Body and Embodied Practices In the context of a hyper-real social atmosphere (from part 7), it is imaginable that individuals would become dislocated from their rootedness connected to any place, have difficulty indentifying themselves within a framework of physicality and feel distant … Read more about Body and Embodied Practices (final imagining ourselves)
Simulation and Stimulation: How We Imagine Ourselves part 7
Yesterday we looked at Madan Sarup’s notions around identity. Some of that work overlaps with the work of French social critic and lapsed sociologist Jean Baudrillard. In order to properly receive Baudrillard’s perspective – and address how it relates to contemporary conceptions of identity and … Read more about Simulation and Stimulation: How We Imagine Ourselves part 7
Imitation, Simulation, and Repetition – How We Imagine Ourselves part 6
Imitation, Simulation, and Repetition Madan Surap’s Identity, Culture and the Postmodern World is the most expansive and impressive examination that I have encountered around the issues of societal conception and cultural identities. His basic assertion, which is expanded as the work progresses, … Read more about Imitation, Simulation, and Repetition – How We Imagine Ourselves part 6
How We Imagine Ourselves part 5: technology
Yesterday we looked at conceptions of a 'people' and a 'nation' through historic transitions in the past 2 centuries. More recent authors extend that concern beyond just text to the escalated pervasiveness of electronic media. Appiah frames it this way: The worldwide web of information – radio, … Read more about How We Imagine Ourselves part 5: technology
Femininity, Image, and Identity: the role of youth pastors and movies
Hey Julie Clawson ! I could use some help thinking through a couple of things. For those of you who don’t know her, Julie Clawson is the author of Everyday Justice, a pastor, blogger, Emergent leader and former podcast guest. She is one of the conversation partners at the upcoming Emergent … Read more about Femininity, Image, and Identity: the role of youth pastors and movies