Re: A short dry chronicle

Dewey Dykstra, Jr. (dykstrad who-is-at bsumail.idbsu.edu)
Thu, 16 Oct 1997 17:04:37 -0600

>> I
>>see such self-marginalization as an attempt to 'gain a voice' albeit in a
>>'safe' setting and not a silencing and unnecessary though it may be in the
>>case of xlchc/xmca.
>
>perhaps it is an attempt to "silence" the academic voice that grad students
>seem to find so alien to their "own" voices. This, again from my experience
>with grad-only lists, and grad-based interactions, bespeaks a kind of
>resentment
>of theory - all too common, I find, *especially* in education.
>
>I am not sure why education-located grads seek higher degrees, and yet
>resent the engagements with theory, although it
>may have something to do with the
>socialization of women-as-non/intellectuals; and in grad-education
>programs, certainly at UBC, there are mostly women pursuing their
>MA, PhD... But I'm generalizing, inappropriately so.
>
>
><snip>

>diane
>
>"I'm just a soul whose intentions are good;
>oh lord, please don't let me be misunderstood..." (name that tune? circa
>1960s?)

Diane:
Eric Burdon (sp?) and the Animals was the group, right? I can't remember
the name of the tune.

I think I understand and appreciate the jist of your note. I'd like to
clarify the portion that is reproduced above. You refer to an attempt to
silence the academic voice..., but you didn't seem to mention who is making
this attempt. I can imagine three possibilities: 1) the professor-types
are attempting to silence the academic voice of the students, 2) the
students are attempting to silence themselves maybe by a kind of
avoidance(?), 3) there is not an identifiable person or group of people
trying to silence this voice but the 'culture' of academia does this.

Are you thinking one of these or something else?

Dewey

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