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Submitted by Anne Dalke on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 8:58pm

The Emergence of Form, Meaning, and Aesthetics

February, 2010 Core Group Meeting

Background, Summary,
and Continuing Discussion

Day Seven Class Notes: A Conversation "with" Kate Thomas

Submitted by rachelr on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 8:54pm

We started our class today with afterthoughts about the visit from Hannah last week. Sweetp commented that she was able to relive her trip to New Zealand when reading Hannah's blog, and xhan liked how the images made the descriptions come alive and inspired her to perhaps write a blog when she next travels.

Artists creators remixers authors bloggers academics

Submitted by rmeyers on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 10:05am

Literary Kinds

After watching (most of) the Remix/Manifesto movie, I found myself wondering about these ideals in relation to the literary/publishing world. I think this was probably because of the appearance of Cory Doctorow, although he only really spoke about the music side of things in this documentary. He's a 'YA' author (or not, it's just a genre a few of his books have fallen into... who knows what he'd have to say about that) whose books are now available online rather than through a publisher.

Alice in Layers

Submitted by jrlewis on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 8:14pm

James Web Paper 1

There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: a Dormouse was sitting between them fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its head, ‘Very uncomfortable for the Dormouse,’ thought Alice; ‘only as its asleep, I suppose it doesn’t mind, (Carroll, 68).
How did this pathetic creature, the Dormouse, come to occupy a place in a fantastic tea party with Alice James, Emily Dickinson, Margaret Fuller, and Myrtha? What might a much abused, semiconscious mammal contribute to the conversation? What function might this character serve in fleshing out Susan Sontag’s portrayal of Alice James?

Making sense of the world: the need to entertain the inconceivable

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 5:40pm

An interesting example of the constraints placed on inquiry by stories that make some things difficult to conceive came up in Neurobiology and Behavior last week, during a discussion of the ability of the nervous system to generate outputs by itself rather than simply in response to external stimuli.

"Perhaps I've just had the idea that 'cause equals effect' engrained in my mind for so long that it's just difficult to sway me, but I still feel that there must be some input to trigger reactions in our body"

Imaging and the Question of Consciousness

Submitted by rdanfort on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 5:19pm

Neural and Behavioral Sciences Senior Seminar
Bryn Mawr College, Spring 2010
Imaging and the Question of Consciousness

Subjectivities and objectivities in classrooms and beyond

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 2:04pm

Interesting conversation last week in the Neurobiology and Behavior course about .... class conversation (see A loopy classroom?), one that intersected in interesting ways with, among other things, a conversation in the Neural and Behavioral Sciences senior seminar (Some relevant thoughts from last week), and one on evolving systems (Bridging for commonality of expansion).