Vocabulary: Understanding Concepts

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Knowledge Structure in a Knowledge Economy 10/15/19

Post by jstonge » 28 Oct 2019, 13:00

KNOWLEDGE - facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject
THEME - the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic
CONSTRUCTION - the building of something, typically a large structure
WORKER - a person who does a specified type of work or who works in a specified way
ECONOMY - the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services

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Friendship Again 10/17/19

Post by jstonge » 28 Oct 2019, 13:02

MEDITATION - a written or spoken discourse expressing considered thoughts on a subject
RECOGNIZE - acknowledge the existence, validity, or legality of
GRASP - get mental hold of

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Creative Action 10/18/2019

Post by jstonge » 28 Oct 2019, 18:32

LOOK - direct one's gaze toward someone or something or in a specified direction
ACTION - the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim
WAY - a method, style, or manner of doing something
FRAME - a basic structure that underlies or supports a system, concept, or text
CREATE - bring something into existence

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Engagement and Construction 10/19/2019

Post by jstonge » 28 Oct 2019, 18:34

ENGAGEMENT - an arrangement to do something or go somewhere at a fixed time
CONSTRUCTION - the style or method used in the building of something

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Social Networks and New Forms of Sociality 10/20/2019

Post by jstonge » 28 Oct 2019, 18:37

SOCIAL - relating to society or its organization
NETWORK - a group or system of interconnected people or things
INTERTWINE - connect or link closely
STRUCTURE - the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex
AFFECT - have an effect on, make a difference to
CUSP - a point of transition between two different states
FORM - the visible shape or configuration of something

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Looking at What We're Looking At 10/21/19

Post by jstonge » 06 Nov 2019, 19:20

RECURSIVE - characterized by recurrence or repetition
REFLEXIVE - taking account of itself or of the effect of the personality or presence of the researcher on what is being investigated
IPSO FACTO - by that very fact or act
MELD - blend; combine
MOLD - a distinctive and typical style, form, or character
MORPH - change smoothly from one image to another by small gradual steps using computer animation techniques
SORT - a category of things or people having some common feature; a type
SIFT - examine (something) thoroughly so as to isolate that which is most important or useful
SELECT - carefully choose as being the best or most suitable
SPACE - a continuous area or expanse which is free, available, or unoccupied
VISUAL - a picture, piece of film, or display used to illustrate or accompany something
MENTAL - relating to the mind
IMAGINARY - existing only in the imagination
PHYSICAL - relating to things perceived through the senses as opposed to the mind; tangible or concrete
REAL - actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact

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Inter-Subjective Spaces 10/21/19

Post by jstonge » 06 Nov 2019, 19:24

INTER-SUBJECTIVE - existing between conscious minds; shared by more than one conscious mind
FURTHERANCE - the advancement of a scheme or interest
BEDROCK - the fundamental principles on which something is based
SOCIAL - relating to society or its organization
CONTEXT- the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed

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Facing Each other 10/22/19

Post by jstonge » 06 Nov 2019, 19:26

TRACE - find or discover by investigation
OBLIVION - the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening
PROTOTYPE - a first, typical or preliminary model of something, especially a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied

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Just Live! 10/23/19

Post by jstonge » 06 Nov 2019, 19:40

JUST - based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair
LIVE - spend one's life in a particular way or under particular circumstances

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Recapping Methodology of the Fishbowl 10/24/19

Post by jstonge » 06 Nov 2019, 19:41

SHIFT - move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance
WAY - a method, style, or manner of doing something
METHOD - a particular form of procedure for accomplishing or approaching something, especially a systematic or established one

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Doing Conversation 10/24/19

Post by jstonge » 06 Nov 2019, 19:42

EXPERIENCE - practical contact with and observation of facts or events
SELECTION - the action or fact of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable
CONVERSATION - a talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged
GOAL - the object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result
PROCLAIM - announce officially or publicly

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Science of Networks 10/25/19

Post by jstonge » 06 Nov 2019, 19:43

SCIENCE - the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment
NETWORK - a group or system of interconnected people or things

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