Tag: play

• Importance of Play to Politics

  

  Reading Huizinga’s Homo Ludens and struck by discussion of how fundamental play is to the formation of culture and thus human civilization, as well as its relationship to politics and political life. Per Huizinga, “Now in myth and ritual the great instinctive forces of civilized life have their origin… All are rooted in the primaeval […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  October 9, 2020

  Communication Studies, Critical/Cultural Studies

  Black Lives Matter, BLM, civilization, collaborative communication, communication, fair play, Homo Ludens, Huizinga, MAGA, play, play spirit, politics, Qanon

• Online Learning Communities: A Dominican Conversation

  

  At my school on Tuesday, September 23rd, Dominican University hosted our fifth annual Caritas Veritas Symposium. These symposiums are times for our community of faculty, staff, and students to reflect upon the university’s Catholic mission of care and truth, of working to create a more just and humane world. There are presentations, discussions, and activities […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  September 24, 2014

  Communication Studies

  anonymity, asynchronicity, Caritas Veritas, Catholic ethos, Catholic higher education, Catholic social teaching, communication, Community, computer mediated communication, contemplation, discussion, Dominican University, fun, microaggressions, MOOCs, online communities, online community, online courses, online education, online learning communities, online learning community, play, Presence, reciprocity, Relationships, repercussions, social justice