It’s been quite a while since I keyed in any texts on this blog. The reasons or excuses are legion. I have been traveling a lot this year. First, it was to and fro Malaysia and Norway to orientate myself, and settle in the family. Then there was the courses at Lesbos Island, Greece…
Category: Academics
280: ‘Middag’ with Professors
278: UiA in Autumn
267: Norskkurs
261: Wesley Wildman
260: Dialogicality
Random Utterances 7
“Theology is a language used by a specific group of people to make sense of their world.†– Rowan Williams, On Christian Theology “Theology . . . is a particular type of rhetorical art.†– Mark Wallace, Fragments of the Spirit “Across the broad spectrum of different academic settings and different cultures, across the even…
Why write?
Why do we write? Below are some answers in paraphrase or direct quotation, some with a mix of both: “. . . to facilitate the enslavement of other human beings. . . .” or to exercise control over them ~ Claude Levi-Strauss ‘Conscientization’ of the oppressed, or liberation from ‘enslavement’ ~ Paulo Freire Writing is…
On Writing Well
I never saw myself as a ‘writer’. I tend to see myself as a ‘communicator’ primarily comfortable to communicate verbally and visually. This probably explains my preference for speaking and mind mapping. But perhaps unconsciously and only later intentionally, I found myself a kind of ‘writer’+’communicator’ through being an accidental ‘blogger’. So, I still see…
Random thoughts while having nice orange juice
The Kit kids had a lovely Saturday morning cartoon, thanks to Mummy! I cycled to town returned a DVD, and did some necessary grocery shopping. The trip back was a bit of a work out, but I guess that’s the kind of exercise I’m getting these days. 🙂 The last couple of weeks has been…