Claude Lévi-Strauss, a pioneering anthropologist, provides a framework through structuralism to examine cultural phenomena as interconnected systems. By analyzing the philosophies underpinning colonialism, nationalism, imperialism, and capitalism, we can debate their interconnectivity and unsustainability through a Lévi-Straussian lens. Interconnectivity: Colonialism: Structural Perspective: Lévi-Strauss might analyze colonialism as a structural imposition where one culture imposes its … Continue reading Web of Shadows: The Interconnected Instability of Colonialism, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Capitalism
A Bittersweet X-Mas – A very personal message
I've been asked by family and friends, in all variations of the same sort of questions: Are you excited for the holidays?; How are you doing?... My answers depend on the recipient and how I believe they will take my answers.ie: debate them or accept them at face value. This past year has been filled … Continue reading A Bittersweet X-Mas – A very personal message
Art & Fear – What to do about it in your classroom?
What I learned in school today... First, try to find and read Art & Fear David Bayles & Ted Orland, or watch a few reviews on youtube on the book. My teacher gave us a reading from the book and it was out of chapter 2. Looking through my notes, I took away from the … Continue reading Art & Fear – What to do about it in your classroom?
The 12th Step on The Ladder of Awareness
From session on July 13th, 2017 Recap & Realizations since last week: Aha moment: Awareness shines a light on our limiting behaviors and The Ladder takes it several steps further, it reveals self-understanding and our purest truth. Awareness is only the beginning. Truth is the key to all of our personal successes. Question: How is … Continue reading The 12th Step on The Ladder of Awareness
The New Renaissance Mindset 