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Identity 101: How to Study Ourselves

Submitted by Terrible2s on Sun, 10/04/2009 - 10:40am

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The study of gender and sexuality seems like a joke. How could it be a real study? It is comparable almost to saying that one is minoring in “race.” How could a part of one’s identity, whether they choose it or not (opinions may vary), be a field of study?

Insomnia as a Social Construct...

Submitted by jrlewis on Sat, 10/03/2009 - 8:17pm

Senior Seminar in Biology and Society
October 20, 2009
Julia Lewis

I would like to explore the role of society in current understandings of insomnia as a disease, symptom, or social construct. To that end, I chose a broad range of readings including cultural, medical, and scientific perspectives on insomnia and sleep. Hopefully these readings will help inform a conversation about the significance of sleep and its absence in human beings.

(Please download the full text pdfs of the articles)

role of sleep

Yes, Virginia, There IS an Outside of the Margins: Paperless and Genderless, I Write Myself

Submitted by Karina on Fri, 10/02/2009 - 4:57pm

Chapter One:

Music and Order of Feeling

Submitted by ED on Fri, 10/02/2009 - 12:46pm

Considering myself to be a fairly cognizant, observant person, I always notice when my heart goes aflutter, or sinks, or starts beating faster. There are several events that make my heart react this way: when I hope for eye contact with someone and then they meet my stare, when someone I like looks me in the eye, when I think of something scary that could happen or something very important that is impending or a deadline that is approaching, when I witness something so nice or so cute that my heart melts in approval. I understand that these reactions are due to the hormonal responses my body has to what my senses perceive in the environment around me.

Observations from 9/30/09

Submitted by elovejoy on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 5:47pm

Observations from 9/30/09

Emily Lovejoy

Today I shadowed Teacher C, a shop and science support teacher at the local friends school where Teachers A and B teach. Today, Teacher C had a group of 6 kindergarteners that he was taking around the grounds of the school. They were looking at the various gardens on the grounds. Teacher C feels like for students of this age, a teacher must define vocabulary and bring it down to their level. He has students engage in drawing and coloring activities to see what they have observed in the gardens.

Observations from 9/23/09

Submitted by elovejoy on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 5:32pm

Observations from 9/23/09

Emily Lovejoy

Today I was again observing Teacher A's 5th and 6th grade class. Their school is currently focusing on the theme of community. So, while some students worked on other things, Brie and I led some of the students through Bubbleology, a lesson presented to us in the Inquiry Science institute this summer by Joyce Theriot.