CHAPTER 1

Revisiting Learning

Mark Gatenby and Stefan Cantore

Imagine you are meeting a friend in a café. You arrive at the same time and wait to order. In the queue you remind each other of the last time you met up, share experiences of the traffic getting to the venue, and briefly exchange bewilderment at the day’s news headlines. You are served your drinks and both take a seat on a comfortable sofa by the window. Just as you are taking your first sip of coffee, your friend sits back and asks:

“What are you learning at the moment?”1

You are surprised by the question and quickly search for some thoughts. How would you respond to this question?

What we are learning is an unusual line of inquiry in our contemporary culture. Some would see this ...

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