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
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
Risk & Culture
Risk & Culture By: Cameron A. Straughan June 23, 2002 The first thing that attracted me to Douglas and Wildavsky’s Continue reading
Conversations in a Landscape of Science and Magic: Thinking about Science Communication
Science Communication in Theory and Practice The Background to Effective Science Communication by the Public (Stocklmayer) Science Communication with the 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
