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Dreams about Recent Protests Against Racial Injustice

Kelly Bulkeley — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 20:36:04 +0000

In recent weeks, many Americans have been dreaming about police, protestors, and frightening acts of violence and destruction. But the dreams differ dramatically in the focus of their anxiety and distress. A new online survey from YouGov asked nearly 5,000 American adults about their dream recall, insomnia, attitudes toward the Black Lives Matter movement, and …

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Nightmares of a Smart Home

Kelly Bulkeley — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 21:39:16 +0000

Dreams from Germans in the 1930’s highlight the danger of new home technologies. I have always been a strong advocate for the creative potentials of dreaming and its capacity to envision future realities. Now, however, I worry that dreams from an earlier era may have predicted a new technology with frightening potentials for abuse in …

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How Not to Raise a Witch

Kelly Bulkeley — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:44:59 +0000

Many years ago a student told me a story about her childhood dreams that still haunts me. It’s not a happy story—in fact I find it incredibly sad—but it’s kept me thinking about what we know, and don’t know, about the potentials of dreaming. Wanda (a pseudonym) was a student in a religious studies …

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