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Re: FYI - Bramble House is ME, Diane Hodges, HI!



Chocolate and Penguins, I can understand. Mushy peas are a cultural icon,
sherbet dabs nostalgia for childhood, but prawn cocktail crisps??!! Seems
you always want what you can't get, even if you wouldn't necessarily go for
it where it's readily available.

What's wrong with treacle? Goes well on porridge and can  be used in treacle
pudding...

Off for a few days in London away from mail.

Best,
Bruce
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bramble House" <info@bramblehouse.net>
To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: FYI - Bramble House is ME, Diane Hodges, HI!


> Hi Bruce,
>
> Honestly, as a cultural study, food is fascinating. Mushy peas and baked
> beans are pretty high on the list of yearnings. Cadbury's is huge -
anything
> English and chocolate, really. Candy, like Dip Dabs and Sherbet Fountains,
> ...and then there's the Walker's Crisps: cheese&onion, pickled onion and
> prawn cocktail...
> that's just a wee sampling. Fun stuff like Spotted Dick, gross stuff like
> treacle, and anything McVities, especially Penguins.
> Cheers,
> Diane
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bruce Robinson" <bruce.rob@btinternet.com>
> To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 3:03 PM
> Subject: Re: FYI - Bramble House is ME, Diane Hodges, HI!
>
>
> > Hi Diane,
> >
> > Good to hear from you again.
> >
> > I am desperately curious to know what items the Brits yearn after and
are
> > missing in Quebec. Especially as chicken tikka masala is now the
national
> > dish...
> >
> > The other Bruce
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Bramble House" <info@bramblehouse.net>
> > To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 6:21 AM
> > Subject: FYI - Bramble House is ME, Diane Hodges, HI!
> >
> >
> > > I just saw my message and realized no one will know what the hell
> Bramble
> > > House is... it's a store I run, own, whatever, in a little village
here
> in
> > > Quebec, where I sell UK products to the minority of UK ex-pats who
live
> > > here... ever supplying the minority with their needs, I reckon. Ha.
> > >
> > > Cheers ya.
> > > Diane Hodges
> > >
> > > La Maison Bramble House
> > > 19 Valois Bay Avenue
> > > Pointe Claire, QC H9R 4B4
> > > Canada
> > >
> > > Tel: (514) 630-6363
> > > Fax: (514) 344-2994
> > > www.bramblehouse.net
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Bramble House" <info@bramblehouse.net>
> > > To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 1:15 AM
> > > Subject: Re: math for reproduction and domination
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi all.
> > > > It's been a while (like, years?) since I've posted anything; partly
> > > because
> > > > I've not had a lot to contribute, and partly (I found out recently,
> and
> > > > thanks again Bruce for fixing that) because my email addresses were
> > > > confused... but I am thoroughly and quite completely compelled to
add
> a
> > > > smattering of applause here to Michael and Kevin for their sweet
> sounds
> > of
> > > > dissension (or as bb notes, this "trouble-making" ...!)
> > > >
> > > > *quick kisses to little-b bill, I've always loved your enthusiasm
and
> > keen
> > > > sense of cool, fair and funny gender play, and nearly feminist
> > > > sensibility...*
> > > >
> > > > Michael writes: "You may not be interested in this kind of trouble
> > making,
> > > > but in this
> > > > you make a choice as to the nature of the society you live in. I
think
> > > > a dose of social analysis of the kind Dorothy Smith, who argues for
a
> > > > feminist sociology, is required to interrogate our ideologies so
that
> > > > we can bring about  a rupture. Bourdieu, too, asks us, as social
> > > > analysts, to break with the gaze through radical analysis of our own
> > > > presuppositions."
> > > >
> > > > ...and then Kevin follows up with:
> > > > "I just have to quickly comment on the concrete versus
"philosophical
> > > path".
> > > > I think that anyone advocating for disrupting hegemony is in part
> > > > marginalized automatically by the fact that the "concrete" is more
> > likely
> > > to
> > > > include reified artifacts of the dominant ideology.  So staying in
the
> > > > "concrete" arguably means valuing the reified dominant ideology over
> any
> > > > alternatives and considering alternatives can always be seen as
> > "abstract"
> > > > or "philosophical" or "non-concrete" precisely because reified
> artifacts
> > > > reflect the cultural-historical-political status quo one may seek to
> > > > challenge."
> > > >
> > > > This reminds me of footnoting "hegemony" in my lone article in MCA,
> and
> > > > feeling as if I might be explaining polar ice caps to desert nomads.
> Hee
> > > > hee. I kid.
> > > >
> > > > I just have to admit that this language of ideology and these
> references
> > > to
> > > > Dorothy Smith, eeeeeeeeeh, ... well, it all just makes me WET! :)
> > > Especially
> > > > Kevin's "reified artifacts of the dominant ideology..." Oooooh.
Yesh.
> > > Yesh.
> > > > LOVE it.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks guys. Really. This sort of thing almost makes me wish I were
> back
> > > in
> > > > the thick of it all.
> > > >
> > > > By the way, hey Jay. You're still rocking all the boats. Good on
you.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers y'all.
> > > > little-d diane
> > > >
> > > > Diane Hodges
> > > >
> > > > La Maison Bramble House
> > > > 19 Valois Bay Avenue
> > > > Pointe Claire, QC H9R 4B4
> > > > Canada
> > > >
> > > > Tel: (514) 630-6363
> > > > Fax: (514) 344-2994
> > > > www.bramblehouse.net
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > From: "Wolff-Michael Roth" <mroth@uvic.ca>
> > > > To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 12:19 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: math for reproduction and domination
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Bill,
> > > > > I am not one of those editors who imposes his/her view of the
world
> on
> > > > > others. I recognize the work in itself, even though I might
disagree
> > > > > with the content. You notice that my own paper dealt with the
> > > > > production and reproduction of identity in the context of urban
> > > > > science, and the fragility of "success" to be and become a student
> or
> > > > > teacher.
> > > > > You may not be interested in this kind of trouble making, but in
> this
> > > > > you make a choice as to the nature of the society you live in. I
> think
> > > > > a dose of social analysis of the kind Dorothy Smith, who argues
for
> a
> > > > > feminist sociology, is required to interrogate our ideologies so
> that
> > > > > we can bring about  a rupture. Bourdieu, too, asks us, as social
> > > > > analysts, to break with the gaze through radical analysis of our
own
> > > > > presuppositions.
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Michael
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 11-Nov-04, at 8:52 AM, Bill Barowy wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Thursday 11 November 2004 11:24 am, Wolff-Michael Roth wrote:
> > > > > >> historical situation of the activity system. You seem to
advocate
> > > that
> > > > > >> we can understand children's and their teachers' actions just
by
> > > > > >> looking at a classroom.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I just can't believe YOU edited MY paper in MCA and can still
make
> > > > > > that claim!
> > > > > > I'm going to step back and look at our own conversation.  This
is
> > not
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > kind of troublemaking i'm interested in.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > bb
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
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