Link: https://rawslearn.wordpress.com/2024/01/02/can-you-tell-me-about-a-masters-by-research-and-a-phd/ Site 'PhD with Soumitri': https://sites.google.com/view/phdwithsoumitri/home ..read more

This is a podcast about project design. Or the typology of projects - aka what are the types of projects. Or what are the 5 types that all projects can be classified into. See more here - https://rawslearn.wordpress.com/2023/08/06/the-smeis-typology ..read more

I have been reading Mariana Mazzucato. The Big Con is the book. Dont read it if you have a weak constitution or if you have a tendency to flame. I had to frequently put it down - it is that incendiary. LINK The title for this podcast is borrowed from here: LINK QUOTE "Cynicism around consulting is nothing new. That adage about a consultant “borrowing your watch to tell you the time” didn’t come from nowhere. But the problem is now stark. According to research by McKinsey, 70% of transformations fail." If the things I suggest gets you hot under the collar (don't wear a collar?) - then maybe sta ..read more

Names in this episode: James Dyson: Best to buy the book I think. LINK Isambard Kingdom Brunel LINK Buckminister Fuller LINK Monika Mulder: http://monikamulder.com/ Guy Burgoyne: https://youtu.be/Jz0mKjwaBPQ Pernilla Johansson: Search in YouTube Ralph Gilles: Look up Abstract on Netflix. The binaries? celebrity versus altruism market versus ideé fixe Ideé fixe: https://www.britannica.com/art/idee-fixe ..read more

Maybe yes? Maybe no? Listen to hear about what I did. I have undertaken a pilot project to learn French in 4 weeks. I have attended 40 hours of classes at Alliance Française Montpellier – learning in that way. I have also studied French using apps and flash cards. I now have a good grasp of the language. The pilot project is complete. Flipping my project – I also have a good understanding of what is involved in language training, especially when it comes to learning English, from a background in French speaking. I now have a desire to implement a program to enable migrants to learn English. Th ..read more

Recording from Montepellier, France. Links Learner Centered Design Education: https://rawslearn.wordpress.com/ Who is Soumitri: http://soumitri.com.au ..read more

I am doing a few stub episodes on The Library. This first recording is about the Library as Place. The Library is a place. The library is a social space. The Library is a proposition open for coding as L4X ..read more

This is a live recording. I will be coming back to this episode, to ruminate and redo. That version is some weeks away. This is an episode about Beauty. I have the book “On Beauty” by Umberto Eco sitting on my desk. Is that what triggered me to do this episode? Possibly. Podcast structure: Beauty in Three Parts Outer Beauty Inner Beauty The beauty of machines Essential Beauty Insider language: The Chatter, the isms, the flipping The preoccupation with thingness The form of things The essence within, the hidden Links Learner Centered Design Education: https://rawslearn.wordpress.com/ Who is S ..read more

This is a live recording. I will be coming back to this episode, to ruminate and redo. That version is some weeks away. This is an episode about Perfection. An instigation – aimed at students on their journey of becoming designers. Links Learner Centered Design Education: https://rawslearn.wordpress.com/ Who is Soumitri: http://soumitri.com.au/ CORRECTION: The Lexus car I mentioned as LFA is in fact the LC500. This is a link to an article - https://newsexplorer.net/one-of-the-best-sounding-v8s-in-production-is-from-the-lexus-lc-500-s922472.html A Japanese Craftsman built me a shamisen: https ..read more

This is a live recording. I will be coming back to this episode, to ruminate and redo. That version is some weeks away. This is an episode about Learning. An instigation – aimed at students on their journey of becoming designers. An Australian lens specially crafted to see a very particular kind of territory and landscape of education? Maybe. Links Learner Centered Design Education: https://rawslearn.wordpress.com/ Who is Soumitri: http://soumitri.com.au ..read more