Books by Sam Rocha
Is there room for philosophy in educational research? Where is phenomenology before and beyond it... more Is there room for philosophy in educational research? Where is phenomenology before and beyond its uses and abuses in the applied and social sciences? How are phenomenology and philosophy of education related? What are the methods of phenomenology within the field of philosophy of education? These talks to educational scholars and researchers respond to these questions and make an appeal for the place of philosophy within educational research and the tradition of phenomenology within philosophy of education. Across a broad genealogy of thought, with frequent substitutions and autobiographical confessions, these lectures work from and towards a simple article of faith: philosophy and education are not so different.
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Folk is an analog foundation in a digital world. Phenomenology is a big word about a small, impos... more Folk is an analog foundation in a digital world. Phenomenology is a big word about a small, impossible task: trying to imagine the real. This book describes this task in relation to its foundation. Most of all, *Folk Phenomenology* is a defense of the integrity and sufficiency of art--thinking, feeling, living, dying. In short, being in love.
Twenty-one poems in three parts. Ice cubes, ladybugs, guitars and gin, fortune, dancing revolutio... more Twenty-one poems in three parts. Ice cubes, ladybugs, guitars and gin, fortune, dancing revolutions, smoking eyes and Santa Claus – transcribed from paper plates, composed in a single, descriptive evening. A testament to miseducation, music, and the suicidal dangers of the Machine.
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The University is a place. A place is not immediately reducible to its location. Let us imagine t... more The University is a place. A place is not immediately reducible to its location. Let us imagine the place of the University as nothing more or less than a school. A school, of course, begins as a school of thought even in the simple thought to start, build, or form a school. In other cases, the school of thought, from which a school is born, exists as a more conventional school of thought. Nonetheless, from the brick-and-mortar school building to the school of thought that gathers a tradition or a community of ideas, all schools begin in intentional forethought. A school of thought, then, is the preliminary place of the University. In this chapter, I will present an account of the place of the University through comparative and speculative accounts of the schools of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, noting the tensions and aporias that emerge amongst and between them, especially between the first two. These difficulties and impossibilities will dislocate the University. This dislocation, however,
A chapter in *Course Syllabi in Faculties of Education: Bodies of Knowledge and Their Discontents... more A chapter in *Course Syllabi in Faculties of Education: Bodies of Knowledge and Their Discontents, International and Comparative Perspectives* edited by André Elias Mazawi and Michelle Stack
A chapter in the International Encyclopedia of Art and Design Education.
A chapter in *Philosophy and History of Education: Diverse Perspectives on Their Value and Relati... more A chapter in *Philosophy and History of Education: Diverse Perspectives on Their Value and Relationship,* edited by Antoinette Errante, Jackie Blount, and Bruce A. Kimball.
Bildung und Liebe: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven, 2018
A chapter on love and education in *Bildung und Liebe,* published by Transcript-Verlag, edited by... more A chapter on love and education in *Bildung und Liebe,* published by Transcript-Verlag, edited by Nadja Maria Köffler, Petra Steinmair-Pösel, Thomas Sojer, and Peter Stöger.
This abstract will not tell you what is actually in the chapter. That would be too concrete for a... more This abstract will not tell you what is actually in the chapter. That would be too concrete for a true “abstract.” In the short chapter to follow, Rocha presents a phenomenology of tears. A phenomenology of tears is a study of the appearance of tears, beginning with Rocha’s tears, moving from those tears of his natural attitude to the general phenomena of tears and the act of weeping itself. This movement from the particular experience of tears to the general phenomena of tears is a phenomenological reduction, and this particular reduction happens as Rocha’s sight is itself being reduced from clear sight aided by prescription lenses to clouded sight through prescription eye drops. We move from immediacy to a true notion, as Rocha’s concrete sense of sight and perception is simultaneously made abstract and blurry.
A chapter in *Reconceptualizing Study in Educational Discourse and Practice,* edited by Claudia R... more A chapter in *Reconceptualizing Study in Educational Discourse and Practice,* edited by Claudia Ruitenberg.
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