by rjacksonpaton | Dec 11, 2016 | connections, en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, readings, work of body
this is another attempt to make connections between stuff that’s crossed my path, and this week’s theme is the endless suffering caused by binaries! in gender, race, science, mental health, academics, these notions of right/wrong, healthy/sick,...
by rjacksonpaton | Dec 6, 2016 | connections, en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, readings, writing
Jürgen and i are underway with revising a couple of chapters in our book on Ethnoautobiography: Jürgen’s working on the community chapter, Community and Communitas. I am spending some time with En/gendering Embodied Ethnoautobiography. In re-reading the chapter...
by rjacksonpaton | Nov 3, 2016 | connections, eco-somatics, ethnoautobiography, readings, uncoveredwagon
not unlike Harry Potter, i have mixed feelings about invoking the name of he-who-shall-not-be-named. do we kid ourselves, and give away our power when we focus on Trump, and not all of the history, legacies, etc. that puts him there? indeed i found this fabulous...
by rjacksonpaton | Sep 22, 2016 | connections, en/gendering embodiment, ethnoautobiography, readings, work of body, writing
embodied trans*formation episode 1: Collecting dis-words 9-21-16 This story began as an effort to experience the relationship between shame and trauma. I have a number of references that I glanced at, including van der Kolk’s (2014) The Body Keeps the Score, but I...
by rjacksonpaton | Jul 28, 2016 | connections, dissertation, ethnoautobiography, readings, uncoveredwagon, writing
due to a variety of reasons (yes, one of them is Trump!), i picked up my 2012 dissertation this week and happened upon a section that seemed exceptionally timely: “Embodied conflict and permanent fear”. (i’ll go into more about that later, hell i...
by rjacksonpaton | Jun 23, 2016 | connections, creativity, en/gendering embodiment, readings, uncoveredwagon, vulnerable ecology
i saw this quote from artist Frank Stella at the Fort Worth Modern the other day… then i was read this passage from Helen Macdonald’s extraordinary H is for hawk… “Chalk landscapes do this to me; bring an exhilarating, on-tiptoe sense that some...
