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Alternative Ways of Getting a Ph.D.

June 15, 2011

I just read a book (Trent Jacob’s The Authentic Dissertation) about alternative dissertations—-using art, fiction, dialogues, indigenous ways of knowing and so on for doctoral dissertations. I have to admit, my dissertation process was completely the opposite of anything vaguely related to “experimental.” My process was about jumping through hoops to try to please my [ Read more … ]

Non-Literal Ways of Knowing

August 28, 2010

Picasso: Every one wants to understand art. Why not try to understand one song of a bird? Why does one love the night, flowers, everything around one, without trying to understand? But in case of a painting, people have to understand. If only they would realize above all that an artist works because he must, [ Read more … ]

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