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Perception and the Platypus

Perception and the Platypus By Jay Johnston I was desperate to see a platypus. Standing on riverbanks I would look out, simultaneously expectant and forlorn, scanning for signs of this notoriously shy monotreme. The platypus Read more…

1 year ago September 12, 2018
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Social media as religion – unexamined desire and (mis-in)formation

Social media as religion – a tale of unexamined desire and (mis-in)formation  by Dion Forster It could be said that social media is the most prevalent religion of our time. Like other faiths, it forms Read more…

1 year ago September 5, 2018
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A Crisis for Governance and a Boon for Populism

Uncoupling Democracy’s Forms from their Purposes: A Crisis for Governance and a Boon for Populism by Marcia Pally   I’m still pondering this bit of data: Americans who, under the proposed Republican replacement for Obamacare Read more…

1 year ago August 29, 2018
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Counterpoint: Conducting Edward Said’s ‘And Also’

Counterpoint: Conducting Edward Said’s ‘And Also’ by Alissa Jones Nelson Binaries are bogus constructions. We live in a world of continuum, of three-dimensional spiral. Linear progress is a myth we’ve told ourselves almost to death. Read more…

1 year ago August 23, 2018
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Berlin’s Contrapuntal Agency: How Where We Live Changes What We Know

Berlin’s Contrapuntal Agency:  Or, How Admitting the Knowledge of Place Can Change Science, Politics, and Culture by Kocku von Stuckrad Do places have knowledge? Do they have memory? If places convey these to us, is Read more…

1 year ago August 15, 2018
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The Time of Loneliness

The Time of Loneliness   by Whitney A. Bauman We live in a world of sped-up reality.  Sociologists describe the fossil-fueled pace of our world as a “space-time” crunch.  This means that the communities near to Read more…

1 year ago August 8, 2018
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Beyond Epistemicide: Toward Multiple Forms of Knowledge

Beyond Epistemicide: Toward Multiple Forms of Knowledge by Joram Tarusarira Knowledge production, authentication, and dissemination require transcending a universal, fundamentalist[1] canon of thought that privileges one knowledge system at the expense of others. With modernity, Read more…

2 years ago May 22, 2018
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Ten Theses on Academia, Society, and the Planetary Future: A Counterpoint Manifesto

Ten Theses on Academia, Society, and the Planetary Future: A Counterpoint Manifesto by Whitney A. Bauman & Kocku von Stuckrad [For a German version of this manifesto, please click here.] 1. The so-called “Anthropocene” is Read more…

2 years ago April 24, 2018
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In Memoriam: Michael J. Harner (1929–2018)

In Memoriam: Michael J. Harner (1929–2018) by Kocku von Stuckrad Michael J. Harner passed on the morning of February 3. As announced by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, his transition to the other world happened Read more…

2 years ago February 7, 2018

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