Re: [FRIAM] [632 Advisory] wordcrafting

2007-11-10 Thread phil henshaw
What would you call a discipline / degree / body of knowledge that incorporated in a holistic and deeply integrated way the following: art, humanities, anthropology, engineering, visualization, economics, imagination, science, craft, computation, math, innovation, creativity,

Re: [FRIAM] [632 Advisory] wordcrafting

2007-11-09 Thread Robert Cordingley
Dave, The University of Texas at Austin's Liberal Arts school has Plan 2 which provides a multidisciplinary education from art, through philosophy and science, etc.. If your BOK goes further you could call it Plan 3? Other more serious ideas: polytechnology, pantechnology, gnostology,

Re: [FRIAM] [632 Advisory] wordcrafting

2007-11-08 Thread Mikhail Gorelkin
:34 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] [632 Advisory] wordcrafting David, This will bother me for the rest of the week! Best answer I can come up with is Liberal Arts.It is embodied in our colleges and universities as wholes, but no longer in any of its individuals. Here is where St. Johns

Re: [FRIAM] [632 Advisory] wordcrafting

2007-11-08 Thread Michael Orshan
Pioneer Science? _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Johnson Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 12:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] [632 Advisory] wordcrafting Information

Re: [FRIAM] [632 Advisory] wordcrafting

2007-11-08 Thread Richard Lowenberg
To quote Gregory Bateson: Towards an Ecology of Mind. rl On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Nicholas Thompson wrote: David, This will bother me for the rest of the week! Best answer I can come up with is Liberal Arts.It is embodied in our colleges and universities as wholes, but no longer in

Re: [FRIAM] [632 Advisory] wordcrafting

2007-11-08 Thread Tom Johnson
Information Ecologist?? -tj On Nov 8, 2007 9:55 AM, Prof David West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gentlefolk, I need a word. I am working on some educational proposal material, roughing out a possible grant application to the Olin Foundation, and related activities for 632. What would

Re: [FRIAM] [632 Advisory] wordcrafting

2007-11-08 Thread Nicholas Thompson
David, This will bother me for the rest of the week! Best answer I can come up with is Liberal Arts.It is embodied in our colleges and universities as wholes, but no longer in any of its individuals. Here is where St. Johns is the exception, where the quality you aspire to name, is

Re: [FRIAM] [632 Advisory] wordcrafting

2007-11-08 Thread MCW
Sounds like a branding question. :-) How about the da Vinci discipline? the Renaissance discipline? I'm kidding. Since only a few geniuses like Da Vinci could truly claim to be masters in multiple of those disciplines listed IMO the answer would depend on where the new discipline rested in

Re: [FRIAM] [632 Advisory] wordcrafting

2007-11-08 Thread Don Begley
That's nice. On Nov 8, 2007, at 12:12 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: Information Ecologist?? FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at

Re: [FRIAM] [632 Advisory] wordcrafting

2007-11-08 Thread Patrick Reilly
V., Gestalt weaving. N., Gestalt weaver. On Nov 8, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Don Begley wrote: That's nice. On Nov 8, 2007, at 12:12 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: Information Ecologist?? FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets