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| == Week 2 (Puzzles) == | | == Week 2 (Puzzles) == |
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| * Thomas Kuhn. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions ''The Structure of Scientific Revolutions''] - Classic in the philosophy/sociology of science. Came up in reference to the ideas of "normal science" and "paradigm shifts," but also provides a concept of scientific puzzles that might give some useful ways to contextualize Abbott's and Buchholz's comments on the subject. Speaking of Abbott | | * Thomas Kuhn. ''The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'' - Classic in the philosophy/sociology of science. The ideas of "normal science" and "paradigm shifts." Interestingly, Kuhn himself seems to have plagiarized many (all?) of the core ideas in this book! |
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| * Andrew Abbott (presumably?) published many pseudonymous book reviews the ''American Journal of Sociology'' under the name of "Barbara Celarent", a fictional(?) persona from the University of Atlantis writing in the 2040s/2050s (!)
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| ** [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605763 Example 1]
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| ** [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/675670 Example 2]
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| ** [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/660675 Example 3]
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| * Larissa Buchholz recommended the following book: Robert Peters. ''Getting what you came for: The smart student's guide to earning a master's or Ph.D'' ([https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/460669.Getting_What_You_Came_For Goodreads reviews/summary]).
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| == Week 5 (Time Diary) ==
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| * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lnrj1jZG7I ''"Maybe This Stupid Thing Will Fix My Life" by CollegeHumor'']
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| * Connie's point about the tension/overlap between leisure and work reminded me of [https://read.dukeupress.edu/boundary-2/article/40/2/113/6456/Gamification-and-Other-Forms-of-Play this article by Patrick Jagoda] , my advisor at UChicago: all about how "games" (or the logical structure of games — competition, point-earning, etc) has taken over the most banal aspects of our everyday life: in other words, how everything we do — exercise, meditating, saving money, et al. — become a quantified exercise in performance. - NJ
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