[Xmca-l] Re: Emotion as "Sputnik"

[White, Phillip]

Annalisa - i was hoping that someone - preferably male - would pick up on the arm wrestling and find it problematic - but you have - great!

there is learning connected to arm-wrestling - and it's a recursive performance of hetero-normative masculinity - that men use power to decide - that men are active participants - women as passive - on the sidelines - sometimes they get to stamp their feet and attempt to intervene accusing the men of behaving like children - regardless, whether or not the men step back during the moment, their rivalry is the pivot point of multiple western civilisation narratives.

what's really disturbing is that Veresov, who had been in early childhood education, appears to have no grasp of male gendered sexist relationships.

so yes - you're right -  this is a particular sexist lesson, and it's so normalised that a Vygotskian educator doesn't ever recognise it.

i think that it is really important to recognise that Vygotsky's theories of development and learning can be applied by fascist and nazis and white supremacy, all forms of repression and authoritarianism.  being a Vygotskian doesn't automatically mean one's enlightened.

i think that this is especially pertinent during these times of Black Lives Matter and a fascist in the White House.

phillip
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