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Re: FYI - Bramble House is ME, Diane Hodges, HI!



Hi Bruce,

Honestly, as a cultural study, food is fascinating. Mushy peas and baked
beans are pretty high on the list of yearnings. Cadbury's is huge - anything
English and chocolate, really. Candy, like Dip Dabs and Sherbet Fountains,
...and then there's the Walker's Crisps: cheese&onion, pickled onion and
prawn cocktail...
that's just a wee sampling. Fun stuff like Spotted Dick, gross stuff like
treacle, and anything McVities, especially Penguins.
Cheers,
Diane



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Robinson" <bruce.rob@btinternet.com>
To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: FYI - Bramble House is ME, Diane Hodges, HI!


> Hi Diane,
>
> Good to hear from you again.
>
> I am desperately curious to know what items the Brits yearn after and are
> missing in Quebec. Especially as chicken tikka masala is now the national
> dish...
>
> The other Bruce
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bramble House" <info@bramblehouse.net>
> To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 6:21 AM
> Subject: FYI - Bramble House is ME, Diane Hodges, HI!
>
>
> > I just saw my message and realized no one will know what the hell
Bramble
> > House is... it's a store I run, own, whatever, in a little village here
in
> > Quebec, where I sell UK products to the minority of UK ex-pats who live
> > here... ever supplying the minority with their needs, I reckon. Ha.
> >
> > Cheers ya.
> > Diane Hodges
> >
> > La Maison Bramble House
> > 19 Valois Bay Avenue
> > Pointe Claire, QC H9R 4B4
> > Canada
> >
> > Tel: (514) 630-6363
> > Fax: (514) 344-2994
> > www.bramblehouse.net
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Bramble House" <info@bramblehouse.net>
> > To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 1:15 AM
> > Subject: Re: math for reproduction and domination
> >
> >
> > > Hi all.
> > > It's been a while (like, years?) since I've posted anything; partly
> > because
> > > I've not had a lot to contribute, and partly (I found out recently,
and
> > > thanks again Bruce for fixing that) because my email addresses were
> > > confused... but I am thoroughly and quite completely compelled to add
a
> > > smattering of applause here to Michael and Kevin for their sweet
sounds
> of
> > > dissension (or as bb notes, this "trouble-making" ...!)
> > >
> > > *quick kisses to little-b bill, I've always loved your enthusiasm and
> keen
> > > sense of cool, fair and funny gender play, and nearly feminist
> > > sensibility...*
> > >
> > > Michael writes: "You may not be interested in this kind of trouble
> making,
> > > but in this
> > > you make a choice as to the nature of the society you live in. I think
> > > a dose of social analysis of the kind Dorothy Smith, who argues for a
> > > feminist sociology, is required to interrogate our ideologies so that
> > > we can bring about  a rupture. Bourdieu, too, asks us, as social
> > > analysts, to break with the gaze through radical analysis of our own
> > > presuppositions."
> > >
> > > ...and then Kevin follows up with:
> > > "I just have to quickly comment on the concrete versus "philosophical
> > path".
> > > I think that anyone advocating for disrupting hegemony is in part
> > > marginalized automatically by the fact that the "concrete" is more
> likely
> > to
> > > include reified artifacts of the dominant ideology.  So staying in the
> > > "concrete" arguably means valuing the reified dominant ideology over
any
> > > alternatives and considering alternatives can always be seen as
> "abstract"
> > > or "philosophical" or "non-concrete" precisely because reified
artifacts
> > > reflect the cultural-historical-political status quo one may seek to
> > > challenge."
> > >
> > > This reminds me of footnoting "hegemony" in my lone article in MCA,
and
> > > feeling as if I might be explaining polar ice caps to desert nomads.
Hee
> > > hee. I kid.
> > >
> > > I just have to admit that this language of ideology and these
references
> > to
> > > Dorothy Smith, eeeeeeeeeh, ... well, it all just makes me WET! :)
> > Especially
> > > Kevin's "reified artifacts of the dominant ideology..." Oooooh. Yesh.
> > Yesh.
> > > LOVE it.
> > >
> > > Thanks guys. Really. This sort of thing almost makes me wish I were
back
> > in
> > > the thick of it all.
> > >
> > > By the way, hey Jay. You're still rocking all the boats. Good on you.
> > >
> > > Cheers y'all.
> > > little-d diane
> > >
> > > Diane Hodges
> > >
> > > La Maison Bramble House
> > > 19 Valois Bay Avenue
> > > Pointe Claire, QC H9R 4B4
> > > Canada
> > >
> > > Tel: (514) 630-6363
> > > Fax: (514) 344-2994
> > > www.bramblehouse.net
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Wolff-Michael Roth" <mroth@uvic.ca>
> > > To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 12:19 PM
> > > Subject: Re: math for reproduction and domination
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi Bill,
> > > > I am not one of those editors who imposes his/her view of the world
on
> > > > others. I recognize the work in itself, even though I might disagree
> > > > with the content. You notice that my own paper dealt with the
> > > > production and reproduction of identity in the context of urban
> > > > science, and the fragility of "success" to be and become a student
or
> > > > teacher.
> > > > You may not be interested in this kind of trouble making, but in
this
> > > > you make a choice as to the nature of the society you live in. I
think
> > > > a dose of social analysis of the kind Dorothy Smith, who argues for
a
> > > > feminist sociology, is required to interrogate our ideologies so
that
> > > > we can bring about  a rupture. Bourdieu, too, asks us, as social
> > > > analysts, to break with the gaze through radical analysis of our own
> > > > presuppositions.
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Michael
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 11-Nov-04, at 8:52 AM, Bill Barowy wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Thursday 11 November 2004 11:24 am, Wolff-Michael Roth wrote:
> > > > >> historical situation of the activity system. You seem to advocate
> > that
> > > > >> we can understand children's and their teachers' actions just by
> > > > >> looking at a classroom.
> > > > >
> > > > > I just can't believe YOU edited MY paper in MCA and can still make
> > > > > that claim!
> > > > > I'm going to step back and look at our own conversation.  This is
> not
> > > > > the
> > > > > kind of troublemaking i'm interested in.
> > > > >
> > > > > bb
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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