Coffee Hour: Views of Romantic Science. Sacks, Luria and Bruner

Tuesday October 22nd at 9am Pacific Time

Guest commentators: Mike Cole, Hannah Proctor, Peter Smagorinsky, Luca Tateo, & Aaro Toomela. (Elkhonin Goldberg cannot make it).

• Following a lively discussion about Romantic Science at xlchc-redux, I will hold a CulturalPraxis coffee hour devoted to the work of Alexander Luria, and his correspondence with Jerome Bruner and Oliver Sacks. The common reading is the attached article, Luria and Romantic Science by Sacks and an interview with Sacks and Bruner about Luria. Several other relevant articles are in circulation.

– Mike

 Zoom Link:  https://zoom.us/j/98564124237

Meeting ID: 985 6412 4237

Passcode: Vygotsky

Here is the session recording:

Here is the discussion during the session.

Reading

Sacks, O. (2019). Luria and” romantic science”. In Contemporary neuropsychology and the legacy of Luria (pp. 181-194). Psychology Press.

Proctor, H. (2022). Astronomers of the inward: on the histories and case histories of alexander luria and oliver sacks. Studies in East European Thought, 74(1), 39-55.