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Researching The Tributaries Project
In this paper, presented at The following. “The project gathered to
Tributaries Project Colloquium (Nov itself interests/passions that were
20), Prof Hurst notes that the idea ready to stream in, but perhaps just
of The Tributaries Project was to needed the impetus of ‘one more
promote cross-disciplinary co- drop’ to set them flowing and add
operative academic engagement substance to what is set to become
and creative activity to gain insight a broad flowing river. Is this an
into social and environmental interesting theoretical way to
challenges related to water. She imagine how social cohesion might
added that ecological and social work? Can aspects of this project
problems should be addressed fruitfully be framed in the terms
together. From an initial, quite offered by Deleuze and Guattari’s
vague idea, the project gained concept of ‘assemblage?’ What
momentum and grew in a way that analytical advantages does it offer
retroactively justified its name. In to think of it in this way? Can useful
the paper she discusses ways to insight be gained by considering the
take the project forward into more project in terms of Pierre Hadot’s
formalized research projects. She is account of Philosophy as a way of
particularly interested in life, including, for example concepts
philosophical research and, she of ‘cosmic consciousness’ and
says, it is worth discussing the ‘aesthetic perception?”’
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