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

[mike cole]

Very important, Phillip. And very difficult for people to keep in mind.
God's always on OUR side.

"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."
mike





On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 7:42 AM Anthony Barra <anthonymbarra@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Phillip,
>
> Let's remember: a slur is not an argument.  It is, more often than not,
> merely a debasing of oneself.
>
> -Productive disagreement-
>
> Anthony
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 10:14 AM White, Phillip <
> Phillip.White@ucdenver.edu> wrote:
>
>> 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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