Vincent Mespoulet's Blog (14)

Why children today write more and better than their parents ? ICT and Litteracy

Okay this post is in french but the links to Clive Thompson's article and to Andrea Lunford's research are in english... Maybe it is interesting for you to read them... Cet article doit beaucoup à Clive Thompson : sa réflexion publiée sur le site Wired dont j'ai traduit de larges morceaux à l'intérieur de ce post, m'a fait découvrir l'étude scientifique qui sert d'armature à cet article A la vei… Continue

Added by Vincent Mespoulet on August 31, 2009 at 3:28am — No Comments

Today is my birthday

Today is my birthday. I'm 44. It means that i have spent 40 years of my life, around 16 000 days, into various schools, first as student, then as teacher. But I wasn't an ordinary student because i hated the walls of my schools, and i'm not an ordinary teacher because i continue to… Continue

Added by Vincent Mespoulet on October 12, 2008 at 7:52pm — 7 Comments

Sharing Poetry 2 - Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695) - The Lion and The Rat - Tribute to Laura G. and... Aesopus

This is the voice of my son, 8 years old very soon ! Vincent

L e Lion et le Rat Il faut, autant qu'on peut, obliger tout le monde : On a souvent besoin d'un plus petit que soi. De cette vérité deux Fables feront foi, Tant la chose en preuves abonde. Entre les pattes d'un Lion Un Rat sortit de terre assez à l'étourdie. Le Roi des animaux, en cette occasion, Montra ce qu'il était, et lui donna la vie. Ce bienfait ne fut pas perdu. Quelqu'un aurait-i… Continue

Added by Vincent Mespoulet on February 23, 2008 at 4:02pm — 2 Comments

Sharing Poetry 1. Is it the way Men live. Léo Ferré and Louis Aragon

I like this poem, i like this song so i give you my own performance a capella. Original singer and coposer: Léo Ferré - Original poem from Louis Aragon. I would like that some members find me in a book the translation of this wonderful poem... Vincent

Est-ce ainsi que les hommes vivent Tout est affaire de décor Changer de lit changer de corps… Continue

Added by Vincent Mespoulet on February 23, 2008 at 11:14am — 1 Comment

Alda Merini (1931- ) - Bambino (Voki italian poem with french and english translation)

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italiano - français - english Bambino Bambino, se trovi l'aquilone della tua fantasia legalo con l'intelligenza del cuore. Vedrai sorgere giardini incantati e tua madre diventerà una pianta che ti coprirà con le sue foglie. Fa delle tue mani due bianche colombe che portino la pace ovunque e l'ordine delle cose. Ma prima di imparare a scrivere guardati nell'acqua del sentimento. Enf… Continue

Added by Vincent Mespoulet on February 21, 2008 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Education to Peace: A Blog-Bridge between Gaza and Sderot

I know these two towns separated by an ugly wall and a terrible check-point, Eretz... I know peaceful people in both sides and i'm very happy to see today that a blog can help Israelians and Palestinians to work together... Vincent 20/02/2008 Peace-minded residents of Gaza, Sderot blog together online By Ronit Roccas, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Internet, dialogue, Sderot They used to meet in Sderot. It seems like ages ago. They wer… Continue

Added by Vincent Mespoulet on February 20, 2008 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

Twelve Global Thinkers for a Global World: About a geography of Ideas (Tribute to Ed J, in addition to the Discussion "About Self-Education... and Auto-Education")

I would like to introduce you here some of the great contemporay thinkers of our uncertain world... My personal pantheon... Antonio Damasio (Portugal), psychologist of the emotions Main Book: Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain Axel Honneth (Germany), thinker of the recognition Main Book: The Struggle for Recognition: The Moral… Continue

Added by Vincent Mespoulet on February 19, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Johnny Cash: The Last Show (Tribute to Ellen P. in addition to the discussion "is it a good thing to be in love ?")

This is the most thrilling video i have watched for a long long time. This is and old man i loved so much, Johnny Cash. In my opinion he is THE historic monument to american music. We are on june 2003 (remember, he died on September 12th 2003...). We are in Carter Family's Headquarter, Hiltons, Virginia. On the walls, portraits of Maybelle and Sara Carter... It seems to us that we ARE in the living room of the family. Ladies with flowered blouses and bluish hair. Paunchy men. All people stand u… Continue

Added by Vincent Mespoulet on February 12, 2008 at 5:30am — 4 Comments

Marcel Proust and Queer Theory (addition to the discussion "Is it a good thing to be in love ?)

(This post is an addition to the discussion "Is it a good thing to be in love ?" where the topic of homophobia has appeared. Comments of Laura and Greg were important for me because they gave me the opportunity to introduce, inside gender studies, the question of the "queer theory". Queer theory is a vast and various field inside cultural and gender studies. In France, we know very wel

… Continue

Added by Vincent Mespoulet on February 10, 2008 at 4:42am — 1 Comment

Super Tuesday in France - Too close to call...

For the first time for a long time, american primary elections are politically interesting for european citizens. Last elections with very low-quality of debates were disappointing campaigns for us... This year, with Obama, H. Clinton and Mac Cain, we feel from Europe that american people are in front of an essential choice. And they have a great opportunity to THINK about democracy and real changes in US and in the world...

I send you below some videos showing democrats americans votin… Continue

Added by Vincent Mespoulet on February 6, 2008 at 2:13am — 3 Comments

Last Alaska Eyak language speaker dies

Last Alaska language speaker dies

A woman believed to be the last native speaker of the Eyak language in the north-western US state of Alaska has died at the age of 89.

Marie Smith Jones was a champion of indigenous rights and conservation. She died at her home in Anchorage.

She helped the University of Alaska compile an Eyak dictionary, so that future generations would have the chance to resurrect it.

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Added by Vincent Mespoulet on February 1, 2008 at 5:19pm — 1 Comment

A vote for Obama in Orangeburg, S.C.

(this article will be used for a common project with Ginger Lewman. - Vincent M)

A vote for Obama, and for something larger

Blacks in Orangeburg, S.C., the site of a notorious civil-rights protest, hope their ballots are a new page in history.

By James Rainey
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

January 27, 2008

ORANGEBURG, S.C. — People around this small Southern town say t… Continue

Added by Vincent Mespoulet on January 27, 2008 at 3:24am — No Comments

The Lajamanu Warlpiri community and the democratising power of YouTube

Here is a significant example about the use of internet by Aborigen People in Australia... Have you similar examples in north america with amerindians peoples ?

Margaret Simons writes:
In a week when the headlines are all about media moguls and their doings, there is a another media story which is about the democratising power of new media.

Anyone who doubts the ability of the… Continue

Added by Vincent Mespoulet on January 26, 2008 at 3:56am — No Comments

Jefferson Beyond Jefferson ?

Jefferson Beyond Jefferson?

Ben Trott reviews, Michael Hardt Presents Thomas Jefferson: The Declaration of Independence Michael Hardt (Verso, £7.99)

It might seem strange to read Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the US Declaration of Independence, as 'a figure of modern revolutionary thought.' This, however, is precisely what Michael Hardt (co-author of the best-selling Empire with Italian political philosopher Antonio Negri) proposes in his new book. The work contain… Continue

Added by Vincent Mespoulet on January 22, 2008 at 12:35pm — 2 Comments

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