From Beyond Culture
Citing Washburn (1973) on the importance of play in learning
“Through play (emotional, repetitious, from within) children prepare for the adult life of their culture. Separation of education from life…is new in the history of primates. In the American school there is no view of adult life…In schools discipline is substituted for the internal [...]
Categories: anthropology, education, psychology
Tagged: anthropology, bureaucracy, culture, education, edward t hall, learning, psychology
- Published:
- July 20, 2009 – 9:05 pm
- Author:
- By Adam
A few highlights from my current read, Edward T. Hall’s Beyond Culture (Chapter 4 – Hidden Culture)
“…language is not…a system for transferring thoughts or meaning from one brain to another, but a system for organizing information and for releasing thoughts and responses in other organisms.” (pg 57) (my emphasis)
“Two things get in the way of [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: culture, edward t hall, language, media, media ecology
- Published:
- July 5, 2009 – 6:41 pm
- Author:
- By Adam