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Thought and Culture 2011 - 12
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Thought and Culture 2011 - 12
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Planting corn seeds in a Mazahua community (Mexico). From de Haan, M. (1999). Learning as cultural practice. Amsterdam: Thela. |
Seminar Objectives:
The goal of this seminar is to discuss both theoretical and practical topics relating to knowledge in all its forms and its relationship to cultures. Like last year, we hope to have as many researchers as possible join us and participate in our exchange of ideas in a multidisciplinary atmosphere whose only goal is mutual enrichment.
In keeping with last year’s proceedings, before each session, participants will be invited to read a text that will then become the subject of an informal talk and critical commentary, followed by discussion. It will not necessarily be a matter of presenting results from one’s personal research work. More broadly, the goal of the gatherings is to address the participants, in a cordial and open atmosphere, on current theoretical and practical subjects which we find to be interesting and important.
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Regular Sessions 2011 - 12
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1. “Le travail indéfini de la liberté” : à partir de Michel Foucault. [Presentation will be in French]
To read the abstract, please click on the title.
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Dr. Réal Fillion, Département de philosophie, Université de Sudbury.
Wednesday October 19, 2011.
Room C-306.
From 4:30 to 6:00 pm. |
Réal Fillion's research interests include social and political philosophy and the philosophy of history. He is the author of Multicultural Dynamics and the Ends of History, published by University of Ottawa Press (2008).
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2. Nietzschean Project of Creating a Superman: Vygotsky’s Integrative “Peak Psychology” of Cultural Development.
To read the abstract, please click on the title. |
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Dr. Anton Yasnitsky, History and Theory of Psychology, York University and Human Development and Applied Psychology, University of Toronto.
Wednesday November 16, 2011.
Room C-306.
From 4:30 to 6:00 pm. |
Anton Yasnitsky is a specialist of Vygotskian Studies and cultural-historical developmental psychology. He is a co-editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Cultural-Historical Psychology (to appear in 2012).
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3. Les mathématiques ont une histoire et une géographie, l'exemple des mathématiques inuit. [Presentation will be in French]
To read the abstract, please click on the title. |
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Dr. Louise Poirier, Faculté des sciences l'éducation, Université de Montréal.
Thursday January 19, 2012.
Room C-306.
From 4:30 - 6:00 pm. |
Louise Poirier is dean of the Faculté des sciences de l'éducation de l'Université de Montréal. She is a specialist in ethnomathematics and has conducted research in Inuit communities.
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4. Self-Preservation Gone Wild.
To read the abstract, please click the on title. |
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Dr. Deborah Cook, Department of Philosophy, University of Windsor.
Wednesday February 15, 2012.
Room C-306.
From 4:30 to 6:00 pm. |
Deborah Cook was a student of Foucault and Derrida. She has published extensively on Foucault and Adorno. Her latest book is Adorno: Key Concepts (Acumen Press, 2008).
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5. Cultural Development of Mathematical Ideas: Papua New Guinea Studies.
To read the abstract, please click on the title. |
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Dr. Geoffrey Saxe, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley.
Wednesday March 14, 2012.
Room C-306.
From 4:30 to 6:00 pm. |
| Geoffrey Saxe's research interests include the interplay between historical and economic changes, schooling and the concomitant shifts in individuals’ thinking. He has conducted field research in sites such as Papua New Guinea and Brazil. He is the author of Culture and Cognitive Development (Erlbaum, 1991). |
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Organizing Committee:
Dr. Luis Radford, Coordinator, École des sciences de l'éducation (lradford@laurentian.ca)
Dr. Athanase Simbagoye, École des sciences de l'éducation (asimbagoye@laurentian.ca)
Dr. John-Jairo Marin-Tamayo, École des sciences de l'éducation (jmarintamayo@laurentian.ca)
Dr. François Boudreau, School of Social Work (fboudreau@laurentian.ca)
Dr. Ginette Roberge, École des sciences de l'éducation (gx_roberge@laurentian.ca)
Dr. Alain Beaulieu, Département de philosophie (abeaulieu@laurentian.ca)
Funded by:
École des sciences de l'éducation
The Vice-president Office of Francophone Affairs, Research and Graduate Studies
Laurentian University PhD in Human Studies
M.A. in Sociology
Partners:
Laurentian University's International Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in the Human Sciences (ICIRHS) | 
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