Papers by Michael W Purdy
Cultura De Guatemala, 2007
The technologized self of the late modern globalized world has mostly lost the ability to listen ... more The technologized self of the late modern globalized world has mostly lost the ability to listen fully––that is, without rational purpose. This loss means we have limited awareness of the world beyond the technical as we do not hear it. To listen is to have integrity and to be conscious of the integrity of others, of being present to the “global” field of awareness. We are describing the imperative or requirement for listening and acting as the context requires––an attempt to be open, despite the predominance of technical (rational instrumental) consciousness. The condition of openness to what is present in the cultural field can bring awareness of a non–technologized (or non–instrumental) self that is both historical and present.
The historical ground for the non–technologized self can be traced through Foucault’s concept of Technologies of the Self. He begins with Greek and Roman thought, but when we critically examine this work we find the issues of listening and the non–technologized self have much to offer in understanding the positions of first, second and third world peoples. Recognition that technology and the technological world developed allows for the possibility that this is not the only awareness of the late modern world. In fact, this paper describes an integral consciousness which is more than the technological.
COMS 540 Intercultural Communication
Course syllabus for COMS 540 Intercultural Communication Course description: Surveys communicatio... more Course syllabus for COMS 540 Intercultural Communication Course description: Surveys communication transactions between members of differing cultures and studies definitions, models, values, beliefs, customs, and attitudes that affect intercultural communication. Relates culture to social perception and communication patterns. Examines culture-specific as well as universal modes of communication and identifies factors that impede effective intercultural understanding
COMS 810 Communication Theory
Course syllabus for COMS 810 Communication Theor
COMS 300/500 Introduction to Undergrad/Grad Communications (and Training)
Course syllabus for COMS 300/500 Introduction to Undergrad/Grad Communications (and Training) Cou... more Course syllabus for COMS 300/500 Introduction to Undergrad/Grad Communications (and Training) Course description: COMS 300: Designed to serve as an introduction (and orientation) to undergraduate work in the communications field. Should be taken in the first trimester of undergraduate work in communications. Students cannot receive credit for both COMS300 and COMS500. COMS 500: Designed to serve as an introduction (and orientation) to graduate work in the communications and human performance and training fields. Should be taken in the first trimester of graduate work in Communications and Training. Students cannot receive credit for both COMS300 and COMS500
Steps to Strenthen Listening Ability
Journal of International Assoc. for Health-Communication Sciences , 2003
In many ways the Western model for communication is similar to that for health care––rational and... more In many ways the Western model for communication is similar to that for health care––rational and instrumental––however, there are other life worlds besides the Western rational life world. Seeking the roots of health care and communication in human life worlds provides alternatives (ranging from a community model to a democratic model) for health care communication. This study looks at human life worlds and the corresponding health care models and then proposes a general model for service communication for health and welfare––and human services in general.
The political image of Ronald Reagan in the 1966 California gubernatorial campaign
I don't believe that any human mind is capable of 100 percent error. So instead of asking which a... more I don't believe that any human mind is capable of 100 percent error. So instead of asking which approach is right and which is wrong, we assume each approach is true but partial, and then try to figure out how to fit these partial truths together, how to integrate them-not how to pick one and get rid of the others.-Ken Wilber (from the foreword to The Eye of Spirit) Introduction While attempting to keep to the larger vision of integral studies as a whole I shall be proposing a rudimentary outline of an underlying assertion primarily based upon the works of
Listening Is… Five Personal Worlds of Listening: An Auto-Ethnographic Approach
International Journal of Listening, 2016
Contributions of Philosophical Hermeneutics to Listening Research
Listening in Everyday Life: A Personal and Professional Approach, 2nd Edition
Listening in Everyday Life: A Personal and Professional Approach
PsycEXTRA Dataset, 1998
Qualitative Research: Critical for Understanding Listening
Wolvin/Listening and Human Communication in the 21st Century, 2010
Listening in the Multicultural Workplace: A Dialogue of Theory and Practice
International Journal of Listening, 2014
Consciousness Structures and Modern Communication: Oral, Literate, or What?
gebser.org, 2000
Jean Gebser has described five structures of consciousness: archaic, magic, mythic, mental, and t... more Jean Gebser has described five structures of consciousness: archaic, magic, mythic, mental, and the currently emerging integral. Each of these structures correlates with" historical" and current styles of communication operating in human communication ...
Listening and Community: The Role of Listening in Community Formation
International Journal of Listening, 1991
Ralph Nichols a Leader in and of his Time
International Journal of Listening, 2006
Listening, Culture and Structures of Consciousness: Ways of Studying Listening
International Journal of Listening, 2000
Grounding Listening: The Limitations of Theory
International Journal of Listening, 2011
Structures of consciousness: The genius of Jean Gebser, an introduction and critique
International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 1988
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Papers by Michael W Purdy
The historical ground for the non–technologized self can be traced through Foucault’s concept of Technologies of the Self. He begins with Greek and Roman thought, but when we critically examine this work we find the issues of listening and the non–technologized self have much to offer in understanding the positions of first, second and third world peoples. Recognition that technology and the technological world developed allows for the possibility that this is not the only awareness of the late modern world. In fact, this paper describes an integral consciousness which is more than the technological.