bruce wonders:
>On Diane and Nate's point: if it's right that activity merely reproduces
>ideology, how come anything ever changes? (How come ideology changes for
>that matter?) Activity provides us with the means to transcend ideology
>by
>changing the world, or at least showing in practice why dominant
>ideologies
>are wrong. If anyone doubts this, let's look at how and why the dominant
>ideologies in regards to race and gender have changed over the last 40
>years. I find it very frustrating that this point just gets repeated
>without anyone ever thinking about its implications.
funny, last night i was thinking about history, wondering what has changed,
but for fashions and tools, wondering, how come nothing ever changes?
but then, i am reading different literature - the stats on women
murdered/raped/stalked/tortured by men, the number of children killing
other children and parents and random adults,
the numbers of starving nations, the proliferating relation between
offshore
industry and slavery,
the continued attacks on gays & lesbians,
the absence of women of colour in powerful positions, indeed the
university faculties
are indicative of this... the refusal of the US to pass the ERA, the lack
of change in wage-for job stats in women's salaries, the rise of
single-parent (women-headed families), increased poverty and welfare...
um, so, perhaps you might begin with explicating what,
exactly, has changed, and how this indicates a change in the dominant
ideologies?
diane
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:point where everything listens.
and i slow down, learning how to
enter - implicate and unspoken (still) heart-of-the-world.
(Daphne Marlatt, "Coming to you")
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diane celia hodges
university of british columbia, centre for the study of curriculum and
instruction
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university of colorado, denver, school of education
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