Posts by Jon Beasley-Murray

Two Cultures

I’ve commented before about the obstacles facing interdisciplinarity. And now Terry seems to be a case study of the difficulty of articulating a conversation between Science…

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United Nations (and more global citizens)

A quick addendum to my recent post asking Who are the global citizens? I find it somewhat amusing, but also more than a little appropriate, that…

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Who are the global citizens?

On my Spring Break (sorry, “reading week”) I took a brief trip to Haiti. I recommend the place: it’s a fascinating country, with an astonishing history…

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Who believes in interdisciplinarity?

We are frequently encouraged to be interdisciplinary. Indeed, UBC now has an entire college devoted to interdisciplinarity, established by an injunction from UBC’s Senate and Board…

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Save SFU!

Even those keen on petty collegiate rivalries will surely agree with the campaign to protest underfunding at Simon Fraser. Without rivals, rivalries are no fun. A…

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Are some places more global than others?

Testing, testing…  Hi there.  I’m a new blogger on the Terry network, and looking forward to writing a thing or two from time to time.  I’m…

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