ICE Raiding Families & Stealing Joy
The 2025-26 school year begins this week in Los Angeles, California. As I prepare my classroom, print name tags, and plan the lessons that will launch our year, my mind...
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Recent Posts
Reflecting on reflections about Alexander Luria
Michael Cole, A review of Bella Kotik-Friedgutt’s The Legacy of Alexander Luria: Neuropsychology as a Humane Science. Springer. Cham. Switzerland. With an introduction by Jaan Valsiner. I was excited to...
Activities for Developing and Assessing Creativity from Preschool through Adulthood
Date: Tuesday Sept 9, 2025 at 2am Central Daylight Time (CDT in the USA) Facilitator: Francine Smolucha Summary: Two different activities that can lead to increased creativity and be used as assessment techniques are...
Bruner and Hybridity
Note: The following text is from a talk I gave 25 years ago at a meeting of the American Anthropological Association as part of a symposium honoring Jerome Bruner. I am...
Announcements
Call for Proposals: NEW DUE DATE for Play Special Issue abstracts!
Please note: the deadline for abstract submissions has been extended by one month. The original due date of September 15, 2025 has now been moved to OCTOBER 15, 2025. Acceptance...
Open symposium, September 10, 2025: Sociocultural psychology and education in the era of Anthropocene
(Picture Alfredo Jornet, 2023) Sociocultural psychology and education in the era of Anthropocene An open symposium (online participation possible), University of NeuchâtelSeptember 10, 2025 Organizers: Laure Kloetzer, Antti Rajala, Emmanuella...
Call for Proposals: Symposium on Sociocultural Psychology and Education in the Era of the Anthropocene
Date: September 10, 2025 Location: University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland; Hybrid/Online participation is available. The ongoing climate and ecological crises necessitate profound changes in human activities and societies. Earth is no...
New Book: Triangles and Tribulations
I'm happy to announce that my book Triangles and Tribulations has just been published by MIT Press! This book uses the sociology of translation to understand a social science framework—cultural-historical...
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