[Vwoolf] a video on why Woolf matters

[Candis McLean]

How do people really communicate? It has nothing to do with words.

 

From: Vwoolf [mailto:vwoolf-bounces+hcmclean=shaw.ca at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Kristin Czarnecki
Sent: October-27-14 11:35 AM
To: Andre Gerard; Ella Ophir
Cc: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu; ilana.simons at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] a video on why Woolf matters

 

The beauty and importance to be found in the everyday, the quotidian aspects of life. 

 

From: Vwoolf [mailto:vwoolf-bounces+kristin_czarnecki=georgetowncollege.edu at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Andre Gerard
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 1:31 PM
To: Ella Ophir
Cc: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu; ilana.simons at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] a video on why Woolf matters

 

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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