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We will continue the discussion of Feminist SF begun in March. Folks who missed that one for VWBPE are especially welcome.

Starting off with Joanna Russ' The Female Man, Katie leads a discussion on feminist SF. Come prepared to name your own favorites and let's compare what we mean by feminist when it comes to SF.

How could people "write" using knots, textures and colors in Andean cultures before the Conquest? Why call this writing? How does it compare to the earliest forms of writing usually discussed in the western tradition?

Self-paced slide show of new Berlin Sim

Come and check out beautiful Cedar Island, Sea Turtle Island and Music Island. Residents and friends of Cedar Island are pleased to offer a day of activities and tours. If you love the Northwestern United States, you'll love Cedar Island as well.

A discussion of the ghosts of feudalism in contemporary society.

Hildegard von Bingem and others.

Keyboard music of the past and present eras

Mapping the Cedar Island Community. How and with whom do we connect within our community and beyond? Are there network patterns? Other communities of interest that overlap Cedar? More questions to follow.SlideShare links\http://www.slideshare.net/sagenet/structural-holes-the-space-between-the-tools(Coule Rives)See More

approximately monthly meeting at Sea Turtle Quaker meeting house

This was an educational build of "reverse archeology." Over a period of 4 months, the project was, with the help of students, to recreate the neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury, and some of the events of that summer to investigate what actually happened, how, and why.

For our next meeting, March 29th at 8am SLT/PDT = 11:00am EDT = 5 pm in UK: We are going to read:1) Multispecies Storytelling: Diversities, Histories, Comparisons. Syllabus. Designed by Donna Haraway and Anna Tsing.2) "Kiwi Chicken Advocate Talks with Californian Dog Companion: Annie Potts in Conversation with Donna Haraway" (to appear in Feminism &Psychology: Special Issue “Feminism, Gender and Nonhuman Animals” --August 2010) (DO NOT circulate or cite without the author's permission).We…See More

original and improvisational works

Jose Silva died at 85 years old in 1999, and has left a rather unusual legacy. He created a technique that many have tried to duplicate, using self hypnosis to improve our minds and also our abilities. Originally called the Silva Mind Control, I found it rather interesting and possibly very helpful.

I'm hungry to hear a discussion of Lyotard's thought on scientific knowledge. I am especially interested in hearing the view of those who have backgrounds in physical science or engineering. I'll pass out a note containing Lyotard's assertion to try to start the conversation.