Two students will be assigned to lead each reading discussion. Leaders are required to begin the discussion by presenting two forms of research (each) that relate to the assigned reading content.
Artists are simply an extreme case of the deep biological effects our esthetic perception of the world has on our well-being. Ms. Gallagher's special strength is her ability to make the link between environment and emotion, while drawing on current scientific research -- whether that research concerns the shrinking size of Eskimo men (is it because they ride snowmobiles?), the response of rat pups to the absence of their mothers (does crying keep them warm?) or the possible usefulness of the self-destructive traits associated with anorexia nervosa (is this an adaptation to a culture of scarcity?). Not only does she present these intricate and complex scientific ideas with admirable clarity; she also has managed, in the process, to give us a new sense of the psychological effects of a place, whether a mother's womb or a city slum.
An excerpt from Location Is Everything, New York Times, Karal Ann Marling, March 14, 1993
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Artists are simply an extreme case of the deep biological effects our esthetic perception of the world has on our well-being. Ms. Gallagher's special strength is her ability to make the link between environment and emotion, while drawing on current scientific research -- whether that research concerns the shrinking size of Eskimo men (is it because they ride snowmobiles?), the response of rat pups to the absence of their mothers (does crying keep them warm?) or the possible usefulness of the self-destructive traits associated with anorexia nervosa (is this an adaptation to a culture of scarcity?). Not only does she present these intricate and complex scientific ideas with admirable clarity; she also has managed, in the process, to give us a new sense of the psychological effects of a place, whether a mother's womb or a city slum.
An excerpt from Location Is Everything, New York Times, Karal Ann Marling, March 14, 1993
Winifred Gallagher, Author
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