2016-03-23
The physics of the "hardest move" in ballet - Arleen Sugano
source: TED-Ed 2016年3月22日
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In the third act of "Swan Lake", the Black Swan pulls off a seemingly endless series of turns, bobbing up and down on one pointed foot and spinning around and around and around ... thirty-two times. How is this move — which is called a fouetté — even possible? Arleen Sugano unravels the physics of this famous ballet move.
Lesson by Arlene Sugano, animation by Dancing Line Productions.
Andy Hargreaves on Teacher-Powered Education
source: The RSA 2016年3月15日
What would it take to flip the education system so that teachers are at the steering wheel of education reform worldwide? How do we achieve a shift of focus from individual teacher quality to collaborative professionalism? Educationalist Professor Andy Hargreaves considers how the teacher community could come together to create such a movement for change.
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Hegel on Absolute Spirit by Arthur F. Holmes
source: wheatoncollege 2015年6月16日
Lecture 59 of A History of Philosophy by Arthur F. Holmmes
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Anne Dufourmantelle. The History of Sexuality in Philosophy: The Seventeenth Century. 2011
source: European Graduate School 2011年12月13日
http://www.egs.edu Anne Dufourmantelle, philosopher, psychoanalyst and author, talking about the non-relationship between sexuality and philosophy in the Baroque era and seventeenth century. In this lecture, Anne Dufourmantell discusses neurosis, literature, the illusion of truth, the symptomatology of consciousness, sadism, masochism, sexual freedom and the psychoanalytic conception of a cure in relationship to Peter Sloterdijk, Miguel de Cervantes, Plato, Friedrich Nietzsche, Baruch Spinoza, Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan, Marquis de Sade and René Descartes focusing on Don Quixote, desire, trauma, sublimation, the animal, the infinite body, the political subject and the Other. Public open lecture for the students and faculty of the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication Studies department program Saas-Fee Switzerland Europe. 2011. Anne Dufourmantelle.
Anne Dufourmantelle, Ph.D., is a French psychoanalyst, philosopher and author. Anne studied medicine and philosophy for two years in Paris and completed her doctorate (Ph.D) at Paris-IV university (Sorbonne). Her thesis was entitled : La vocation prophétique de la philosophie (The Prophetic Vocation of Philosophy) with studies on Soeren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Emmanuel Levinas and Patocka. It was published some years later by les éditions du Cerf and received the Academie Française for philosophy. During Anne's studies at la Sorbonne, she had the opportunity to take one year off to study "humanities" at Brown university, with Georges Morgan. She translated Nelson Goodman's _Language of Art_, and and wrote an essay on "The Structure of Appearance," which would lead her, upon returning to France, to teach at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris La Villette (School of Architecture (UP6) of La Villette, for five years a seminar on Aesthetics and "thinking architecture". This experience also drove Anne to publish some dialogues between architects and philosophers, such as, for example, between Christian de Portzamparc and Philippe Sollers (2004) or between Jean Baudrillard and Jean Nouvel (2000). Then Anne went on to direct a non-fiction collection as a publisher for Calmann-Levy on the field of philosophy. Anne studied with Jacques Derrida whom she had just met ("On Hospitality", Calmann-Levy, 1998 -- 17 translations), and also Vaclav Havel, Alain Didier-Weill, Alessandro Baricco, Julia Kristeva, Antonio Negri, George Steiner, Peter Sloterdijk, Frédéric Boyer, Belinda Cannone, etc... (more than 50 books published since). Then Anne left Calmann-Levy and continued with Stock (also in the Hachette group) the same type of collection, untitled "L'autre pensée", again in the field of philosophy, publishing thinkers like Slavoj Zizek, Noam Chomsky, Jacques Derrida again, Avital Ronell (2 books translated) -- Theodor Adorno, Rabaté, as well as some texts in psychoanalysis, literature studies, anthropology, sociology.
“Future Builders”: Magical Devices and Start-ups by Syrian Youth at the UNHCR Za’atari Refugee Camp
source: GoogleTechTalks 2016年2月25日
February 24, 2016
Presented by Karen E. Fisher and Katya Yefimova
ABSTRACT
In 2016 the world faces the worst humanitarian crisis since WWII: over 60M people are forcibly displaced, half of whom are youth. Building on our work with teens from East Africa, Myanmar and Latin America about how they hack technology to support ICT wayfaring, we focus in this talk on how technology can help young Syrian refugees reimagine their lives and build their futures. From fieldwork at the UNHCR Za’atari Syrian Refugee Camp in Jordan, we report on youth’s creativity, desires to help others via ICT wayfaring, and how universal design archetypes occur across cultures but differ in affordances. We share sample design specs for glasses that detect disease, magic roads, wish making, and more. As we return to Za’atari on March 4 for our second, year-long engagement, we ask Googlers to brainstorm on how to bring these designs to life. Shukran ("thank you").
About the Speakers
Karen E. Fisher, Professor, Information School, University of Washington. An advocate of humanitarian research, her passion is how HCI can improve lives around the world and create futures. Karen is working with Syrian refugees in Jordan and Arab migrants in Europe, understanding their information behavior and the economic impacts of migration. Her InfoMe group are rocks stars at conducting in situ, co-design labs with teens. Websites: Syria.ischool.uw.edu and InfoMe.uw.edu
Katya Yefimova is a first-year PhD student at the University of Washington Information School. She works with underrepresented communities, exploring how information technology could be used to improve people’s lives. Before pursuing her doctoral studies, she worked as a newspaper reporter and online content editor.
Doug Merlino: "Beast" | Talks at Google
source: Talks at Google 2016年2月12日
Author Doug Merlino speaks to Google about his latest book "Beast: Blood, Struggle, and Dreams at the Heart of Mixed Martial Arts" Mixed martial arts is America's fastest-growing sport-around the country, new gyms open their doors as enthusiastic viewers tune in to UFC matches. Although some dismiss it as brutal combat, its fighters are among the most dedicated athletes in any arena. But MMA also takes a heavy toll on the body, and it's a rare fighter who can earn a living in the sport's top ranks. In this talk Doug Merlino discusses his unprecedented access to four athletes training to fight their way up to title contention while also examining the history, culture, business, and meaning of professional cage fighting.
Moderated by Jason Krueger.
Alenka Zupančič. Sexuality, the Body, and Being. 2011
source: European Graduate School 2012年11月11日
http://www.egs.edu/ Alenka Zupancic, Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst, discusses sexual difference, sexuality, Sigmund Freud, Joan Copjec, the critique of gender, Jacques Lacan, psychoanalysis, Slavoj Zizek, Friedrich Nietzsche, and the body and being. This is the sixth lecture of Zupančič's 2011 summer course at the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication Studies department program Saas-Fee Switzerland Europe 2011 Alenka Zupancic.
Alenka Zupančič, Ph.D., is a Lacanian philosopher and social theorist, based as a full-time researcher in the philosophy department of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. She was born in 1966 in Slovenia. Alenka received her Ph.D. from the University of Ljubljana in 1990 and currently is a member of the Ljubljana School for Psychoanalysis. At the European Graduate School, she holds a position as a lecturer where she teaches an intensive summer seminar on Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche.
Gayatri Spivak: Humanities, Democracy and the Politics of Knowledge in Higher Education
source: Teaching & Learning TV by UTLO 2014年9月30日
TLHEC8 - Keynote Address by Prof Gayatri Spivak
25 September 2014 (Day 1)
Topic: Humanities, Democracy and the Politics of Knowledge in Higher Education
Keynote Speaker: Professor Gayatri Spivak, Columbia University, USA
Chair: Dr Nyna Amin - School of Education, University of KwaZulu Natal
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