Selling Science
Selling Science (Nelkin) By: Cameron A. Straughan Sunday, July 28, 2002 I chose to read Dorothy Nelkin’s Selling Science because Continue reading
Freud & Happiness: An Absurdist Tragedy
In Civilization and its Discontents, Freud suggests that the purpose of life is the pursuit of happiness – guided by Continue reading
Mad Cows & Mother’s Milk – Risk Literacy: Is it the Missing Link in Environmental Education? – Lay Foibles & Expert Fables in Judgements about Risks
Mad Cows & Mother’s Milk (Ten Lessons & Appendix) Risk Literacy: Is it the Missing Link in Environmental Education? Lay Continue reading
Albert Camus’ “The Plague” as an Allegory of the Rise of Extremist Totalitarian Governments
Plague Presentation I gave this presentation as part of the course requirements towards my Master of Environmental Studies Degree. I Continue reading
Nature, Humanity, and Modernity in François Truffaut’s The Wild Child
Nature, Humanity, and Modernity in François Truffaut’s The Wild Child By: Cameron A. Straughan Truffauts’ the Wild Continue reading
Characteristics of Major Players in the Science Communication Paradigm
Characteristics of Major Players in the Science Communication Paradigm Characteristic Science Media Public Judgments No moral judgments creates protagonists and Continue reading
Risk & Culture
Risk & Culture By: Cameron A. Straughan June 23, 2002 The first thing that attracted me to Douglas and Wildavsky’s Continue reading
High Art and Negation
In his book One-dimensional Man, Herbert Marcuse considers high art the ultimate form of negation. However, it can not be Continue reading
