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Category Archives: Residencies
Spring 2013 Residency Theme is Place
The theme for the Spring 2013 HAS/IMA/SBC residency is “Place.” Words and images in the residency schedule, and posted throughout campus and on our Worlds of Change blog reflect the myriad ways that HAS, IMA, and SBC students and faculty … Continue reading
Faculty Workshops for Our Fall 2012 Residency
Highlights of faculty workshops at our upcoming residency with Individualized MA, Socially Responsible Business & Communities and Health Arts & Sciences faculty in our combined residency Aug. 3-10. A Brief History of Sustainability, with faculty member Ralph H. Lutts: Sustainability … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Community Building, Consciousness Studies/Transpersonal Psychology, Creative Writing, Creativity & Imagination, Cultural & Cross-Cultural Studies, Deep Ecology & Bioregionalism, Embodiment Studies & Body Image, Environmental, Sustainability & Place Studies, Epistemology (how we know what we know), Faculty, Feminism, Women's & Gender Studies, Fiction, History & Political Science, Residencies, Theater, Drama & Playwriting, Transformative Language Arts, Transforming Trauma, Workshops
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An Interview with Ruth Farmer
IMA director Ruth Farmer is featured in an interview with Susan Moul, IMA graduate and co-founder of The Magazine of Yoga. Come visit the site and read Part 1 of the interview here. Ruth tells us of IMA students, “Those … Continue reading
Workshops From Recent Residency: A World of Change In Action — A Sampling
Here’s a sampling of workshops just offered at the August residency for IMA: Qualitative Research Methodology with IMA Faculty Member Karen Campbell: Research projects with human subjects are often the focus of IMA theses: An African American lesbian interviewed African … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Consciousness Studies/Transpersonal Psychology, Creativity & Imagination, Cultural & Cross-Cultural Studies, Deep Ecology & Bioregionalism, Embodiment Studies & Body Image, Environmental, Sustainability & Place Studies, Epistemology (how we know what we know), Faculty, Identity, Jungian Psychology, Memoir, Life Writing & Autobiography, Narrative Therapy, Philosophy & Neurophilosophy, Residencies, Right Livelihood/ Making a Living, Transforming Trauma, Workshops
Tagged Ellie Epp, Francis X. Charet, Jim Sparrell, Karen Campbell, Katt Lissard, Ruth Farmer
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Trust the Process: What Starting Goddard Is Really Like
>Joanna Young, a new student in the Individualized MA, wrote this blog about what she experienced when starting Goddard. Check out her blog to see how it all turns out! How do even begin to write about my week? It … Continue reading
Graduation Day!
Today I watched nine of our students graduate — nine people who came here to Goddard College with a passion for studying something of their own design, and who, through the process of looking deep and wide and trusting where … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing, Creativity & Imagination, Deep Ecology & Bioregionalism, Embodiment Studies & Body Image, Environmental, Sustainability & Place Studies, Faculty, Feminism, Women's & Gender Studies, Fiction, Graduation, History & Political Science, Identity, Mythology & the Oral Tradition, Mythopoetics, Poetry, Residencies, Spiritual Memoir, Transformative Language Arts, Transforming Trauma
Tagged Amanda Lacson, Angela Davis, Bernard Carey, Griffin Brady, Jaki Elmo, Jame Vincent, Jennifer Gundy, Jes Wright, Medieval Studies, Mike Alvarez
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Graduating Student Workshops at IMA August 2010 Residency
At each Individualized MA residency, graduating students present their studies to the Goddard community. Here are the presentations students will be giving for the Aug. 6-13 residency. Altogether, these workshops give us a sense of the scope and depth of … Continue reading
Posted in African-American Studies, Community Building, Creative Writing, Cultural & Cross-Cultural Studies, Deep Ecology & Bioregionalism, Embodiment Studies & Body Image, Fiction, Graduation, History & Political Science, Memoir, Life Writing & Autobiography, Multiculturalism & Diversity Studies, Mythopoetics, Residencies, Workshops
Tagged Amanda Lacson, Angela Davis, Bernard Carey, Griffin Brady, Jaki Elmo, Jame Wright, Jennifer Gundy, Jes Wright, Mike Alvarez
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Francis Charet: Graduation Talk on Ganesha
Graduation talk delivered by Francis Charet, IMA faculty and coordinator of Consciousness Studies, at the Individualized MA graduation ceremony on Feb. 14, 2010. Ladies and gentlemen, members of the Goddard community, families and friends. I am honored to have been … Continue reading
February Residency Wonders in Workshops
>World Café: Making a Difference: An IMA Community Event. Setting ourselves up in world cafe format (small tables for intimate conversations on important issues), we’ll explore these questions: What makes for real and significant social and political change? How do … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Community Building, Consciousness Studies/Transpersonal Psychology, Creative Writing, Cultural & Cross-Cultural Studies, Embodiment Studies & Body Image, Environmental, Sustainability & Place Studies, Epistemology (how we know what we know), Ethnobotany, Faculty, Feminism, Women's & Gender Studies, Jungian Psychology, Memoir, Life Writing & Autobiography, Narrative Medicine, Narrative Therapy, Philosophy & Neurophilosophy, Residencies, Right Livelihood/ Making a Living, Spirituality & Religion, Workshops
Tagged Ann Arbrecht, Ellie Epp, Francis X. Charet, Lise Weil, Mary Abrams, Ralph Lutts, Robin Rivinis, Shelley Vermilya, World Cafe
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Ruth Farmer: Engaged Education
>Ruth Farmer, IMA Interim Director, has a long background in education. As she writes of her background in her Goddard profile: “My activism took root in North Carolina during the turbulent, liminal 50’s and 60’s. Fighting for social change and … Continue reading

