Corey Anton - Communication: The Act and Art of Taking-for-GrantedInstituteofGS2024-10-22 | Corey Anton - Communication: The Act and Art of Taking-for-GrantedEpisode 20 Featuring An Interview With Paul GuzzardoInstituteofGS2024-04-26 | Our April 2024 episode features an interview with lawyer, media activist, and artist-designer Paul Guzzardo. Their conversation ranges across topics such as digital arts and deep fakes, the music of Ustad Imrat Khan, Henry Ford and the United Steel Workers labor union, Marshall McLuhan and Walter Ong, Patrick Geddes and Aldous Huxley, Josephine Baker, Walter Winchell, Giovanni Piranesi, and of course general semantics, and takes us on a trip from Guzzardo’s hometown of St. Louis to his current residence in Buenos Aries, Argentina, with stops along the way in places such as New York City, Edinburgh and Dundee in Scotland, and Calcutta, India.Episode 19 Featuring a Discussion With Laura Trujillo-Liñán, Gustavo Navarro, Thom Gencarelli,...InstituteofGS2024-03-29 | Our March 2024 episode features a discussion held in the media lab at Panamericana University in Mexico City with Panamericana's Media Lab Director Gustavo Navarro, IGS Trustee and Panamericana Philosophy Professor Laura Trujillo-Liñán, and visiting IGS Trustees Thom Gencarelli and Lance Strate. Their conversation covers media ecology, new media, education, general semantics, and more.Episode 18 Featuring an Interview With Michelle Shocked Part 2InstituteofGS2024-02-11 | Our February 2024 episode features the second part of an interview with singer-songwriter and activist Michelle Shocked. In conversation with IGS trustees Lance Strate and Thom Gencarelli, they discuss Michelle's career and music, and issues regarding copyright, media and technology, artists' rights, and human dignity (and includes a bit of salty language). The episode concludes with a live performance and a prerecorded song. If you haven't heard episode 17, you may want to listen to that one first.Episode 17 Featuring an Interview With Michelle ShockedInstituteofGS2024-01-28 | Our January 2024 episode features an interview with singer-songwriter and activist Michelle Shocked. In conversation with IGS trustees Lance Strate and Thom Gencarelli, they discuss Michelle's background and music, and issues regarding copyright, media and technology, artists' rights, and human dignity, and concludes with a live performance.Episode 16 Featuring an Interview With Steve StockdaleInstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Our December 2023 episode features an interview with former IGS Executive Director and Trustee Steve Stockdale. In conversation with IGS President Lance Strate, Stockdale discusses his background and connection to general semantics, his experiences setting up a MOOC and teaching a course on general semantics online, and his initiative known as “calling out the symbol rulers”.“The Shield of Perseus” Lance StrateInstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityJulian Costa “Just Saying Actually, Youre Not! Ornaments of Crazy Talk”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityNick Demopoulos “A Personal Approach to Designing an Interactive Digital Interface”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York City“Echoes: Creating a Narrative Audio & Transmedia Storyworld” Heidi C Bordogna & Holly Payne StrangeInstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityRobert Albrecht “Four Ideas About Media, Culture and Music”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York City“Time Binding Walls: When Walls Can Talk” Susan Drucker & Gary GumpertInstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityToby Cohen “Digital Out Of Home Technology and the Environmental Escapades”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityAlexis Romero Walker “Critical Media Literacy as DEI Tools for Media and Communication Today”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityThom Gencarelli “2 Party Politics & a 2 Valued Orientation Meet the 21st Century Media EnvironmentInstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityStefanie Wasserman Impulse: Art, Neuro Science, and AIInstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityRepresentations of Refugee Crises in Media and Artistic Environments Igor Korolyov & Olena MarinaInstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityRobert T Ackland Words Are Like Poker Chips: Translating CondillacInstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityJoshua Clements “An Ounce of Prevention: General Semantics and Conspiracy Theories”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityLev Manovich “Artificial Aesthetics: Understanding Images in the Generative AI Era”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityAmanda Sevilla “Exploring the AI Panopticon”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityDiana Kamin “Rhetoric of the Image Collection”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityOmar Badessi “Decoding Hispano Moroccan Conflicts: A General Semantics Analysis”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityPrimoz Novak “Reality is Out”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityMarcy Axelrod “Semantics and the Truth About Showing Up”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityChristopher W Mayer “Dear Fellow Time Binder: Exploring Connections with General Semantics”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityCorey Anton Time Binding, Wealth, and SuperabundanceInstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityDavid Clark “The Medium and the Messengers”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityKatherine G Fry “Media Ecology Meets Media LiteracyInstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityJermaine Martinez “Partisan Dogmatism: Saliency and Effort in ‘Assuming the Minimum’”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityValerie Peterson “Semantic Reactions: Liberal and Conservative”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityStephen Nachmanovich “The Message ‘This is Play’”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityGina Valenti “Hominis Circus”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityMargaret Cassidy “What is ‘Student Success’ Anyway? Why Every Dean’s Office Needs General Semantics”InstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityMaria Polski “Towards Awareness of Communication Technology BiasesInstituteofGS2023-12-27 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityMartin H Levinson “When the Map is Not the Territory: General Semantics and Satire”InstituteofGS2023-12-26 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York City2023 IGS Awards & Prizes Presentation SD 480pInstituteofGS2023-12-26 | Presentations at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York City
Lance Strate Jacqueline Rudig Thom Gencarelli Michael Plugh Stephen Nachmanovich Tiffany Petty Gilliam Omar BadessiLance Strate Welcoming RemarksInstituteofGS2023-12-26 | Welcoming Remarks at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityGina Valenti Musical PerformanceInstituteofGS2023-12-26 | Performance at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityRobert Priest “Poems, Songs and Maxims of One Mans Anthropocene”InstituteofGS2023-12-26 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityTiffany Petty Gilliam “Warhols Wake: The Difference Between a Small Big Life and a Big Small Life”InstituteofGS2023-12-26 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityMichael Plugh “Why Don’t We Teach ‘The Senses’?” SD 480pInstituteofGS2023-12-26 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityTim Lyons “The World Problematique, Proliferating Projections, Human Palavering, and Plummeting OffInstituteofGS2023-12-26 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityLaura Trujillo Liñán “The Era of Dataism, Confusion and Loss of Communication”InstituteofGS2023-12-26 | Presentation at the 71st Annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Non-Aristotelian Perspectives, Ecological Approaches, and the Anthropocene Symposium October 27th-29th, 2023 at The Players, New York CityEpisode 15 Featuring an Interview With Marcy AxelrodInstituteofGS2023-11-28 | Our November 2023 episode features an interview with author, public speaker, and strategy management consultant Marcy Axelrod. The interview, conducted by IGS President Lance Strate, focuses on her new book, entitled How We Choose to Show Up, her work as a business consultant, and the importance of speech, relationships, and personal presence.Episode 14 Featuring An Interview With Nora BatesonInstituteofGS2023-10-31 | Our October 2023 episode features an interview with Nora Bateson, who is an IGS Trustee and President of the International Bateson Institute. The interview, conducted by IGS President Lance Strate, focuses on her new book, entitled Combining, a volume that includes essays, poems, and artwork. Their conversation touches on topics such as systems theory, the ecology of communication, learning and interdependence, relationships and contexts, and poetry and forms of expression.Episode 13 Featuring a Roundtable Discussion With Eva Berger, Susan Drucker, Thom Gencarelli,...InstituteofGS2023-10-04 | Celebrating the one year anniversary of the launch of our podcast, our September 2023 episode features a roundtable discussion with IGS trustees Eva Berger, Susan Drucker, Thom Gencarelli, Michael Plugh, and Lance Strate, as they take up the one of the most basic questions for the discipline of general semantics: What is going on? Their discussion touches on problems such as racism and retribalization, information overload and political polarization, chaos and complexity, AI and regulation, and how to make things better.Episode 12 Featuring An Interview With Paul SoukupInstituteofGS2023-08-24 | The twelfth episode of Semantic Reactions, the official podcast of the Institute of General Semantics, features an interview with Paul Soukup, SJ, a professor of communication at Santa Clara University, and the author of seven books, including Communication and Theology; Christian Communication; Media, Culture and Catholicism; Mass Media and the Moral Imagination; Fidelity and Translation: Communicating the Bible in New Media; Out of Eden; and most recently, A Media Ecology of Theology. The interview is conducted by IGS president Lance Strate, and their discussion ranges across topics such as education, language, environmentalism, religion, and media.Ecologies of Mind, Media, & Meaning 2 Session 6InstituteofGS2023-08-03 | The Institute of General Semantics generalsemantics.org
Ecologies of Mind, Media, & Meaning 2 An Online Symposium April 29th, 2023
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Session VI Semantic Environments Introduction by Lance Strate, IGS President Chair: Laura Trujillo Liñan, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico
“The Drying and Dying of the Great Salt Lake and the Colorado River: Mediating Water Relations in Three Acts” Heather Crandall, Gonzaga University, US
“Info/Eco andThe Nature of Information: Towards an Ecological Understanding of the Information Environment” Richard Lowenberg, 1st-Mile Institute, US
“On An Ecology of Witnessing: Humans, Earth, Universes and Media ” Julianne Newton, University of Oregon, US
“The And” Lance Strate, Fordham University, USEcologies of Mind, Media, & Meaning 2 Session 5InstituteofGS2023-08-03 | The Institute of General Semantics generalsemantics.org
Ecologies of Mind, Media, & Meaning 2 An Online Symposium April 29th, 2023
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Session V Language, Thought, and Reality Introduction by Lance Strate, IGS President Chair: Thom Gencarelli, Manhattan College, US
“Mediating Information and Meaning: An Exploration of Hearing, Listening, and the Mind” Ryan McCullough, West Liberty University, US
“On the Most Proper Means for Acquiring Knowledge” and Other Translations of Condillac’s 18th Century Words” Robert T. Ackland, State University of New York College at Plattsburgh, US
“The Limits of ChatGPT from a General Semantics Perspective” Laura Trujillo Liñan, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico
“On Epistemology” Milton Dawes, Independent Scholar, CanadaEcologies of Mind, Media, & Meaning 2 Session 4InstituteofGS2023-08-03 | The Institute of General Semantics generalsemantics.org
Ecologies of Mind, Media, & Meaning 2 An Online Symposium April 29th, 2023
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Session IV Feeling and Form Introduction by Lance Strate, IGS President Chair: Michael Plugh, Manhattan College, US
“What Boobs Have to Say” Zíngara Lofrano, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
“When the Map is Not the Territory: General Semantics and Satire” Martin H. Levinson, Institute of General Semantics, US
“These Bots are Made for Walkin’” Gina Valenti, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
“Book Clubs, Technology, and Education: Paulo Freire and Marshall McLuhan for a (Media) Literacy Approach in Schools” Vanessa Martins, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil