Over the past several years via the Emerging Scholars Network I've gotten to know David L. O'Hara, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Philosophy and Classics, Augustana College, South Dakota). I particularly appreciate the refreshing manner in which he addresses material on his blog Slowly Percolating Forms. After the release of his new Wipf and Stock publication, Downstream: Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly-Fishing, and the Waters of Appalachia (co-authored with Matthew Dickerson, Ph.D., Computer Science Professor, … [Read more...] about “Downstream” Author Interview
Reclaiming Conversations
Addressing Loneliness in 2014
The Innovation of Loneliness from Shimi Cohen on Vimeo. Yes, I posted The Innovation of Loneliness in Reclaiming Conversations (9/12/2013) when considering some of the work of Sherry Turkle and offering Transformative Conversations as a resource. But the recent attention given to Saving the Lost Art of Conversation: In a fast-paced digital age, an MIT psychologist tries to slow us down (Megan Garber. The Atlantic. 12/22/2013), an extensive amount of time on-line in the midst of the holidays[1], a lengthy … [Read more...] about Addressing Loneliness in 2014
Book Review: Transformative Conversations
I have not only previously referred to Transformative Conversations: A Guide to Mentoring Communities Among Colleagues in Higher Education by Peter Felten, H-Dirksen L. Bauman, Aaron Kheriaty, and Edward Taylor (Jossey-Bass, 2013), but also Bob Trube's review of it (see Reclaiming Conversations?). None-the-less this is such a significant topic and resource for Faculty Ministry/Emerging Scholars Network (FM/ESN), I wanted to be sure to highlight Bob's review as InterVarsity's Faculty Ministry Leadership Team (FMLT) … [Read more...] about Book Review: Transformative Conversations
Reclaiming Conversations?
"Reclaiming conversations, that's the next frontier." -- Sherry Turkle's [1] concluding line to her TEDxUIUC 2011 presentation Alone Together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtLVCpZIiNs This morning David O'Hara's Can I Ask Questions In Church? [2] spurred me to read Jaweed Kaleem's Keeping Alive The Big Questions [3]. In Kaleem's resource rich article I once again came across Sherry Turkle, Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, … [Read more...] about Reclaiming Conversations?