The Fishbowl

Brianna Higgins - 5 Boxes 1. Diversity Advancement, Tenacity Our tenacity to understand diversity allows for our advancement in wisdom. 2. Clarity Elaborate, Connection, Intuitions Our connections provide clarity towards the unknown and elaborate parts of how we live. 3. Compelling Opposite, Curious...

Zygmunt Bauman Sociologist and philosopher Observed modernity and the mind behind the concept of liquid society - current conditions of our world in which insecurity, uncertainty, and individualism are dominant players Explored fluid identity in modern world - Holocaust, consumerism and globalizatio...

Self reflection Meditation or serious thought about one’s character, actions and motives Earliest historical records demonstrate the intensity that humanity has had in itself Participative observation A qualitative research method in which the researcher studies a group not only by observing, but al...

Luce Irigaray - Sharing the World
Looks at the concept of otherness - otherness is subjected to the same values by which we are ourselves defined, making us remain in sameness
The difference between sexes, shows aspects of human subjectivity, and the effects from increasing technology and techniques

Brenda Laurel
Video game designer and researcher
Advocate for diversity and inclusiveness in video games, pioneer in developing virtual reality

Gilles Deleuze French philosopher, wrote on philosophy, literature, film, and fine art Wrote two volumes on Capitalism and Schizophrenia: Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus Deleuzian Theory: concepts are not identity conditions or proposition, but metaphysical constructions that define a range of ...

Anthony Giddens
Sociologist, known for his theory of structuration and holistic view of modern societies
Giddens Structural Theory: structures that humans find themselves in are determined for them, and volunteerism, that suggests that humans are completely free to create their lived environment

Positivism:a philosophical system that holds that every rationally justifiable assertion can be scientifically verified or is capable of logical or mathematical proof, and that therefore rejects metaphysics and theism. A theory that laws are to be understood as social rules. Information derived from...

Maturity and the Fishbowl “Like happiness — another life-skill we have miscategorized as a passive abstraction — maturity requires early education, consistent relearning, and unrelenting practice.” Maturity is growth. We begin learning at a young age, and then constantly learn more as we develop our...

Thoughts, the morning after thanksgiving “We’re different dimensions that are intersecting.” We are all different people living within the Fishbowl. Each of us have our own lives, thoughts, problems, and use of vocabulary. Putting all of that together in the Fishbowl leads to us communicating togeth...

Reflecting on one’s history “And what we see when we read each others' text in the fishbowl are things like, structures and images; reflections and layers; flexibility and interplay; constructions and creations; a living organism.” The Fishbowl is a living entity. It grows with our texts, provides u...

Self-referential design and action research (443) Google Active learning and action research Google Self-referential design Google reflexivity “The challenge and struggle is to construct and create structures that are meaningful space for interpretation.” When we write, it is to choose the wrong wor...