Hello again,
Pip you said:
"I think the answer to this has to be no, academia
> doesn't have equal playing
> fields. Either because of methodological
> 'one-eyedness' and lack of
> understanding, or because academia has excluded,
> derided or devalued certain
> ways of being/seeing/representing knowledge. That's
> why I find it cheering
> that discussions such as those occurring on this
> list, from a variety of
> practitioners and academics (frequently the same
> people, grin!)are assisting
> with the scrutiny, critique and hopefully widening
> of what academia has been
> prepared to countenance and support."
Mmm......I agree with you both.....but for me there
are three issues:
1. How can we lasso some of the ideas in the
discussions before they gallop away ?
2. How can we harness some of them to work for you
for what you describe as "widening" of what academia
is prepared to countenance and support?.......
3. communicating in a language that is clear and
accessible, rather than esoteric, irritating, and
blocking to understanding and engagement?
Kind regards
Brian
>
--- Pip/Bruce Ferguson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Je Kan and others
>
> I haven't opened the Goma files yet while I get
> advice on the best medium in
> which to view this. But I was able to access your
> draft PhD work, and found
> this statement in Chapter 3, which I think well
> captures the kinds of
> discussions we've been having on this list around
> standards.
>
> "I question myself at this point: Does academia
> present a fair and impartial
> equal playing field for all forms of knowledge to
> stand with equal weighting
> in terms of judgement of scholarship and hence
> legitimacy?"
>
> I think the answer to this has to be no, academia
> doesn't have equal playing
> fields. Either because of methodological
> 'one-eyedness' and lack of
> understanding, or because academia has excluded,
> derided or devalued certain
> ways of being/seeing/representing knowledge. That's
> why I find it cheering
> that discussions such as those occurring on this
> list, from a variety of
> practitioners and academics (frequently the same
> people, grin!)are assisting
> with the scrutiny, critique and hopefully widening
> of what academia has been
> prepared to countenance and support.
>
> Thanks for the sharing, Je Kan!
> Arohanui (with much love)
> Pip Bruce Ferguson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BERA Practitioner-Researcher
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Rev Je Kan
> Adler-Collins
> Sent: Wednesday, 10 January 2007 1:08 p.m.
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: insight to practice
>
> Jack you wrote;
> I'm suggesting that our visual narratives enable
> the lived expression of
> our values, skills and understandings to be
> connected to analytic
> frameworks in the
> creation of living theories, and that these enable
> the significance of
> what is being done to be communicated.
>
> here then is my link to see if I can offer insights
> to a Buddhist
> prayer and healing service which takes place over 3
> days and nights in
> my temple for world peace. I start after doing
> waterfall gyo, which is
> cleansing and purification and then the Goma fire is
> lit for the Fire
> diety to enter this dimension. It is a beautiful
> time, people come for
> healing and place offerings on the fire. There are
> frw words so I
> wonder if offering this insight hepls or conveys my
> values and
> commitment to them?
> Please follow the link below nd select the medium of
> your choice.
> looking forwARD TO ANY RESPONSES.
> http://living-action-research.org/PhD_index.htm
> lOVE TO ALL
> JE Kan
>
Brian E. Wakeman
Education adviser
Dunstable
Beds
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