Society and Politics Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/research/society-and-politics/ Dream Research & Education Mon, 05 May 2025 21:53:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://bulkeley.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/kb-100x100.png Society and Politics Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/research/society-and-politics/ 32 32 Reflections on Among All These Dreamers (1996) https://bulkeley.org/reflections-on-among-all-these-dreamers/ https://bulkeley.org/reflections-on-among-all-these-dreamers/#respond Wed, 02 Apr 2025 22:38:26 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4641 The first time I attended an annual conference of the International Association for the Study of Dreams was in Santa Cruz in 1988. For the next several years (London in 1989, Chicago in 1990 (which I hosted), Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991) these conferences gave me an opportunity to learn more about the various ways in …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/reflections-on-among-all-these-dreamers/feed/ 0 Dream Library construction update https://bulkeley.org/dream-library-construction-update/ https://bulkeley.org/dream-library-construction-update/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:36:05 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4608 The remaining exterior work at the Dream Library is down to roofing and painting. The focus will turn soon to the interior finish work of electrical, plumbing, and bookcase installation. Designing and installing a spiral staircase from the second floor to the third floor tower will be a special aesthetic and practical task. When the …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/dream-library-construction-update/feed/ 0 Sports, Dreaming, and the Cultural Dynamics of Play https://bulkeley.org/sports-dreaming-and-the-cultural-dynamics-of-play/ https://bulkeley.org/sports-dreaming-and-the-cultural-dynamics-of-play/#respond Sat, 05 Aug 2023 00:26:32 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4534 A new article about dreaming and sports, co-authored by me and Michael Schredl, has just been accepted for publication by the journal Dreaming. We do not yet know in which issue of the journal it will appear, but we are very excited to share our findings at last! We analyzed the survey responses of @4500 American …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/sports-dreaming-and-the-cultural-dynamics-of-play/feed/ 0 Threat Simulations in War Dreams https://bulkeley.org/threat-simulations-in-war-dreams/ https://bulkeley.org/threat-simulations-in-war-dreams/#respond Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:49:17 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4445 An outbreak of war and violent conflict is very likely to prompt a wave of nightmares of traumatic experiences, mournful losses, and threat simulations. This seems to be part of our internal crisis-response system when the external world descends into chaos and bloodshed, and our minds struggle to make sense of what is happening and …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/threat-simulations-in-war-dreams/feed/ 0 Basketball Diary #5: The Court of Greg Brown III https://bulkeley.org/basketball-diary-5-the-court-of-greg-brown-iii/ https://bulkeley.org/basketball-diary-5-the-court-of-greg-brown-iii/#respond Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:59:41 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4438 This has been a rough season for fans of the Portland Trailblazers basketball team. The players are learning a new system from their rookie head coach, Chauncey Billups, in his first season in that role. Their star player, Damien Lillard, plays poorly (by his standards) at the outset, then is forced to undergo season-ending surgery. …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/basketball-diary-5-the-court-of-greg-brown-iii/feed/ 0 Basketball Dream Diary #4: My Blazers Hat https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diary-4-my-blazers-hat/ https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diary-4-my-blazers-hat/#respond Wed, 17 Nov 2021 01:38:00 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4398 Of SUVs, prosperous males, and watching witches. On Monday night, the Blazers beat the Toronto Raptors, 118-113, in an exciting, closely-fought contest. The Raptors came out hot, taking a 13-3 lead before the game was barely two minutes old. The Blazers looked slow and hesitant, the Raptors young and springy. Damien Lillard had missed the …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diary-4-my-blazers-hat/feed/ 0 The Jumbotron Critique of Lucid Dreaming https://bulkeley.org/the-jumbotron-critique-of-lucid-dreaming/ https://bulkeley.org/the-jumbotron-critique-of-lucid-dreaming/#respond Fri, 12 Nov 2021 22:42:16 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4394 As a dream researcher, I try to promote public interest in dreaming and its many exciting possibilities. And yet also as a dream researcher, I try to highlight potential problems and misleading claims that can do more public harm than good. This creates a dilemma with the topic of lucid dreaming, which is increasingly popular …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/the-jumbotron-critique-of-lucid-dreaming/feed/ 0 Basketball Dream Diary #3: Fans https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diary-3-fans/ https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diary-3-fans/#respond Fri, 05 Nov 2021 00:36:02 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4390 The Blazers beat the Memphis Grizzlies, 116-96, last Wednesday night, to even their season’s record at 2 wins and 2 losses. They played excellent defense and held Ja Morant, the Grizzlies’ young star guard, to 17 points, half of what he had been averaging the first few games of the season. The Blazers had a …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diary-3-fans/feed/ 0 Basketball Dream Diaries #2: The First Two Games https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diaries-2-the-first-two-games/ https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diaries-2-the-first-two-games/#respond Wed, 27 Oct 2021 00:16:27 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4382 The day before the opening game of the Trailblazers’ 2021-2022 season, I was bothered by something I read online about Damien Lillard, Portland’s best player. The article ranked him lower among the league’s top players than I think he deserves; it dinged him for his defense, and emphasized the catastrophe that would befall the Blazers …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/basketball-dream-diaries-2-the-first-two-games/feed/ 0 The Nightmares of Halloween https://bulkeley.org/the-nightmares-of-halloween/ https://bulkeley.org/the-nightmares-of-halloween/#respond Tue, 26 Oct 2021 23:52:58 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=4379 It’s more than a metaphor to say that Halloween is a time when our nightmares go on parade. The scary images, decorations, and costumes that take over the month of October have a direct psychological connection to the actual themes and patterns of people’s nightmares. If we look at current research on nightmares—who has them, …

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