It’s been a while between posts on the Ronin Institute Blog, and in between this post and the last one, the Covid-19 crisis has touched the lives of every one of us across the Ronin Institute and beyond. As a largely remotely-based community, we hope to help fill in those physical distancing gaps by providing …
Almost since the beginning of the Ronin Institute we had – what used to be called back in the aughts – a “blogroll” – of all Research Scholar blogs. As part of last year’s site refresh – the “Blogs of the Ronin” are now properly displayed sidebars. We also have a new dedicated page …
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Research Scholar Michele Battle-Fisher was at the Boston Book Festival at MIT Press’ “Pitchfest” on October 13, talking about cyborgs, CRISPR and body hacking. She was presenting her book proposal on the transhumanism movement, associated with the documentary on the same that she is co-producing. Lucky for those who weren’t able to be in Boston, …
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Performing the World (PTW) is a biennial conference with a focus on building communities, social change and performance. This year it is being held in New York City on September 21-23. Here’s the description from the conference website: Since the first PTW in 2001, the conference has been a gathering place to explore and celebrate …
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As we noted in a previous post, the Ronin Institute has started a YouTube channel featuring videos from our seminar series. Recently Ronin Founder, Jon Wilkins, presented an in-depth overview of our principles and values in honor of the sixth anniversary of the founding of the Institute. It’s up now on YouTube: You can also …
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New Ronin Research Scholar Rebecca Willén, also founder of our fellow travelers the Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education (IGDORE) is running an open science meetup in Bali April 23-29: Open Science Meetup Bali 2018 The travel award deadline is today, March 12, check it out: Grants & Awards
The Ronin Institute has launched its own YouTube channel! We’re posting our videos from the Ronin Institute seminar series there. It also includes playlists of videos that feature Ronin Institute Research Scholars and their work, such as symposium panels, performances, TV or web interviews, as well as presentations at Ronin events such as Unconferences. You …
The Cultivating Ensembles in STEM Education and Research (CESTEMER) was held at the Goodman Theater in downtown Chicago on September 15-17, 2017. Initiated by Raquell Holmes and improvscience in 2012, it brings together a diverse mixture of scientists, artists, humanists and performers to discuss and discover new ways of doing science in groups. I attended …
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Research Scholars Arika Virapongse and Alex Lancaster have put together a survey designed to help us better understand how independent scholars “make it work.” We’ve already begun collecting responses from current Research Scholars, and the preliminary results look really interesting. We’re looking forward to sharing them once the results are in. We also want to …
This evening (Wednesday, October 11, 2017), Research Scholar Brent Ranalli will be giving a talk at the Acton Memorial Library in Acton, Massachusetts on Henry David Thoreau’s “Indian Stride.” The talk starts at 7pm and is free. THOREAU’S “INDIAN STRIDE” Local historian Brent Ranalli discusses Henry David Thoreau’s fascination with all things Native American and the …
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