by rjacksonpaton | Feb 3, 2015 | en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, readings
i’ve been reading an article in Psychology Today, and it has bearing on all kinds of unsettling work, both personal AND also social and cultural, too: ‘It’s an axiom of psychology that we are some recombination of all of our yesterdays. To move forward...
by rjacksonpaton | Jan 23, 2015 | en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, readings
the other day i read two articles in the NY Times magazine that were something of review essays about film, tv and books in popular culture. they struck me for a few reasons: first, my work of being unsettled is about breaking down the barriers that i’ve been...
by rjacksonpaton | Dec 23, 2014 | ethnoautobiography, readings, vulnerable ecology, writing
looking back over my sporadic postings, i pleasantly remember writing ‘playing in the wild’ just about one season ago, at the autumnal equinox. that seems fitting as i prepare to put together some further musings about an apparent explosion about things...
by rjacksonpaton | Dec 1, 2014 | connections, dissertation, en/gendering embodiment, readings, writing
In my last post, I dedicated ‘gone fishing’ to Brené Brown, Amanda Palmer and Fritz Tramonte. This is both brief backstory, and also reflection on becoming a new fan of someone in ‘popular culture.’ Brené has been on my ‘team’ for...
by rjacksonpaton | Nov 29, 2014 | connections, readings, writing
gone fishing for brene brown, amanda palmer, and fritz tramonte I’ve been away againand in my infinite clevernessand attempt to camouflage I was attempting to finda different phrase to hide behindbut maybe I have beengone fishing I had a laugh oncewith a vegan...