszekkolakowski alasdairmacIntyre williammorris johnruskin artsandcraftsmovement anarchism canon zoominginandouthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:ff1418fa6812/Interview: Ruth Kinna – Freedom News2020-04-29T02:45:30+00:00
https://freedomnews.org.uk/interview-ruth-kinna/
robertogrecoanarchism ruthkinna institutions change injustice justice 2020 freedom prejudice bias expression irrationality mistrust trust self-interest society collaboration unschooling deschooling émilearmand peterkropotkin marraybookchina mutualaid mikhailbakunin karlmarx authority capitalism hierarchy horizontality decisionmaking collectivism pierre-josephproudhon tolstoy via:anne social exploitation power proudhonhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:cb4895d28909/Going Home with Wendell Berry | The New Yorker2019-07-16T02:27:01+00:00
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/going-home-with-wendell-berry
robertogrecovia:anne wendellberry rural slow small empathy kindness georgesaunders relationships neighbors amish care caring maintenance human-animalrelations human-animalrelationships culture farming agriculture local locality place trees history multispecies morethanhuman language restorativejustice justice climatejustice socialjustice johnlukacs environment sustainability kentucky land immigration labor work gender ownership collectivism conversation lancieclippinger god faith religion christianity submission amandapetrusich individualism stewardship limits constraints memory robertburns kafka capitalism corporations life living provincialism seamusheaney patrickkavanagh animals cows freedom limitlessness choice happiness davidkline thomasmerton service maurytilleen crops us donaldtrump adlaistevenson ezrataftbenson politics conservation robertfrost pleasure writing andycatlett howwewrite education nature adhd wonder schools schooling experience experientiallearning place-based hereandnow presence learninghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:8fe586521de3/Sick Woman Theory – Mask Magazine2019-01-29T19:13:48+00:00
http://www.maskmagazine.com/not-again/struggle/sick-woman-theory
robertogrecovia:anne disability feminism gender health anticapitalism precarity fragility care caring kinship radicalism nursing nurturing vulnerability sociality social politicshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:bd05eed2119c/Ursula K. Le Guin: A Left-Handed Commencement Address2018-07-03T23:44:26+00:00
http://www.ursulakleguin.com/LeftHandMillsCollege.html
robertogrecovia:anne ursulaleguin hierarchy patriarchy power millscollege commencementaddresses 1983 society victims darkness domination control commencementspeecheshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d1cc6681ecfd/A response, and second Open Letter to the Hau Journal's Board of Trustees — Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa New Zealand2018-06-21T05:24:29+00:00
http://www.asaanz.org/blog/2018/6/21/a-response-and-second-open-letter-to-the-hau-journals-board-of-trustees
robertogrecoWhanaungatanga = Relationship, kinship, sense of family connection – a relationship through shared experiences and working together which provides people with a sense of belonging. It develops as a result of kinship rights and obligations, which also serve to strengthen each member of the kin group. It also extends to others to whom one develops a close familial, friendship or reciprocal relationship (Te Aka Online Māori Dictionary)
Whanaungatanga values a wide range of relationships, like family and friendships, and points to feelings of belonging and inclusion. Whanaungatanga captures the belief that the more relationships people have in their lives the happier and healthier they are.
Relationships come in many shapes and forms: they may be a regular friendly chat with someone based on a shared interest or a long-term loving intimate relationship. Each relationship is unique, because every person is different. And, having a wide range of relationships is important. A diverse social network made up of relationships with a variety of people enriches people’s lives.
Relationships are the heart of the community. And a sense of being connected to the community through relationships is at the core of the good life. In fact, the community provides endless opportunities for the creation of relationships.
The community is a fantastic resource, rich with possibilities for developing and growing relationships through jobs, volunteering, and recreation. Relationships help us connect to the community, and this connection provides more opportunities to get to get to know a range of people and expand our social networks.We believe people with disability should have the same opportunities to be involved in their community, meet people and develop friendships as anyone else.
Natural and Formal Supports
Natural supports describe the naturally occurring or informal relationships experienced in the community, for example, between neighbours, within cultural groups, and through working lives. We believe natural supports are the most effective way forward in terms of support for people with disability to achieve a good life in the ordinary spaces of the community.
One of the great things about natural supports is that they aren’t associated with any financial cost! People are not paid to offer support, instead they do it because of a shared interest or connection. Natural support can come in many forms, for example, it may be a ride to the supermarket, assistance filling out a form, or help with meeting new friends.
Experience shows us that people with disability are more likely to be included in the community if natural supports are encouraged around their participation. This is because it is difficult to become part of a community from the outside. It is much easier if it happens from within the community. A good example of this is when someone has an interest in joining a particular club or group. It is better to have a member of that group introduce the person, because they will be known by the rest of the group already, and they will know how to introduce the person in a way that fits with the group.
In saying this, we also know that for many people with disability and their whānau, paid services and professionals, also known as formal supports, play an important role in their lives. Formal supports may usefully be part of people’s search for the good life, but care needs to be taken to make sure it does not over-ride the authority and power of the person and their whānau. Paid services and supports should complement, not take over or exclude the natural supports that already exist or could be developed."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMe_5ERYWzk ]
]]>communities maori relationships cv sfsh 2018 whanaungatanga words priorities via:anne tcsnmy community support interdependence Māorihttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:33d1f44fc65e/An Afrofuturist Reading List – How We Get To Next2018-02-11T23:42:19+00:00
https://howwegettonext.com/an-afrofuturist-reading-list-2934dfcd8fb0
robertogrecoafrofutureism lists readlnglists 2016 via:anne florenceokoyehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:9f035a64230f/Matters of Care — University of Minnesota Press2018-01-17T05:18:15+00:00
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/matters-of-care
robertogrecobooks care caring via:anne technoscience nature naturecultures ethics politics posthumanism feminism morethanhuman toread maríapuigdelabellacasahttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:868c56287fdc/BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed - Ethnography – What is it and why do we need it?2017-12-19T03:02:52+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/16mlCRBLD67XtL4hlMMHdF7/ethnography-what-is-it-and-why-do-we-need-it
robertogrecovia:anne 2017 ethnography rubenanderson srg slow slowness research alicegoffman sociology anthropologyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:e5d3c71f94e3/These photos show some unexpected friendships between humans and their animals - The Washington Post2017-11-19T21:39:28+00:00
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/11/17/unexpected-friendships-between-animals-and-their-humans/?tid=ss_tw
robertogrecomultispecies animals photography 2017 geese alpacaspigs sheep bees turtles rabbits cats butterflies insects chickens classideas donkeys goats snakes birds via:anne dianabagnoli italy italia human-animalrelationships human-animalrelationshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:88f88a8a5da4/Children Of The Anthropocene | Future Unfolding | Heterotopias2017-10-16T00:53:26+00:00
http://www.heterotopiaszine.com/2017/10/04/children-anthropocene-future-unfolding/
robertogrecoanthropocene 2017 lewisgordon games gaming videogames timothymorton paulcrutzen eugenestroermer systems systemsthinking edkey davidkanaga proteus kaitlynaureliasmith futureunfolding johnmuir nature mattiasljungström marekplichta globalarming climatechange via:anne trees lanscape toplay universalism jeffvandermeer southernreachtrilogy biology morethanhuman multispecies darkeccology ecology björkhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:fb305656af91/What To Read When You Want To Make America Great Again - The Rumpus.net2017-07-05T01:11:49+00:00
http://therumpus.net/2017/06/what-to-read-when-you-want-to-make-america-great-again/
robertogrecobooks booklists us history society via:anne americanexperience 2017 immigration assimilation race class americandream vladimirnabokov jamesmadison alexanderhamilton johnjay chimamandangoziadichie fscottfitzgerald mildredtaylor claudiarankine julialavarez sandracisneros williamfaulkner laurauingallswilder domingomartinez natashatretheway christinahernandez jamesbaldwin jamesmcpherson clairekageyama-ramakrishnan barbarajanereyes ritadove imbolombue diversity chimamandaadichiehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:cc5554374243/BBC Radio 4 - From Savage to Self - Available now2017-03-11T21:53:44+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06zjhfx/episodes/player
robertogrecoanthropology tolisten via:anne farrahjarral radio humanitieshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b439c353d88a/99 Reasons 2016 Was a Good Year – Future Crunch – Medium2017-01-01T23:55:14+00:00
https://medium.com/future-crunch/99-reasons-why-2016-has-been-a-great-year-for-humanity-8420debc2823#.tj7kowhpd
robertogrecooptimism 2016 trends improvement progress health global healthcare disease conservation environment chrishadfield economics endangeredanimals animals violence climatechange politics generosity charity philanthropy via:annehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:7f3dcde97227/These Beautiful Maps Reveal the Secret Lives of Animals2016-11-19T00:38:26+00:00
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/11/where-animals-go-tracking-maps/
robertogrecomaps mapping animlas multispecies wildlife books 2016 via:anne technology migration jamescheshire oliveruberti birds oceans sharks elephants bumblebees owls seals baboonshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:ed16e579532c/The Health Threats Mark Zuckerberg’s Gift Doesn’t Address | Risa Lavizzo-Mourey | Pulse | LinkedIn2016-10-01T18:55:29+00:00
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/health-threats-mark-zuckerbergs-gift-doesnt-address-lavizzo-mourey
robertogrecomarkzuckerberg health healthcare society policy politics us via:anne 2016 risalavizzo-moureyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:8c9aab1f048c/Dewey knew how to teach democracy and we must not forget it | Aeon Essays2016-08-02T02:14:08+00:00
https://aeon.co/essays/dewey-knew-how-to-teach-democracy-and-we-must-not-forget-it
robertogrecovia:anne education johndewey sfsh openstudioproject tcsnmy lcproject democracy schools learning pedagogy society individualism individuals community class inequality us policy rttt nclb anationatrisk race training howweteach meaning purpose elitism theshoppingmallhighschool edhirsch hannaharendt vygotsky zpd interests interest-basedlearning children criticalthinking autonomy interest-drivenlearninghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:7ccf6c143ca1/Care — Cultural Anthropology2016-07-29T23:48:21+00:00
https://culanth.org/fieldsights/913-care
robertogrecocare caring via:anne anthropology charisboke anthropocene multispecieshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d4ef38c79955/In New Zealand, Lands and Rivers Can Be People (Legally Speaking) - The New York Times2016-07-15T01:55:46+00:00
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/world/what-in-the-world/in-new-zealand-lands-and-rivers-can-be-people-legally-speaking.html
robertogreconewzealand land rivers law legal nature 2016 maori personhood via:anne Māorihttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d9c2fa036b23/This is why Finland has the best schools2016-04-08T01:04:16+00:00
http://www.smh.com.au/national/this-is-why-finland-has-the-best-schools-20160324-gnqv9l.html
robertogrecofinland education schools williamdoyle health children teaching learning homework play outdoors via:annehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:27da436a4ffc/The 'Not Face' Is Universally Understood - D-brief2016-03-29T07:12:07+00:00
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/03/28/not-face-universal-language/#.Vvm1WdjOnCR
robertogrecoasl expression communication via:anne 2016 disagreement aleixmartinez spanish español mandarin negativevalence notface translation universality signlanguage signing americansignlanguagehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:1253447db5ac/Museo Nacional de la Muerte2016-03-15T05:08:32+00:00
http://museonacionaldelamuerte.uaa.mx/
robertogrecomuseums mexico aguacalientes death via:annehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:eed0cb539ad0/Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? | W. W. Norton & Company2016-03-14T01:27:39+00:00
http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=4294990752
robertogrecobooks fransdewaal intelligence animals multispecies via:anne human-animalrelationships human-animalrelationshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:31ee5369d735/Into the Beast – Versions2016-03-14T01:04:34+00:00
https://versions.killscreen.com/into-the-beast/
robertogrecovr virtualreality empathy nataliejeremijenko via:anne multispecies ethics mattmargini escapism pov jakobvonuexküll simoneferracina philipkdick rickdeckard nonnydelapeña border borders us mexico wilburmercer richardfeynman barneysteelhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:ad7c8d52e142/Why We Post: Discoveries2016-03-13T22:39:17+00:00
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/why-we-post/discoveries/
robertogrecosocialmedia privacy homogeneity gender individualism education memes equality online internet web conservatism communication media via:annehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:aa4a38a22327/Feminist FrequencyDamsel in Distress (Part 1) Tropes vs Women «2016-03-13T22:28:14+00:00
http://feministfrequency.com/2013/03/07/damsel-in-distress-part-1/
robertogrecoanitasarkeesian criticism media videogames criticalthinking 2013 games gaming via:annehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:75a13ceaf73f/HaggardHawks Words on Twitter: "HUMGUMPTIOUS was 19th century slang for someone who was knowingly deceitful or underhand."2016-03-13T22:06:05+00:00
https://twitter.com/HaggardHawks/status/708107189475418112
robertogrecovia:anne words english deceipt inderhandedness slang history definitionshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:2aeec9f41112/Neoliberalism has hijacked our vocabulary | Doreen Massey | Opinion | The Guardian2016-03-13T22:04:50+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/11/neoliberalism-hijacked-vocabulary
robertogrecodoreenmassey via:anne neoliberalism capitalism ideology language customers 2013 markets growth inequality labor socialdemocracy economics vocabulary howwetalkhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:735c844c74b7/Art of a Dog - From the Current - The Criterion Collection2016-03-13T22:03:07+00:00
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3968-art-of-a-dog
robertogrecodogs film animals pets jessicabarrowdawson multispecies via:anne laurieanderson companions perspective audience dogumenta art musichttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:6b0277da324c/Revealed: why animals' pupils come in different shapes and sizes2016-03-13T21:59:55+00:00
https://theconversation.com/revealed-why-animals-pupils-come-in-different-shapes-and-sizes-45796
robertogrecoeyes animals vision pupils biology anatomy 2016 via:anne science optics eyesighthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:e0054b14c855/12 | March | 2016 | visual/method/culture: remembering Doreen2016-03-13T21:54:38+00:00
https://visualmethodculture.wordpress.com/2016/03/12/
robertogrecodoreenmassey 2016 obituaries via:anne argement openness future relationality geography gillianrose humanism humanity flaws intensity criticalthinking criticismhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d1d23f5f6c0f/Penguin returns home every year to the Brazilian man who saved it | Daily Mail Online2016-03-13T21:48:55+00:00
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3482978/Penguin-returns-home-year-Brazilian-man-saved-it.html
robertogrecopenguins multispecies 2016 animals birds via:annehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:fc41bcc78b6b/Ceviche, Poke, Crudo, Carpaccio: Your Guide To Raw Fish Dishes Around The World - Modern Farmer2016-02-15T01:59:37+00:00
http://modernfarmer.com/2016/02/raw-fish-guide/
robertogrecofood recipes ceviche fish cooking 2016 via:anne sashimi poke tartare kinilaw yusheng sushi raw crudo carpaccio rawfishhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d4b4d472d959/Yann Martel: philosophy, spirituality and a chimpanzee | Saturday Morning, 9:05 am on 13 February 2016 | Radio New Zealand2016-02-13T19:40:34+00:00
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/201789148/yann-martel-philosophy,-spirituality-and-a-chimpanzee
robertogrecoyannmartel spirituality philosophy religion animals portugal stephenharper agathachristie life identity interviews jesus geography saskatoon via:anne 2016 bookshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:9986273fdf85/When chickens go wild : Nature News & Comment2016-02-04T08:00:40+00:00
http://www.nature.com/news/when-chickens-go-wild-1.19195
robertogrecoferal chickens kauai nature birds anthropocene science evolution 2016 ewencalloway feralization via:annehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:21177ccfcdca/A week goes by. A year | EYELASHROAMING2016-02-01T04:59:13+00:00
http://eyelashroaming.com/2016/02/01/a-week-goes-by-a-year/
robertogrecojamesbrown writing via:anne howwewrite timehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:e45ac3abebe6/drtimlomas | Analytic lexicography2016-01-31T06:09:27+00:00
http://www.drtimlomas.com/#!analytic-lexicography/pliik
robertogrecowords glossaries language languages culture lexicon revelry cosiness coziness savoring joy bliss peace calm nirvana via:anne feelings hope longing freedom saudade aesthetics relationships intimacy friendship affection desire love pro-sociality kindness compassion morality hospitality communication communality resources grit spirit skill decency flourishing spirituality character soul path understanding transformation japanese spanish arabic español portuguese chinese sanskrit russian turkish cherokee french german hungarian swedish norwegian polish hindi hebrew italian huron finnish greek icelandic javanese swahili indonesian dutch inuit korean catalan yiddish pashto farsi bantu urdu tagalog pintupi welsh danish hygge balinese thai georgian nahuatl yagán timlomas catalánhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:3ca46b19b87c/An Ethics of Time in Academia? - Michelle Bastian2016-01-31T06:02:34+00:00
http://www.michellebastian.net/home/an-ethics-of-time-in-academia
robertogrecoI am too sick to attend the first day of a two day meeting. I get sent the reading materials to look at that day so that I can be up to speed with everyone if I end up attending the next day.
I have been asked to write a short report for a newsletter but decline saying I am overcommitted and have been letting people down so I am not taking anything else on. The next day I’m sent an email urging me to rethink as ‘it only needs to be short’.
I am at a network coordination meeting where we are discussing ways of managing email inquiries. A few people agree to keep an eye on this, but others say they really feel like they wouldn’t be able to handle it. Someone suggests that we should send them the password to the email account anyway, just in case they later found that they could fit it in.
What is common to all of them the assumption that it’s ok to ask someone to squeeze something more in. We ignore the illnesses, the anxiety, the overwork and ask for ‘just a little bit more.’ I have the feeling that this is something that many people will be familiar with. It’s something that happens to us and something many of us do to other people.
Perhaps one reason we do this is that we get so caught up in our own deadlines and worries that we can’t accept that what we had planned just isn’t going to happen. The report you really hoped to have in the newsletter won’t be getting written. The attendees at your event won’t be synchronised with each other. Once, when a speaker had to cancel their attendance at a meeting I’d organised, I didn’t get back to them for a week because I was too busy worrying about what I was going to do without them.
In my own work I’ve come to think about time as a form of relationality. Our stories about time tell us what is it to be with others, or to not be with them. They also tell us what kinds of forms this ‘withness’ can take. This means that time can also be seen as a form of ethical encounter. If that’s so, what are we doing when we ignore other people’s claims that they don’t have the time?
It seems that in order to treat the other ethically, you have to come to terms with your disappointment, let go of the anticipated future you had been working with, and then still have the generosity to be able to say to the person who has somehow let you down “Of course, no problems, hope things get better for you soon”.
I had a lovely lesson in this when I witnessed a colleague deal with a keynote having to drop out of an event only a couple of weeks before the start date. The speaker had obviously wrestled with the guilt of doing this and was extremely apologetic. Almost immediately the reply came back that they would be missed, but it is far more important for them to take care of themselves, everyone would manage, and there was no need to feel bad. Even though it wasn’t directed to me, the kindness and compassion of it brought me to tears.
I had this in mind when I was sitting in that network coordination meeting, listening to stressed people being asked to take on even more. I realised that sending them the email passwords ‘just in case’ would still add another thing the pile of things they felt like they should be doing. So I objected and suggested that they should in fact be deliberately not sent the password so they wouldn’t have it at the backs of their minds.
It was only a tiny little gesture, but it’s an event that stays with me because it reminds me that there are these kinds of ethical decisions to be made, and I hope I can learn to be more like my colleague, who focused on care rather than guilt."]]>time guilt 2016 ethics via:anne michellebastian relationality health withness kindness compassionhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:bf9660c5d020/Aotearoa Futurism Part One | Radio New Zealand2015-12-14T04:44:51+00:00
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/201782605/aotearoa-futurism-part-one
robertogrecoaotearoa maori futurism aotearoafuturism space newzealand via:anne aliens 2015 sophiawilson dantaipua chefu billytksr maratk electricwirehustle spacemāori māorihttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:5816e00bd252/The Lightning Before Death: A Tribute to Clive James - The Los Angeles Review of Books2015-12-01T05:32:10+00:00
https://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/the-lightning-before-death-a-tribute-to-clive-james
robertogrecocomplexity simplicity uncertainty certainty doubt 2015 clivehames mortenhøijensen culture civilization history humanism via:annehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:8d9b3dc40932/Design Futures in Sub-Saharan Africa: Post-Western Perspectives2015-11-22T04:34:24+00:00
http://events.arts.ac.uk/event/2015/11/28/Design-Futures-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa-Post-Western-Perspectives/
robertogrecodesignfuturism speculativedesign adrica via:anne designfiction africa 2015 cherpotter jonathanledgard ayorkorkorash kristinavandyke wesleykirinya paulacallus mugendim'rithaa elviraose davidpratten billsherman janeharris future speculativefiction design robotics gaming comuterimaging digitalhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:0bebf0a315a2/Institute for Networked Animals2015-11-22T00:16:35+00:00
http://networkedanimals.tumblr.com/
robertogrecoanimals technology via:anne tumblrs networkedanimalshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:52ba270a23dd/Orion Magazine | Thoughts in the Presence of Fear2015-11-17T04:08:12+00:00
https://orionmagazine.org/article/thoughts-in-the-presence-of-fear/
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robertogrecoWhen Xibo, the Earl of the West, was imprisoned at Youli, he expanded the I Ching. Confucius was in distress when he made the Spring and Autumn Annals. Qu Yuan was banished and he composed his poem “Encountering Sorrow.” After Zuo Qiu lost his sight, he wrote the Conversations from the States. When Sun Tzu had his feet amputated in punishment, he set forth the Art of War. Lü Buwei was banished to Shu but his Spring and Autumn of Mr. Lü has been handed down through the ages. While Han Fei Zi was held prisoner in Qin he wrote “The Difficulties of Disputation” and “The Sorrow of Standing Alone.” Most of the three hundred poems of the Odes were written when the sages poured out their anger and dissatisfaction. All these men had a rankling in their hearts, for they were not able to accomplish what they wished. Those like Zuo Qiu, who was blind, or Sun Tzu, who had no feet, could never hold office, so they retired to compose books in order to set forth their thoughts and indignation, handing down their writings so they could show posterity who they were.
I too have ventured not to be modest but have entrusted myself to my useless writings. I have gathered up and brought together the old traditions of the world that were scattered and lost. I have examined events of the past and investigated the principles behind their success and failure, their rise and decay, in 130 chapters. I wished to examine into all that concerns heaven and humankind, to penetrate the changes of the past and present, putting forth my views as one school of interpretation. […] When I have truly completed this work, I will deposit it in the Famous Mountain archives. If it may be handed down to those who will appreciate it and penetrate to the villages and great cities, then though I should suffer a thousand mutilations, what regret would I have?
(Translated in Burton Watson, Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty, appendix 2)
This must stand alongside the world’s greatest critiques of writing. Writing, says Sima Qian, is just an elaborate way to tell the world about your indignation. Writing is a therapeutic behavior which you must resort to because you have been wronged or defeated. These are the bitter words of a man whose romantic belief in standing up for goodness and justice was viscerally mutilated by reality.
Sima Qian confides to Ren An that “such matters as these may be discussed with a wise man, but it is difficult to explain them to ordinary people.” The life of the mind is defined by knowing other people write from a state of discontent, not only with local injustices, but with the human condition itself. Those who have never known such deep discontent make poor conversation partners. Conversely, those who have come to peace with the human condition have no need to defend their views in public. This is the meaning of the Tao Te Ching’s verse, “Those who know, do not speak. Those who speak, do not know.”
In this sense, a philosopher, academic, or any kind of writer is the worst person to ask about how to live a fulfilling life. Their obligation to themselves is not to resolve their own problems, but to plumb the depths of their own discontent, seeking after a truth in unhappiness. It is not likely that anything that can be articulated in an intellectually honest essay can bestow a fulfilling life on you.
But in a terribly significant way, Sima Qian leaves out the other side of writing. He is convinced that if he writes something great, then posterity will read it. It turned out that his conviction was entirely right. But why was it necessary that his writing be great? Why does he need to go to the extent of examining everything that happened in the past and analyzing it? Why didn’t he just write a book about how the emperor castrated him and how he suffered? He must have seen something more important than himself in the history of his land.
In this letter, Sima Qian lets his bitterness shine through. But in his magisterial history, that bitterness is intertwined with a capacity for selecting, critiquing, and recording historical facts that ranks him among the greatest of all human civilization. Perhaps we can’t merely be told how to live a happy, fulfilling life with simple instructions. But reading can tell us about the dreams of centuries of men and women, and about what they did to realize them. In their dreams and their struggles, perhaps, we can see hints of transcendence, and find our own fulfillment."]]>writing happiness intellectuals philosophy simaquian renan wisdom life living via:anne transcendence bitterness fulfillment thinking unhappiness taoteching knowinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:809a9277c4ea/The Banality of Ethics in the Anthropocene, Part 12015-07-15T01:21:41+00:00
https://theconversation.com/the-banality-of-ethics-in-the-anthropocene-part-1-44568
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https://www.vox.com/2015/6/24/8834413/pope-climate-change-encyclical
robertogrecoChristian spirituality proposes an alternative understanding of the quality of life, and encourages a prophetic and contemplative lifestyle, one capable of deep enjoyment free of the obsession with consumption. We need to take up an ancient lesson, found in different religious traditions and also in the Bible. It is the conviction that "less is more."
This may be rather shocking to some, perhaps even most. So let me suggest a way to understand how the "pope of the poor" can, essentially, advocate for a poorer world. Francis is a man who understands that abject poverty grinds men down and crushes their human dignity. It is inhumane and unjust, a source of scandal and a cause for moral outrage. But the pope is also a man who understands that there is a kind of relative poverty in which basic material needs are met but there is limited room for luxury and no room for waste.
This kind of poverty can provide detachment from material things, allowing us to enjoy them for what they are — gifts from a generous and loving God. This understanding of poverty — which has deep Christian roots going back to the Gospel itself — is far from an unqualified evil. In fact, it's a virtue. And for Pope Francis — a man who long ago took his own vow of poverty, and took as his namesake a man of profound poverty, Francis of Assisi — this understanding provides a crucial insight into the way human beings relate to the world around us and to one another.
Like I said, the pope's views on climate change aren't what make this a radical document."]]>laudatosi' popefrancis 2015 environment climatechange human anthropocene humanity via:anne technology science economics inequality poverty detachment consumerism capitalism stephenwhite christianity catholicismhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:c2741d067340/Ursula K. Le Guin on the Future of the Left2015-06-25T18:19:22+00:00
http://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/ursula-k-le-guin-on-the-future-of-the-left/
robertogrecoAll we have, we have taken from the earth; and, taking with ever-increasing speed and greed, we now return little but what is sterile or poisoned.
But Bookchin is no grim puritan. I first read him as an anarchist, probably the most eloquent and thoughtful one of his generation, and in moving away from anarchism he hasn’t lost his sense of the joy of freedom. He doesn’t want to see that joy, that freedom, come crashing down, yet again, among the ruins of its own euphoric irresponsibility.
What all political and social thinking has finally been forced to face is, of course, the irreversible degradation of the environment by unrestrained industrial capitalism: the enormous fact of which science has been trying for fifty years to convince us, while technology provided us ever greater distractions from it. Every benefit industrialism and capitalism have brought us, every wonderful advance in knowledge and health and communication and comfort, casts the same fatal shadow. All we have, we have taken from the earth; and, taking with ever-increasing speed and greed, we now return little but what is sterile or poisoned.
Yet we can’t stop the process. A capitalist economy, by definition, lives by growth; as Bookchin observes: “For capitalism to desist from its mindless expansion would be for it to commit social suicide.” We have, essentially, chosen cancer as the model of our social system.
Capitalism’s grow-or-die imperative stands radically at odds with ecology’s imperative of interdependence and limit. The two imperatives can no longer coexist with each other; nor can any society founded on the myth that they can be reconciled hope to survive. Either we will establish an ecological society or society will go under for everyone, irrespective of his or her status.
Murray Bookchin spent a lifetime opposing the rapacious ethos of grow-or-die capitalism. The nine essays in "The Next Revolution” represent the culmination of that labor: the theoretical underpinning for an egalitarian and directly democratic ecological society, with a practical approach for how to build it. He critiques the failures of past movements for social change, resurrects the promise of direct democracy and, in the last essay in the book, sketches his hope of how we might turn the environmental crisis into a moment of true choice—a chance to transcend the paralyzing hierarchies of gender, race, class, nation, a chance to find a radical cure for the radical evil of our social system.
Reading it, I was moved and grateful, as I have so often been in reading Murray Bookchin. He was a true son of the Enlightenment in his respect for clear thought and moral responsibility and in his honest, uncompromising search for a realistic hope."]]>ursulaleguin democracy murraybookchin via:anne climatechange anarchism optimism capitalism progress economics ecology growth directdemocracy egalitarianism morality ethics hope left socialism communism transcontextualism transcontextualizationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:4440d64385f9/'Care for Our Common Home': Taking Up the Moral Challenge of Pope Francis – Blog – ABC Religion & Ethics (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)2015-06-22T17:13:09+00:00
http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2015/06/19/4258547.htm
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