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Forgetting To Think
Vaidhyanathan, Siva (2011). The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry), 177. Story behind the Passage This time, I do remember when and why I bought this book. Or at least, kind of. I listened to a lecture by the author at an American Studies conference. I did not like the lecture but I was…
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Siddhartha Too Early
Hesse, Hermann (1999/1922). Siddhartha, 61. Story behind the Passage On some days, it is really strange to be living among human beings who worry about money, clothes, and status. Well, this is strange every day but on some days, you become particularly aware of it. And on these days, I always ask myself if it…
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Too Rich To Be Courageous
Sandberg, Sheryl (2013). Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, 91. Story behind the Passage Currently as I am preparing my “educational turn,” if you want to call it like that, I get a lot feedback on the topic of feminism. It is so funny because when I call a seminar “leadership,” then women…
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Oh Jerusalem
Alpert, Herb. Jerusalem. Story behind the Passage Just turn on the news and you will see the reason why a writer has to write about Israel today — and probably for a long time to come. My Learnings Bombs flickering in the air, People in the shelter. Explosions and fire everywhere. Oh, Jerusalem. There were times of…
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Sitting On A Lottery Ticket
Affleck, Ben, and Matt Damon (1997). Good Will Hunting. Story behind the Passage Yesterday I watched Good Will Hunting. I had never seen the movie before. I discovered it by accident. I am happy I did. The movie deeply affected me. It triggered something that I do not want to explain at length right now. But…
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Not Fitting In
Grandin, Temple (2009). Thinking in Pictures. Story behind the Passage Whenever I talk to people about “drawers” in their head, I feel misunderstood. I mean, not because they do not understand what I want to say with this. I usually make this comment as a polite response to people who are talking about me in…
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Border Thinking
Behdad, Ali (2005). “On Globalization, Again!” In: Postcolonial Studies and Beyond. Ania Loomba et al., eds, 73. Story behind the Passage What occupies my in mind today is very simple and complex at the same time — as always when I start thinking about something. There is the simple question of borders and if they can be overcome.…
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The Primitive Condition Of Humanity
Mill, John Stuart (2009/1869). On the Subjection of Women, 5. Story behind the Passage I read Mill today in preparation for a class tomorrow. I could not remember whether I had read the Subjection of Women before. For sure, I read Mill a lot during my undergraduate studies. I even think that Mill was my entry…
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Re Framing People
Scheufele, Bertram (2003). Frames — Framing — Framing-Effekte: Theoretische und methodische Grundlegung des Framing-Ansatzes sowie empirische Befunde zur Nachrichtenproduktion, 13. Story behind the Passage The book above was one of the major resources I used for writing my PhD. I first learned about framing theory in Communication Studies. It is one of these “common-sense” theories which we all tacitly…
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Storytelling Misunderstanding
Barker, Randolph T., and Kim Gower (2010). “Strategic Application of Storytelling in Organizations: Toward Effective Communication in a Diverse World.” Journal of Business Communication 47.7, 299. Story behind the Passage Today in a meeting I really had a revelation of what words can do. The “story” is very simple. I had asked a colleague of mine…