by Evan Dwan | May 27, 2021 | News |
Anthropological reports show that small-band hunter-gatherer groups provide a cultural commons for child development, following what Darcia Narvaez calls the ‘evolved developmental niche’. They provide ‘companionship care’ and raise people who are...
by Evan Dwan | May 24, 2021 | News |
Psychosocial integration refers to the deep interconnectedness between the individual and their social world which grows and develops throughout the lifespan. Bruce Alexander writes that a lack of this type of integration leads to ‘dislocation’, an experience that is...
by Evan Dwan | Apr 29, 2020 | News |
Culture can be understood as the social environment in which a person lives. Culture is the context in which energy and information is shared through patterns of interaction, rituals of behaviour, symbols and structures of the environment. Culture itself is a...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 10, 2019 | News |
An old myth tells the story of a time when ‘care’ was crossing a river and she saw some clay. She picked it up, and slowly began to shape it. While contemplating the beauty of what she had made, Jupiter came by and ‘care’ asked him to give it spirit, which he gladly...
