After attempted to write my own better big words on the word “theory,” I feel rather discombobulated. I don’t know how successful I was at all. First, I feel as if I wasn’t original. As I researched more and more about theories on theory, I realized that everything I had been thinking has already been […]
Definitions of Big Words
In my quest for better big words, I am interested in the following: theory, justice, compassion, and of course, environment. I turn to the Oxford English Dictionary for help in defining these giant words to begin the process of thinking through them Theory: The conceptual basis of a subject or area of study. Contrasted with practice. […]
Moving Forward on my Theory on Theory
As I continued doing thinking about my environmental theory project this weekend, I also began to conceptualize my eventual thesis through several project proposals for my other environmental studies course this semester. One of my ideas has to do with the process and impulse of naming landscapes and as I hit the databases looking for […]
Big Words about Other & Bigger Words
One of the questions I’ve struggled with the most during this semester of environmental theory is the challenge of: why is theory important? Is it important? Who cares about a bunch of academics fighting over definitions of things? IS IT REAL? My initial reaction is yes. Yes its important and its important because its real. […]
Why “Postlapsarian”?: Theoretical Implications of a Big Word
Last week, our class presented our praxis project posters at the Festival of Scholars, a day of conference-style panels, poster sessions, performances, and other displays of student work. For my ENVS 350 poster, titled “Do Fallen Trees Build Character? Postlapsarian Knowledge in a Post-Logging Town,” the most common question I received from poster-viewers was “What […]