Re: methodology, authority, control

Eugene Matusov (ematusov who-is-at UDel.Edu)
Tue, 25 Nov 1997 10:28:01 -0500

Hi Jay and everybody--

Jay wrote,

>Like Eugene, I certainly see methodology in some sense as part of the
>social conventions, changing with the social dialogue, relational, not
>private.
>
>But I think the underlying issue here is that people need to be free to
>deviate from social conventions about research or method in order to
>provide new possibilities, in order for the dialogue to be able to move on.
>Research agendas or methodological approaches do not need to be private to
>be free, they only need to be subject to minimally-coercive social control.
>
I agree with a minor amendment. I'd say "people need to TRY to claim SHARED
ownership for the academic discourses they participate in order to make the
discourses publicly and personally meaningful." I think that social
conventions are always dynamic, anyway. This is my two cents.

Eugene
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