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A Theory Of Culture As A Framework For The Ragged Project

As a social education project, Ragged University is built upon a foundation of a theory of culture as a framework for directing activity which supports civic involvement.  Over time the model is evolving as it comes into contact with new thinkers and is added to, changed and evolved to fit the spaces and people which animate it.

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  • May 21, 2014
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Alex Dunedin

A Word From The Janitor

I thought I would let you know a bit more about me and what ‘Ragged University’ is.  I am Alex Dunedin and I am the principle janitor who does the organising and advertising of the events, using meetup to build a community of people (amongst other things).  I have noticed the odd email enquiring about what the ‘project’ is or who does the organising so thought I would write this. Read more…

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