Cultural Praxis is a community forum to discuss the intersection between culture and human experience. Members can submit articles, announcements, opinion pieces, reflections on field research, photos, videos, and other materials, and they can host live discussions. We encourage Members to comment on content.
Date: Tuesday Sept 9, 2025 at 2am Central Daylight Time (CDT in the USA) Facilitator: Francine Smolucha Summary: Two different activities that can lead to increased creativity and be used as assessment techniques are...
Note: The following text is from a talk I gave 25 years ago at a meeting of the American Anthropological Association as part of a symposium honoring Jerome Bruner. I am...
Date: Tuesday June 17 at 9am PDT Guest Speaker: Keith Sawyer, Morgan Distinguished Professor in Educational Innovations at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Summary paragraph: Professor Keith Sawyer will talk...
Date: Tuesday, May 13 at 9am Pacific Daylight Time Our Guest Speaker Elizabeth Fein will present her research on how fantasy role play can be beneficial for people on the...
We invite proposals for a special issue of Mind, Culture, and Activity that explores play in all its depth and breadth—as a developmental activity, a site of resistance, a cultural...
Date: September 10, 2025 Location: University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland; Hybrid/Online participation is available. The ongoing climate and ecological crises necessitate profound changes in human activities and societies. Earth is no...
I'm happy to announce that my book Triangles and Tribulations has just been published by MIT Press! This book uses the sociology of translation to understand a social science framework—cultural-historical...
Dear Friends, The Research Institute of the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) is thrilled to invite you to an online two-week seminar led by Prof. Megan...
We invite authors interested in publishing their work on Cultural Praxis to submit articles, essays, book reviews, teaching and activist resources, and artistic works dealing with issues at the intersection of culture and human experience in order to stimulate opportunities for social change and development.
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