In the presence of data: Conversation-analysis as ’empirical philosophy’
by Paul ten Have, University of Amsterdam
http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/emca/presence.htm
Thanks to Jason for this one
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John O’Donohue was an Irish poet and philosopher beloved for his book Anam Cara — Gaelic for “soul friend” — and for his insistence on beauty as a human calling and a defining aspect of God. Before his untimely death this year, he spoke with Krista in our studios. And so this hour has become a remembrance of him. But John O’Donohue had a very Celtic, lifelong fascination with what he called “the invisible world.” And he would also surely see this also as a serendipitous continuation of his life’s work — of bringing ancient Celtic wisdom to modern confusions and longings.
http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/john_odonahue/index.shtml
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For us, ANT was simply another way at being faithful to the insight of
ethnomethodology: actors know what they do and we have to learn from
them not only what they do, but how and why they do it. It is us, the
social scientists, who lack the knowledge of what they do, and not they
who are missing the explanation of why they are unwittingly manipulated
by forces exterior to themselves and known to the social scientist’s
powerful gaze and methods. (Latour, p. 19)Far from being a theory of the social or even worse an explanation of
what makes society exert pressure on actors, it always was, and this
from its inception, a crude method to learn from the actors without
imposing on them an /a priori/ definition of their world-building
capacities. (p. 20)Latour, B. (1999). On Recalling ANT./ /In J. Law & J. Hassard (Eds.),
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Mistakes are the portals of discovery. James Joyce
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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now.
Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete
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About a month ago, I read “Getting Things Done”, David Allen’s popular method for “stress-free productivity”. I’m now trying to keep up with it all.
Merlin Mann’s 43 folders site is very helpful and free. David Allen group has a new club one can join called GTDConnect but $48 a month is too expensive for me.
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Let a wizard show you the way:
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