On May 29th 2019, I was invited by Dr. Fadia Dakka to present my current research on rhythmanalysis and adult education at the Chasing Rhythm: Encounters at the Edge of Academic and Epistemological Traditions conference, held at Birmingham City University. This was a great opportunity for me to introduce my current reflections around the temporalities of adult education and the rhythmic dimensions of adult development, transformative processes and lifelong learning.

PostedSeptember 24, 2019

AuthorMichel

Categoriesadult education, conference, education, lecture, philosophy, research, theory, video MAJ

Tagstransformation, rhythmanalysis, rhythmic awareness, rhythms, adult development, life history, everyday life, emancipation

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Bye-bye (original picture available at: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/01/good-bye-to-all-that-twitter.html) — Bye-bye (original picture available at: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/01/good-bye-to-all-that-twitter.html)

Referring to the ambivalences that emerge when using social media, such as Twitter, I introduce in this post the notion of "temporal neurosis" to stress not only the conflicting, but also the ambivalent nature of the temporal tensions that may be experienced in the everyday life.

PostedSeptember 18, 2017

AuthorMichel

Categoriesphilosophy, media, technology, psychology, sociology

Tagspatterns of duality, media, temporal conflicts, schizochrony, Gaston Bachelard, psychoanalysis, temporal neurosis, Gaston Pineau, Twitter, ambivalence

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Daft Punk (Photo: MemoMorales97; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daft_punk.jpg) — Daft Punk (Photo: MemoMorales97; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daft_punk.jpg)

In a time, when the hegemony of standardized practices contributes to the homogenization of human behaviors, investigating how to measure the level of complexity of our everyday rhythms may constitute a promising approach in human sciences. Inspired by the use of an algorithm to analyze the increasing occurence of repetitions in popular music lyrics from 1960's until today, this post explores the relevance of a mathematical tool to evaluate the evolution of the level of complexity inherent to the way we express ourselves.

Russell Hall, Teachers College Library (New York)

This is the video recording of the presentation of my book "Time and the Rhythms of Emancipatory Education" organized at Teachers College, Columbia University, on March 21st, 2017.

PostedApril 10, 2017

AuthorMichel

Categorieswriting, conference, education, theory, video, sociology, linguistics, anthropology, transdisciplinarity, music, philosophy

Tagstime, rhythms, book talk, Teachers College, emancipation, complexity, video MAJ

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This post briefly locates the contribution of Henri Lefebvre – a French philosopher and sociologist – around the notion of rhythmanalysis.

PostedNovember 14, 2016

AuthorMichel

Categoriestheory, sociology, philosophy

Tagsrhythmanalysis, Henri Lefebvre, Gaston Bachelard, repetition, emancipation, alienation, body, social space, everyday life