Re: His/Her-tory

From: Diane Hodges (dhodges@ceo.cudenver.edu)
Date: Sat Oct 06 2001 - 20:02:20 PDT


Angel writes:
>I like the idea of discussing the role of His/her-tory in CHAT. Just
>brainstorming here: there can be different angles to tackle the
>discussion;
>I suggest widening the discussion to include personal histories (some
>research angles: analyses of autobiographies and their constructiveness),
>national/cultural histories (the political/social constructions and the
>uses of them in power structures/hierarchies), and histories of sexuality
>(e.g., Foucault's) and the production of subject positions. I'm
>interested
>in how specific historical conditions both impose constraints and afford
>resources on the possibility of the transformations of specific cultural
>activity systems. How does that sound?

i rather love this way this sounds! although it may be beyond the scope of
this list,
i do know several folks here who would have much to contribute.
i'm taking some time to gather me thoughts - stammering between fellowship
applications and all the creative writing that goes into that -
but do want to attempt to draw some pertinent lines with what you've
written,
and jay,
and thoughts on race/sex/ ideologies, and such. hmmmm.

nicely put. thanks thanks.

cheers
diane

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"Waves of hands, hesitations at street corners, someone dropping a
cigarette in a gutter - all are stories. But which is the true story? That
I do not know. Hence I keep my phrases hung like clothes in a cupboard,
waiting for someone to wear them. Thus waiting, thus speculating, making
this note and then another, I do not cling to life."
Virginia Woolf, The Waves, 1931.
                                                                          
     (...life clings to me...)
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diane celia hodges
university of british columbia, centre for the study of curriculum and
instruction
vancouver, bc
mailing address: 46 broadview avenue, montreal, qc, H9R 3Z2



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