Structured Visions

Jodie Clark
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New ways of thinking about social structure

  1. JUN 26

    Episode 110 Clap if you believe in fairies

    Do you believe in fairies? In his 1911 book, American anthropologist Walter Evans Wentz hypothesises ‘tentatively’ that the invisible world of fairies should be examined ‘just as we examine any fact in the visible realm wherein we now live, whether it be a fact of chemistry, of physics, or of biology’ (pp. xvi-xvii). In this … Continue reading Episode 110 Clap if you believe in fairies

  2. MAY 29

    Episode 109 What makes you so special?

    The paradox of being human in a Western, settler, colonizing culture is you’re supposed to be special and… you’re not supposed to be special. It’s a culture that’s clinging to the idea of human exceptionalism, which is the assumption that humans are better, smarter and more conscious than the rest of the world. Human language … Continue reading Episode 109 What makes you so special?

  3. APR 30

    Episode 108 Adulting, and stuff like that

    Conversations with final-year university students has brought back all the fears that I had in my mid- to late twenties about having to be a grown up. The secret to soothing those fears for me was… studying linguistics. More specifically, it was ‘like’ and stuff like that (discourse markers and general extenders). If you’re curious … Continue reading Episode 108 Adulting, and stuff like that

  4. MAR 27

    Episode 107 Heaven and Earth

    The idea that human language comes from the land is not new. It’s rooted in Indigenous ontologies of language. But for those of us who haven’t grown up in an Indigenous culture and are swimming in the ideas of a Western, colonising culture, it can be very difficult to see language as anything other than … Continue reading Episode 107 Heaven and Earth

  5. FEB 27

    Episode 106 Prosody and peak experiences

    Have you ever had a peak experience? Did you ever try to tell someone about it? Also, how good is your singing voice? If you’re a native speaker of a tonal language like Mandarin, you may have an excellent singing voice (or at least, you’re more likely to pass a test for perfect pitch, according … Continue reading Episode 106 Prosody and peak experiences

  6. JAN 30

    Episode 105 Given, new and the selfless know-it-all

    What if you could know everything, but you had to lose your self in the process? We discuss two layered structures in human languages. The first is word order, such as Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) and Subject-Object-Verb (SOV). The second is information structure, which is the system by which people in interaction navigate their interlocutor’s knowledge state, … Continue reading Episode 105 Given, new and the selfless know-it-all

  7. 10/31/2024

    Episode 104 Consciousness is more than just a little cutie pie

    Do human beings have more or less consciousness than the rest of the living world? Is language an addiction? We’ll explore both points by examining the relationship between language and time. To participate in the world of human language, we have to reduce ourselves to little cutie pies known as ‘selves,’ who exist at a … Continue reading Episode 104 Consciousness is more than just a little cutie pie

  8. 09/26/2024

    Episode 103 Inhabiting language

    In this episode I’ll try to convince you that using language to express the self is like a dog chasing its own tail… or a snake eating its tail, if you prefer ouroboros imagery. My perspective is that human language is the one-dimensional structure that shapes the self and thus limits access to the vast … Continue reading Episode 103 Inhabiting language

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New ways of thinking about social structure

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  • Creator
    Jodie Clark
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2025
  • Episodes
    99
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © (c) Jodie Clark 2015
  • Show Website
    Structured Visions