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Re: oops

Postby cragglecat » Dec 19th, '08, 21:20



DrTodd wrote:
That's fine with me. Happy to debate with or without a dedicated sub-forum...working on some really cool stuff at the moment :-)


Thanks for the references, as a working scientist I'm naturally drawn to some of the more academic discussions of magic even if it's not my professional field. I'd love to find out more about your work...

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Re: oops

Postby DrTodd » Dec 20th, '08, 09:38

cragglecat wrote:
DrTodd wrote:
That's fine with me. Happy to debate with or without a dedicated sub-forum...working on some really cool stuff at the moment :-)


Thanks for the references, as a working scientist I'm naturally drawn to some of the more academic discussions of magic even if it's not my professional field. I'd love to find out more about your work...


Part of my teaching is on the philosophy of science and political science methodology, where we examine the nature of evidence, the derivation and testing of hypotheses, and building general theories of individual and group behaviour, all of which are directly applicable to the study of magic and performance. A large strand of empirical theory looks at the cultural and social construction of reality and the use of language and rhetoric, again much of which has direct applicability to magic. The 'magician' is socially constructed, and if one looks at the all the posts here, we see different identities, interests, attributes, etc. that play themselves out in different ways.

My magical work is currently bringing these and many other ideas to bear on magical effects, rotuines, and scripts, while in my academic work I am exploring the ways in which magic offers a good metaphor for thinking differently about politics and human behaviour.

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so....

Postby abecedarianmind » Dec 23rd, '08, 19:00

so, thread or forum?

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Re: so....

Postby Mandrake » Dec 23rd, '08, 19:25

abecedarianmind wrote:so, thread or forum?

Already answered:
Mandrake wrote:TalkMagic is a Discussion Board for Magic and therefore ready to discuss any topic. Why the need for a separate area just for academic discussions - isn't that part of what we already do anyway?


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