Re: [xmca] Glitches

From: Mike Cole <lchcmike who-is-at gmail.com>
Date: Sat Nov 08 2008 - 17:08:31 PST

Hi Andy-- Thanks for the feedback. This may be a repeat for all, but here is
the article for discussion.

I am printing out Allan's piece to re-read and comment on. It will be
interesting to see how it reads in this post "A mutt like me" environment.
mike

On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote:

> Mike, I haven't yet received 15(1) of MCA, and so far as I can see no
> article from that issue has been made available for discussion by Taylor &
> Francis. A while ago you suggested the following papers for discussion:
>
> Allan Luke, Race and Language as Capital in School: A Sociological Template
> for Language Education Reform
> http://communication.ucsd.edu/MCA/Paper/lukeinkubotalin.pdf
>
> Yrjö Engeström, THE FUTURE OF ACTIVITY THEORY: A ROUGH DRAFT
> http://communication.ucsd.edu/MCA/Paper/ISCARkeyEngestrom.pdf
>
> Mary van der Riet, CHAT and HIV/AIDS
>
> http://communication.ucsd.edu/MCA/Paper/CHAT%20and%20HIV%3AAIDS%20Van%20der%20Riet.pdf
>
> Mary van der Riet, Reconceptualising IV/AIDS interventions
>
> http://communication.ucsd.edu/MCA/Paper/CHAT%20HIV%3AAIDs%20-%20reconceptualizing%20interventions.pdf
>
> -----------
>
> I had a look at Yrjö's paper and really I found nothing of interest in it
> other than it's lack of interest. I did read Mary's paper which I found very
> challenging and there was an all too short discussion on it on the list.
> Allan Luke's paper is from July. Allan is from the University of Queensland,
> but I did not read the paper.
>
> If Allan or you Mike have a PDF of Allan's paper in 15(1) which I know
> nothing of, then I would be happy to join a discussion.
>
> Andy
>
>
> Mike Cole wrote:
>
>> While our country has been focused on the election, I have been spending
>> my
>> days
>> and nights getting better acquainted with the local health system.
>> Dangerous
>> places,
>> hospitals. If you leave them alive, you leave them feeling less than
>> chipper. Call that
>> a glitch in my local, non-work related ecology.
>>
>> But I also come back to glitches on xmca. After seeing Helena's note this
>> morning, I went to
>> find the polls that, local staff tell me, are there for voting on the NEXT
>> article for discussion (I have
>> been reading MCA 15(4) with interest, plenty to choose from). But my link
>> to
>> Taylor and Francis takes
>> me only to 2007 and then requires me to back up and go through my library,
>> which I assume won't work
>> for most of you and is totally inappropriate in any event.
>>
>> I have seen no comments on the Alan Lukes piece for discussion, which IS
>> on
>> xmca papers for discussion.
>> There are other papers there that authors, rather than inquiring xmca
>> members who propose someone else's
>> paper for discussion, have proposed.
>>
>> I personally sent all xmca members the article for discussion voted on at
>> the time of ISCAR and append it here.
>>
>> Next week is shortened by a Tuesday holiday which many will stretch into a
>> four day holiday. I hope that local problems are sorted out by mid- week.
>>
>> Meantime I am wondering what people think of papers already agreed upon
>> for
>> discussion. If anyone does not know how to find these, please write me and
>> I
>> will direct you.
>>
>> mike
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