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A brief history of Spiral Dynamics
Get PDFAlbion M. Butters, University of Turku
Albion M. Butters PhD lectures in the Department of Comparative Religion at the University of Turku. While he is specialized in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, his interests also include intersections between alternative forms of religion and cultural studies. He is currently writing a book on 'spiritual fiction': The Spiritual Evolution of Comics: The Birth of ‘Spi-Fi’.For nearly two decades, the theory of Spiral Dynamics has been used to dynamically model human evolution and information systems. In that time, however, many different versions and applications of the model have emerged. This article will diachronically trace the history of Spiral Dynamics, from the foundational theory of Clare Graves to its initial introduction by Don Beck and Chris Cowan and subsequent adaptation by Ken Wilber. A brief exploration of the various camps and their competing interpretations of Spiral Dynamics will permit some critical analysis of the model itself
Shifting Lines of Force: Campus Carry and Power at The University of Texas at Austin
No full textBy passing “Campus Carry” law in 2015, the Texas state legislature made it legal for licensed adults to bring concealed handguns onto public university premises, including the classroom. The result was a cascade of shifting power dynamics, from the state’s “power over” the sanctum of the Ivory Tower to the university administration’s defiance of faculty and student protestors. In the classroom itself, preexisting mechanisms of power were contested and even inverted, with ideological fractures reflected in rhetoric and pedagogy. This paper employs mixed-methods ethnography to expose the multiple lines of force at UT Austin after the law was implemented and highlight the historical significance of this case for universities elsewhere in the United States where similar laws are planned or currently being passed
Changing Faces of Change: Metanarratives in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
Get PDFThis article explores the significance of the theme of “change” in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, going beyond its rhetorical use by the candidates or as a way of defining a historic electoral shift (making an “election of change”) to examine how change played a critical role in the political landscape itself. One can locate voters’ desire for change in many existing conditions leading up to the race, but also ideologically and as a force in its own right. Framing of the election as a story reveals that the various actors were increasingly aware of their shifting identities, representations, and agency; thus, change was not just a plot of the story, frequently expressed in terms of populism and popular culture, but a fundamental dynamic behind competing metanarratives and contestations of how the story should be told.</p
Beyond Argumentum in Terrorem: The Contested Rhetoric of Campus Carry
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This essay reflects on the use of competing rhetorical frames of fear
strategically used by the academic community of The University of Texas
at Austin in the debate on Campus Carry policy. With the legalization
of concealed handguns on campus, fear emerged as a prominent trope in
public discussions, albeit used in very different ways by supporters or
opponents of the law. Against the more standard interpretation of
fear-based rhetoric as an exploitation of others’ insecurities, this
essay draws on mixed-methods research to examine expressions of fear by
activist opponents of Campus Carry and the way in which supporters of
the law sought to deconstruct it.
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A Brief History of Spiral Dynamics
Get PDFFor nearly two decades, the theory of Spiral Dynamics has been used to dynamically model human evolution and information systems. In that time, however, many different versions and applications of the model have emerged. This article will diachronically trace the history of Spiral Dynamics, from the foundational theory of Clare Graves to its initial introduction by Don Beck and Chris Cowan and subsequent adaptation by Ken Wilber. A brief exploration of the various camps and their competing interpretations of Spiral Dynamics will permit some critical analysis of the model itself.</p
Illuminating the Goal: rDzogs chen and Doxography in 14th-century Tibet
Get PDFThis study explores the philosophical, canonical and doxographical
contributions of one of Tibet’s greatest thinkers, Klong chen rab
’byams pa (1308–1363), or Longchenpa, particularly as presented in his
detailed overview of Buddhist tenet-systems, the Grub mtha’ mdzod (The
Precious Treasury of Spiritual Systems). While the bulk of the previous
scholarship on this scholar has focused almost exclusively on his
writings on the tantric modality of Atiyoga (or rDzogs chen), this study
addresses Klong chen pa’s endeavors to integrate that school of thought
with the other Buddhist vehicles (Sūtrayāna and Mantrayāna) by means of
parallel techniques and a polysemic hermeneutic. Furthermore, it
questions a number of critiques brought against rDzogs chen.
Furthermore, by locating Klong chen pa biographically and textually in
relation to the other seminal figures of 14th-century central Tibet
(e.g., Bu ston, O rgyan gling pa, Dol po pa), this study shows the
precise nature of his wide-ranging contributions to canonical
construction within the rNying ma tradition of Tibet and the
particularities involved with his interpretation of Buddhism’s
two-reality theory (relative and ultimate) in relation to the
Svātantrika and Prāsaṅgika schools of Madhyamaka philosophy. In the
process, it provides context for understanding Klong chen pa as a
complex figure, with both scholarly and practical soteriological
concerns, and his engagement with the most critical debates of his time.</p
Not a “Nonissue”: Perceptions and Realities of Campus Carry at The University of Texas at Austin
Get PDFAs a publicly funded institution,The University of Texas at Austin had to implement the state’s legislation to allow concealed handguns on campus. Yet its own Campus Carry policy has sought to erase the matter from everyday campus life. The administration deems it a “nonissue,” presuming that students have become accustomed to the idea, do not think about it actively, and have a low interest in acquiring a handgun license. This paper, based on a survey of the university’s undergraduates, questions these ideas. It shows that a majority of students think that the issue is important and examines in what sense the students are troubled by its effects. While opinions differ between supporters and opponents of Campus Carry, divergences also exist within their ranks, such as among supporters of the law regarding where guns should specifically be allowed at the university. On the basis of the survey, the essay also examines how many licensed carriers are actually on campus, compared to the university’s estimates.</p
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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