Deeptime Network | Dr. Rich Blundell | Activity https://dtnetwork.org/our-members/richblundell/activity/ Activity feed for Dr. Rich Blundell. Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:18:54 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.1.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 25cec4e407127f42c3eb391f6fd5a658 Dr. Rich Blundell updated new location at Cambridge, MA 02138, USA https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/24840/ Sat, 11 Jan 2020 08:19:12 -0500 0 c856022ec7b07dc6b6104d7cd2550322 Dr. Rich Blundell wrote a new post, Waking up in the Anthropocene: Big History and the Biosphere http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/?p=15057 Sat, 13 Aug 2016 12:58:33 -0400 This is a Powerpoint Presentation of chapters 3 and 4 of the author’s doctoral dissertation. It contains theoretical development and qualitative data from an empirical study. This presentation was delivered at the […]

]]> 0 27115d43ab4bd696433ae3ed395f827f Dr. Rich Blundell wrote a new post, Waking up in the Anthropocene: Big History and the Biosphere http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/?p=15054 Sat, 13 Aug 2016 12:45:39 -0400 This is the front matter and (synopsis and table of contents) to my recently completed doctoral dissertation. As this dissertation is currently being converted into a book, individual chapters are made available […]

]]> 0 9c3ac0c83290bfa4ac18ab5f20079d06 Dr. Rich Blundell wrote a new post, Rich Blundell on What's Next with Peter Buffett http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/?p=7381 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 00:18:23 -0500 In this live radio show propagating from Woodstock NY, Rich Blundell speaks with Peter Buffett and Jimmy Buff about Big History and the meaning of life, the universe and everything. The fun but compelling […]

]]> 0 c9670b5157f54c1ac7c5afa4ae047416 Dr. Rich Blundell replied to the topic Professional Development in Deep Time Education in the forum my forum new one http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/professional-development-in-deep-time-education/#post-4759 Sun, 20 Sep 2015 15:30:08 -0400 Hi All,Superb work  here Jennifer! Thank you for starting the thread.I am much looking forward to participating more deeply in this conversation and the continuing development of these principles. Indeed, the subject of my on-going doctoral research is all about how Big History works as transformative learning at the tertiary level. Over the past…[Read more]

]]> 0 54853edc26bf37da236bd3cc08ccf6ab Dr. Rich Blundell replied to the topic Big History's anthropocentric bias in the forum my forum new one http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/big-historys-anthropocentric-bias/#post-2893 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:26:57 -0400 Great conversation!
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I think a key thing here is the acknowledgment that we are integral. A lone bacterium is a different entity than one existing within a living system or ecology – just as we would be different without its presence. And frankly, sometimes I don’t see where one being begins and the other ends.
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Correct me if I’m wrong James,…[Read more]

]]> 0 95e18e8220507e0cb3d83954488174f9 Dr. Rich Blundell replied to the topic Big History's anthropocentric bias in the forum my forum new one http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/big-historys-anthropocentric-bias/#post-2852 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 17:39:13 -0400 I generally agree with you James and what you describe is a far too common perspective. However, I do grant humanity some credit for bringing cosmic creativity along (some of) the path that we have (the very realization you are proposing, for example). I think getting out of our own hubris can certainly be part of the narrative too. Don’t really…[Read more]

]]> 0 6dca29cc174ea0b5e97c767ec6bab907 Dr. Rich Blundell replied to the topic Launching Cosmosis1: A new Big History App in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/launching-cosmosis1-a-new-big-history-app/#post-2841 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 13:37:22 -0400 Kyle, John, Jennifer and Orla,
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Thanks for all the comments! Expressions of interest in beta testing have really poured in over the past week, so I think it is time to cease the request for more testers. Those of you who offered above, would you mind using the form available through the website (link in above post)? That way we’ll be sure to have…[Read more]

]]> 1 ed94acf638637e23371af1e2720844f3 Dr. Rich Blundell posted an update: @terrimackenzie Hi Terri, Thanks for the note and support. […] https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/800/ Wed, 28 May 2014 02:17:11 -0400 @terrimackenzie Hi Terri, Thanks for the note and support. About the iPhone thing, I frequently feel conflicted because I want nothing more than for people to put away their technology and get outdoors to experience nature in the first-person. That’s why I insist on having each app get people outside learning how to experience the cosmos in a new…[Read more]

]]> 1 fc59744cccb29a493cc095c0d3879cd2 Dr. Rich Blundell replied to the topic Launching Cosmosis1: A new Big History App in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/launching-cosmosis1-a-new-big-history-app/#post-2816 Wed, 28 May 2014 01:11:42 -0400 Imogene, OMG is right!! I absolutely do LOVE Divine Sparks. It just lifted me! When I saw that celestial fruit, and that exultant frog, and that curious chipmunk, and then those googley-eyed hands, I could just feel your love of nature and creativity – and I could feel my own love of nature, and creativity too. How did you do that? Just wow! I…[Read more]

]]> 0 31a8296bf0280b3d1b854cd5af5b9cbf Dr. Rich Blundell replied to the topic Launching Cosmosis1: A new Big History App in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/launching-cosmosis1-a-new-big-history-app/#post-2811 Tue, 27 May 2014 20:21:47 -0400 Jennifer and Karen, thanks for the feedback and kind words! Glad you are liking the philosophy behind the app.

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There is so much to love about Dewey. There is, of course, the well-understood value of experience-as-education, but one of my favorite insights of Dewey’s is how he articulated the reciprocal of this. In other words, yes, there can…[Read more]

]]> 0 323244589c8edce9957b7ffa16db5696 Dr. Rich Blundell wrote a new post, Cosmosis1: The Cosmic Background Radiation Explorer http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/resource/cosmosis1-the-cosmic-background-radiation-explorer/ Sun, 25 May 2014 11:55:32 -0400 A smartphone app for exploring the Cosmic Background Radiation

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]]> 0 2c6d180f1907480b8f9684f15cc6307e Dr. Rich Blundell started the topic Launching Cosmosis1: A new Big History App in the forum Deeptime Network Forum https://dtnetwork.org/forums/topic/launching-cosmosis1-a-new-big-history-app/ Sun, 25 May 2014 11:19:10 -0400 Hello Deeptimers,
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In May of last year I was awarded an Innovation in Scholarship Grant to produce the first in a series of Big History-themed smartphone apps. I wanted to try and do something different and ended up inventing a whole new kind of app; one that provides accurate educational content, but also taps into the truly transformative…[Read more]

]]> 1 a5391764fdcf39ad6ec48d2c7798f630 Dr. Rich Blundell replied to the topic About Big History in the forum Deeptime Network Forum http://wptaverncommunity.wefoster-platform.co/forums/topic/about-big-history/#post-2304 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 00:36:57 -0400 Dear Orla, Jennifer, and Cynthia,

Thank your for the thoughtful replies and links to resources. I am perusing them now.

You are right, this is a Big Topic with a lot of voices. As a grad-student, trying to carve out a niche, it feels like I’m in a disciplinary meat grinder. There are multiple rigor-bars that need to be reached, and legacy-hoops…[Read more]

]]> 0 0d6ef05e495a1a89a3d5d6bd4fd6ee57 Dr. Rich Blundell started the topic About Big History in the forum Deeptime Network Forum https://dtnetwork.org/forums/topic/about-big-history/ Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:15:44 -0400 Dear Deeptimers,

I am a PhD candidate whose dissertation explores the transformative potential of Big History from personal to cultural levels. I have been considering an idea that is integral to my dissertation and I am wondering if it makes sense. So I am hoping to get feedback from this community.

Here is the argument (FYI my background…[Read more]

]]> 0 8a659d48de157187b2296dc43dfb0863 RIch Blundell is now a Contributing Member https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/481/ Sun, 02 Mar 2014 17:37:31 -0500 0 4695f892bac78a9aca5c19f84c2c8128 RIch Blundell became a registered member https://dtnetwork.org/activity/p/473/ Sat, 01 Mar 2014 00:24:46 -0500 0