Comments on: Literacy, activism, and community development http://www.torontocdi.ca/blog/literacy-activism-and-community-development Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 04 May 2012 09:08:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Deborah Konecny http://www.torontocdi.ca/blog/literacy-activism-and-community-development/comment-page-1#comment-197 Deborah Konecny Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:49:56 +0000 http://www.torontocdi.ca/?p=412#comment-197 I think that for me reading also helps me to understand myself - to begin to relate to the way I am moving through the world. Reading has helped me to get a distance from the emotionality of living and see that there are systems at work and that everything is not personal and I am not in fact the centre of the universe. And then reading more, helped me to discover that even though it may not be personal I am not personally absolved of my responsibility to transform the world around me in response to social inequities. I think perhaps I have become a little, or maybe even more than a little, lax at making sure that I am taking action in the physical world and not just within the realm of thought. Hmm. That makes me think I should poke Mandy and ask her to post something on praxis. :) (Is that physical enough?) I think that for me reading also helps me to understand myself – to begin to relate to the way I am moving through the world. Reading has helped me to get a distance from the emotionality of living and see that there are systems at work and that everything is not personal and I am not in fact the centre of the universe.

And then reading more, helped me to discover that even though it may not be personal I am not personally absolved of my responsibility to transform the world around me in response to social inequities. I think perhaps I have become a little, or maybe even more than a little, lax at making sure that I am taking action in the physical world and not just within the realm of thought.

Hmm. That makes me think I should poke Mandy and ask her to post something on praxis. :) (Is that physical enough?)

]]> By: Sarah Cervinka http://www.torontocdi.ca/blog/literacy-activism-and-community-development/comment-page-1#comment-189 Sarah Cervinka Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:44:16 +0000 http://www.torontocdi.ca/?p=412#comment-189 It's often said that literature functions as an 'escape'. I think this 'escape' is multi-layered. Through reading we're able to escape to fantasy, knowledge and perhaps empathy. I define myself by my love of people, and reading helps me to understand people better because I'm privy to information that isn't obvious. Reading helps me to be a better person and to empathize with others. It’s often said that literature functions as an ‘escape’. I think this ‘escape’ is multi-layered. Through reading we’re able to escape to fantasy, knowledge and perhaps empathy. I define myself by my love of people, and reading helps me to understand people better because I’m privy to information that isn’t obvious.
Reading helps me to be a better person and to empathize with others.

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