Posted in Humanistic Approaches to Science and Technology, Meaning on Nov 20th, 2009 No Comments »
The exploration of meaning in education is something that is very near and dear to my heart, especially as we, as a culture, move further and further into the realm of things. I can’t say it much better than Dorothy in her most recent Cat and Girl comic strip:
“Surrounded”
I can’t get enough of Cat [...]
Posted in Humanistic Approaches to Science and Technology, Independent Study on Oct 9th, 2009 No Comments »
I am making a big historical jump here (although not necessarily a philosophical or narrative jump), but I am now reading Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition, and found this paragraph in a section of the book where she lays out her distinctions between work and labor (concepts I will return to later):
Viewed, however, in their [...]
Posted in Independent Study on Oct 7th, 2009 No Comments »
This past weekend, for the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, we packed up our family and went to the Negev Desert in the south of Israel. We spent several hours at the Makhtesh Ramon (Ramon Crater), a really beautiful and dramatic part of the country. In Israel in general it is [...]
Posted in Exploration of a Library, Humanistic Approaches to Science and Technology, Independent Study, Life in Israel on Sep 29th, 2009 No Comments »
If it just so happens that you have not cleared this blog from your RSS stream, this is not a mistake: after some consideration, I have decided to dust off and restart the Smelly Knowledge blog. If you just happen to stumble upon this for the first time, I bid you welcome.
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