Real Life Applications of Cognitive Linguistics
I have said it before and I will say it again: ANYTHING that requires thought benefits from a cognitive linguistic perspective. We use language to help in making sense of the world, this… Read More
Category Archive: Ethnography
Maple Keys remind me of a Taxonomy chart
I was thinking about maple keys recently. The maple key is an interesting schema of a taxonomy; the kernel is like a category node – the top-level domain. Each vein in the wing… Read More
Protected: Haiman’s view of Iconic and Economic Motivation
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Why I Care About Ontology
In a broad sense of the term, any particular ontology serves as a framework against which we interpret information; think of it like an organized perspective that we use as a lens to… Read More
Doing Strategic Planning #4: Adapting Existing Organization-External Materials for Internal Use
This is part of the continuing series about Strategic Planning and outlines the process I am using with a particular organization. I wanted to briefly explain something that I think is a viable… Read More
Doing Strategic Planning #2: Decision Making and Identifying Policy Material through Discourse Analysis
Continuing on the posts about strategic planning, today I want to share how I encourage people to develop policy. The organization that I am helping had a baseline report drafted by a committee… Read More
Inherent Narratives in Ad Hoc Collections
Part of my portfolio includes this project called Weaving Narratives: Possessions = Autobiographies, it is an exploration into how any ad hoc grouping of objects has some kind of inherent narrative, albeit a… Read More
Why I Believe in Cut & Paste as a Design Strategy
Cut & Paste is not just a keyboard function. In fact, R.G. Collingwood coined the term in the mid 1940′s in his book The Idea of History, but being a more formal speaker… Read More
Weaving Narratives: Possessions = Autobiographies
I recently created a short interview about my art project “Weaving Narratives” where I describe the process of reading objects that people own. I hope you check it out and let me know… Read More
Think Like a Bacterium: OSMOS, Naïve Quorum Sensing, & the iPad
I was recently sucked into playing OSMOS on my iPad. I never play video games (usually I am too busy: wife, art, school, work) but I did happen to spend four hours straight… Read More
HighLevel Issues in EthnoBotany; Interdisciplinary Cross-Pollination
I started getting interested in botany during my undergraduate years when I wanted to complement the technical linguistics training with a tempered understanding of some practical skills. I have always planned on doing… Read More
Delicious Holiday Recipe: Nut & Poppy Seed Roll (Found Text)
I wanted to share this recipe that I got from my great-grandmother (from Zagreb, Republic of Croatia)…I grew up eating this deliciousness and consequently I have become a smart scientist. http://ryandewey.org/unfold_8.html Do you… Read More
Post-Colonial Thought in Literature, Ethics, and Project Design
I wanted to let you know about an online ejournal about Post-Colonial Literature and Culture, here it is: Post-Colonial Studies in Literature & Culture eJournal Having formerly worked in two former colonies (one… Read More
Medicine in the underdeveloped world
In line with this post (My Jungle Medical Kit) I wanted to pass this link regarding establishing expedient medical clinics in remote locations. These resources come from the Hesperian Foundation, a non-profit organization… Read More
Mashing Ray Jackendoff’s Ontological Categories with James Spradley’s Cultural Dimensions & Wh- Question Words
While I don’t necessarily agree with Jackendoff’s use of the semantic primitives, and while I recognize that this comes from a book that is from the early 80′s, I still want to present… Read More
Cognitive Mindfulness #15
Ronald Langacker is considered one of the founding fathers of the Cognitive Linguistics enterprise, his seminal work in Cognitive Grammar has influenced pretty much everyone who does anything at all in Cognitive Linguistics.… Read More
Overcome Writer’s Block With Semiotics [Free Download]
I just posted a free download of an excerpt of my semiotics project which will be available as a paperback in September. I encourage you to check it out and let me know… Read More
Cognitive Mindfulness #8
Today’s quote comes from one of my favorite books about architectural design, Archetypes In Architecture. The book explores the functional grounding of the major elements of architecture. “Shared experiences, like symbolic meanings, are… Read More
Who I’d Like To Meet
anyone who has a story to tell me. anyone who can see that they belong to numerous multidimensional plot lines. anyone who can see that they relate to society to solidify current culture.… Read More
Cognitive Mindfulness #7
Take this advice from Jack London: “When a man journeys into a far country, he must be prepared to forget many of the things he has learned, and to acquire such customs as… Read More
How to Observe – Guidelines for an Open Mind
When we encounter unfamiliar situations or find ourselves in cultures which we do not understand, it is best to gather the facts before jumping to conclusions about what is going on. Some ethnographers… Read More
