Re: [xmca] Invitation to a wedding.

From: Phil Chappell (philchappell@mac.com)
Date: Tue Aug 29 2006 - 04:20:00 PDT


If you're not familiar with this site, click the link, wait for the
screen to load, and then hit the little square button on the bottom
left until the "fill line" has gone all the way to the right. Then
you can play the piece.

Phil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tisINbtAM8

On 29/08/2006, at 7:47 AM, Mike Cole wrote:

> Well now, if someone could post access to the dueling banjoes
> piece, I would
> be more than happy to discuss.
> I would claim that (in addition to being just plain great music),
> it is:
>
> 1. A TERRIFIC metaphor for Arthur Jensen-style theories of mental
> retardation and what is wrong with them
> 2. A nice way to think about development/intelligence.
> 3. A very useful medium, in conjuction with the film itself, of
> theories of
> power, ethnocentricism, urban chauvinism,
> and a lot of other repugnant, but interesting, social phenomena.
>
> But first, who among us can make the music available for joint
> attention,
> and, who knows, some intersubjectivity
> (without necessary agreement, passim professor matusov)
> mike
>
> On 8/28/06, Tony Whitson <twhitson@udel.edu> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Phil Chappell wrote:
>>
>> > Actually I had the "Duelling Banjoes" song in mind, which,
>> despite its
>> name, is a wonderful bluegrass duet.
>> >
>> > Phil
>>
>> Maybe so, but it's salience for many is the scene in DELIVERANCE.
>> So who's who in that scencario, as between LSV & SFL?
>> Maybe context does influence meaning...
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tuesday, August 29, 2006, at 00:58AM, bb <xmca-
>> whoever@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I don't think the fierce metaphor of dueling does justice to the
>> process of bringing systemic functional linguistics and activity
>> theory into
>> productive juxtaposition. What I have in mind is more of an
>> engagement,
>> possibly leading to a wedding -- a marriage in which two
>> complement each
>> other, mutually develop, and retain their differences. Attached
>> are two
>> papers in pdf form to further the discussion.
>> >>
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>>
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