Dec
9
For Times Such as This: Upside, Inside-out, Living la Vida Flourishing
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This post is the eighth of our new season of the From the Field student blog series: For Times Such as This. If you have not yet done so, please read this post for some brief context. Theologian Miroslav Volf and his fellow academics Matthew Croasmun and Ryan McAnnally-Linz, with the help of some of the […]
Dec
1
For Times Such as This: Making the Difficult Choice of Relating to Others in Communication
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This post is the seventh of our new season, For Times Such as This, and a return to. If you have not yet done so, please read this season-opening post for some brief context. Although there appear to be endless merits to healthy communication, many individuals refuse to accept this practice. For example, many individuals […]
Nov
17
For Times Such as This: Diving As A Transferable Skill
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This post is the sixth of our new season of the From the Field student blog series: For Times Such as This. If you have not yet done so, please read this post for some brief context. Deep sea divers are brave souls. They, on their own volition, search out the innermost bowels of the […]
Nov
17
For Times Such as This: The Purpose of Life
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This post is the fifth of our new season, For Times Such as This. If you have not yet done so, please read this season-opening post for some brief context. Students in our politics and international relations capstone course just finished their second book of the course, Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most […]
Nov
10
For Times Such as This: Empathy and Commonality, The “Simple” Solutions to Human Communication
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This post is the third of our new season, For Times Such as This. If you have not yet done so, please read this introduction for some brief context. In his book If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?, Alan Alda tackles what it is exactly that prevents people, especially […]
Nov
3
For Times Such as This: Empowerment through Empathy
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This post is the second of our new season, For Times Such as This. If you have not yet done so, please read this introduction for some brief context. Alan Alda’s If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face? argues that communication is a two-way street, placing responsibility in the hands of […]
Oct
27
For Times Such as This: Empathy, Connection and Their Effects on Politics – If I Understood You (From the Field)
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This post is the second of our new season, For Times Such as This. If you have not yet done so, please read this introduction for some brief context. If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look On My Face? asks Alan Alda throughout his narrative of experiences with scientists and the lessons about […]
Oct
27
For Times Such As This: Thoughts from Politics and International Relations Capstone on Alan Alda’s If I Understood You (From the Field)
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(What is From the Field? Read our series welcome post to learn more!) Welcome to the new season of From the Field, our program’s student blog series! For this segment we will feature analyses of four books engaged in our major capstone. As we move to different books across the semester, I will add an editorial post to […]
May
13
Lessons on Democracy from a Case Study of the Philippines (Part 2)
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This post is the fourth of our spring segment, Digging In. If you have not yet done so, please read this introduction for some brief context. Rising sophomore Bella Farrington dug into the research on the Philippines for her case study of its state of democracy for Comparative Politics this year. This post features […]
May
13
Lessons on Democracy from a Case Study of the Philippines (Part 1)
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This post is the third of our spring segment, Diggin In. If you have not yet done so, please read this introduction for some brief context. Rising sophomore Bella Farrington dug into the research on the Philippines for her case study of its state of democracy for Comparative Politics this year. This research will appear […]