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Hardening of the Categories
One way we might examine the dynamic and complex environments around us is by breaking those environments down as systems and subsystems. Much can be revealed about the structures that constitute our environments, their interplay with other structures, and the … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, education
Tagged culture, double bind, ecology, education, environment, Gregory Bateson, McLuhan, media ecology, Neil Postman, systems, systems thinking
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Figure/Ground (Happy 100th Marshall!)
Marshall McLuhan was born on July 21st, 1911 in Edmonton, Aberta, Canada. This year marks the centennial celebration of his birth, although he died in 1980 at the far too young age of 69. In Canada, as you might imagine, … Continue reading
On Bugs, Bytes and Books
Recently, some friends offered a gift to my children. A male rhinoceros beetle. In Japan, these bulgy-looking, tusked beasts are often the favorite pets of young kids during the summer months and can be readily caught in the wild, if … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, education, media, technology
Tagged Alan Kay, dynamic equilibrium, ecology, education, environment, equilibrium, general semantics, literacy, media ecology, systems, systems thinking, technology, Trivium
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Systems Thinking and Sustainability
In my prior post, “We are Air,” I introduced the idea of systems thinking via the duo of Gregory Bateson (with a hat tip to his daughter Nora) and the biologist David Suzuki. The driving force behind my scholarship and … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, education
Tagged autopoeisis, Buckminster Fuller, CADS, David Suzuki, dynamic equilibrium, ecology, education, equilibrium, Fritjof Capra, Gregory Bateson, Lewis Mumford, Maturana, McLuhan, media ecology, Neil Postman, sustainability, systems, systems thinking, techno-organic, Varela
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One of the most influential thinkers in my life and in my academic career is the exceptional Gregory Bateson. Many people know of his work though his connection to anthropologist Margaret Mead, to whom he was married for a period … Continue reading
Posted in ecology
Tagged David Suzuki, ecology, Fritjof Capra, Gregory Bateson, Margaret Mead, systems, systems thinking
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