[Vwoolf] a video on why Woolf matters

[Andre Gerard]

Thinking in common...culture as a collective enterprise.

On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Ella Ophir <e.ophir at usask.ca> wrote:

> Certainly the nature of the "self," its fluidity, instability,
> permeability (*Mrs. Dalloway: *". . . she would not say of Peter, she
> would not say of herself, I am this, I am that.") All her writing on
> biography and autobiography, what it is to "know" oneself or another.
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Ilana Simons <ilana.simons at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi group,
>> I'm seeking input--I'd love a group brainstorm leading to a video about V
>> Woolf.
>>
>> My Project:
>> I'm making a video about Woolf for The School of Life, a learning center
>> partly founded by Alain de Botton, in which philosophy is made (more)
>> accessible.  The center produces a video series about big thinkers.  See
>> here for examples:
>> https://www.youtube.com/theschooloflifetv
>>
>> Each video in the series tries to isolate 1-4 big ideas developed by
>> thinkers.  you can check out the link above for how they do this.
>>
>> Our Challenge:
>> If you had to name 1-4 aspects of life in which Woolf thought more deeply
>> than others have, what would those topics be?
>> And what are the ways in which she developed that aspect of life?
>>
>> Possible Examples:
>>
>> 1. Gender.
>> Woolf looked at how the genders occupied their traditional gender roles,
>> and how these roles served to create a sense of commitment, of community,
>> but also served to distance the genders from each other....
>>
>> 2. Role of Silence in communication
>> Woolf had a sense of what goes unspoken in any conversation, attuning us
>> to how much of our communication is transmitted between the words we
>> actually speak.
>>
>> 3. Time
>> or Solitude
>> or ...wanna throw an idea in the hat?  I'd appreciate your brainwork.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ilana
>>
>>
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