Welcome to the July edition of the Progressive Connexions Interdisciplinary Life newsletter. Upcoming… Three of our online conferences are currently open for abstract submissions! Nostalgia (due July 11) — submit to lorraine@progressiveconnexions.net and bratislavanostalgia@progressiveconnexions.net Bad Taste (due July 16) — submit to lorraine@progressiveconnexions.net and badtaste@progressiveconnexions.net (In)Convenient Histories (due July […]
Author: Abhramika Choudhuri Moral stories have been teaching us ‘before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes,’ to show us the value of empathy since we were children. Given how frequently we use the term empathy, it would seem that its definition is pretty straight-forward. If one […]
Authors: Angela C M Cox, PhD and Odell Mitchell III, Esq The opportunities around the sheltering-in-place/stay-at-home rules of the last year have been hit-or-miss for people who identify as introverts. For many, being able to work from home and being spared the social expectations of the pre-pandemic world meant […]
Welcome to the March edition of the Progressive Connexions Interdisciplinary Life newsletter. Currently Seeking… The Progressive Connexions team is expanding! We are looking for dedicated volunteers to join us in our work. If you’ve been watching Progressive Connexions emails go by, and wishing you could be more involved, then this […]
Author: Dr. Konstantina Zerva, University of Girona, Spain What does a paratrooper at the Mount Everest and a tourist at Chernobyl have in common? They both see risk as a fundamental element of their tourist experience. The first case represents adventure tourism and the second one nuclear tourism. […]
Welcome to the February edition of the bimonthly Progressive Connexions Interdisciplinary Life newsletter. Upcoming… For months, now, we’ve been trying to figure out a way to bring the energy of Progressive Connexions conferences to the digital world. The supportive and collaborative environments we foster in our face-to-face events don’t […]
Welcome to the December edition of the bimonthly Progressive Connexions Interdisciplinary Life newsletter. Upcoming… For months, now, we’ve been trying to figure out a way to bring the energy of Progressive Connexions conferences to the digital world. The supportive and collaborative environments we foster in our face-to-face events don’t easily […]
Authors: Progressive Connexions Team Teresa Cutler-Broyles, Elif Çakmak, Rob Fisher, Lorraine Rumson, Susanne Schotanus Even though most of the 2019 conferences were postponed, the Progressive Connexions Board of Directors has been communicating on an almost daily basis to further develop different aspects of the ProCon vision and reality. Usually, the […]
Welcome to the September edition of the bimonthly Progressive Connexions Interdisciplinary Life newsletter. Upcoming… We are excited to report that in-person conferences are on the horizon again! Progressive Connexions will be reconvening in Lisbon next March, for the conferences that were postponed from summer 2020. We are hoping that […]
Author: Elena Xeni, elena_xeni@hotmail.com From the early lines of this mini-article, I need to admit that I am not at all of a ‘break’ type of person. I am not in the habit of taking a break from screen tasks and other responsibilities and duties on very or […]