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Sorry to zig and zag. My colleague on FRIAM, Glen Ropella, chased this down for me: https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2020/05/01/remove-hateful-material-from-mandat ory-teaching-says-su-council/ The problem arose because I failed to distinguish between the Oxford Union and the Oxford STUDENT union, which are entirely different organizations. It's bad, but it's not quite so bad. N Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 11:16 PM To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' <[email protected]> Cc: 'Thompson, Caleb' <[email protected]>; 'Grant Franks' <[email protected]>; 'Dix McComas' <[email protected]>; 'David Schneider' <[email protected]>; 'Jaan Valsiner' <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Interesting "take" on political correctness and triggering Sorry everybody, I got snookered. After an hour of cross checking in the internet, I could find no evidence that . (the Oxford Union apparently voted to asked the British government to limit texts that may be taught on campus) I don't know if I misheard (the podcast was a bit muddy in places) or was mis-told, but in any case I mis-informed you. Again, I apologize. Nick Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 4:14 PM To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: 'Thompson, Caleb' <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; 'Grant Franks' <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; 'Dix McComas' <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; 'David Schneider' <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; 'Jaan Valsiner' <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Interesting "take" on political correctness and triggering This <https://jimruttshow.blubrry.net/feed/podcast/> is a recent podcast from the Jim Rutt Show which contained some new thoughts, for me. It reveals an understanding of the current free speech crisis on campuses (the Oxford Union apparently voted to asked the British government to limit texts that may be taught on campus) as arising from the interaction between a model of polite discourse (avoidance of uncomfortable topics) with the wildly increased diversity of student bodies on the campuses of elite universities, meaning that the number of topics that can be discussed without making SOMEBODY uncomfortable has greatly decreased . The last five minutes includes a discussion of the St. Johns model. If you had only a few minutes to devote to it, you might skip there and then reel back if you want more context. Easterners do NOT, repeat not, be put off by that "Howdy" thang at the beginning. For me, there were LOTS of new thoughts, here. One significant model of classroom discourse that is NOT mentioned on the podcast is the "T-group" model, from the sixties. Hmmm. Nick Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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