Frameworks for successful analysis and
management of the structures of understanding.

Road Trip of the Mind

this is a beyondutopia production

This collection of readings consists of essays, articles, stories, poems, and images of culture which reflect how the frameworks by which people know the world, themselves, and others are constructed, modified, and reinforced.  The collection also illustrates how individuals survive and communities unite in times of upheaval and rapid change.

How to study for this course?
Please visit all the units, click on all the links, and familiarize yourself with all the material.

Pick 4 of the 10 units that really appeal to you and do the required work for only those 4 units.

After you have taken a look at the sites, pick at least two readings from each unit to read in-depth.  Please keep an open mind, and think about how you respond to the ideas presented.  Do you agree?  Disagree? 

Required Work
*Remember to only choose 4 out of the 10 units and do only the work for those 4 units.

For the four units out of the 10 that you choose
Please write a journal which discusses, contemplates, or takes issues with the readings, concepts, and ideas expressed in these units.

Each journal should be approximately 1000 words and should be e-mailed to your professor at the end of each unit. Samples of journal entries can be found on each unit page, towards the top.

Grading Scale
Each unit you choose and journal assignment you turn in for that unit is worth 25% of your total grade.

Writing 1: 25%
Writing 2: 25%
Writing 3: 25%
Writing 4: 25%

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Timeline of Work
Unit 1  Personal Frames: The structures of individual knowledge and perception
Unit 2  Cultural Frames: Moving outside one's own frame
Unit 3   When Worlds Collide: The clash of frames
Unit 4  Frameworks of Debate:  Moving beyond simply taking sides
Unit 5  When Frames Collapse: Reconfiguring knowledge in times of upheaval and rapid change
Unit 6  The Big Frame: Global villages and beyond
Unit 7  Who's Watching the Frame?: Discussions on the Limits of Self-Expression
Unit 8  Frameworks for Community Building
Unit 9  Colonialist Frames:  The Myths and Realities of "Tribalism"
Unit 10  Hammering Out Your Own Frame:  Reconfiguring Perception for Times of Change

About the Author

Road Trip of the Mind
Guidebook for the Intrepid Traveler
Designed and developed
by Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D.
© 2002