Hi Jennifer and colleagues,
Thanks for your eloquent definition of the term "social". I, too,
embrace the multidimensional concept as being constituent of social,
cultural, historical, mediated, semiotic, and embodied texts and
practices.
Cathrene
M. Cathrene Connery, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Bilingual & TESL Education
Central Washington University
>>> Jennifer Vadeboncoeur <vadebonc@interchange.ubc.ca> 2/13/2007 5:37
PM >>>
Mike!
Yes, thanks for that query. In this piece we began with the physical
and were writing/thinking through what other forms of "space" might
look like. Space that is constituted by or produced in human
activity, social practices, and discursive practices, for example,
that would help us describe and explain our research.
The concepts that are central to our work - social, cultural, and
historical - are in my mind, though I have taken up and used "social
practices" more than "cultural practices" or "historical practices,"
perhaps out of force of habit. I see this tendency in Harvey,
Lefebvre, and Soja's work - that is, to talk about the social moreso
than the cultural, though in saying that, I pause, because Harvey, in
particular, emphasizes the historical alongside the social production
of space.
So, when I read the term "social," as in "social construction of
knowledge," I read it as a process that is at once social, cultural,
and historical. I read it as mediated, semiotic, embodied. I
appreciate your point; that others may not read it this way.
Sociocultural, cultural historical, sociohistorical, cultural? How
are other folks managing this?
Best - jennifer
>Hi Jennifer--
>
>For those who have not gotten the article, you can start at the
following
>url, then go to the journal and down on the right
>hand side you will see the last article in the series. That is the one
on
>spaces that Jennifer is referring to.
>http://lchc.ucsd.edu/MCA/index.html
>
>Good luck hunting and reading!!
>
>Jennifer-- How come the term, culture, does not figure in your brief
>summary?
>mike
>
>On 2/12/07, Jennifer Vadeboncoeur <vadebonc@interchange.ubc.ca>
wrote:
>>
>>>Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 14:04:29 -0800
>>>To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
>>>From: Jennifer Vadeboncoeur <vadebonc@interchange.ubc.ca>
>>>Subject: social spaces
>>>Cc:
>>>Bcc:
>>>X-Attachments:
>>>
>>>
>>>Dear XMCA Folks,
>>>
>>>Hope this note finds you well!
>>>
>>>On Monday, Mike attached the piece entitled, Hirst, E. &
>>>Vadeboncoeur, J. A. (2006). Patrolling the borders of Otherness:
>>>Dis/placed identity positions for teachers and students in schooled
>>>spaces. Mind, Culture, and Activity: An International Journal,
>>>13(3), 203-225.
>>>
>>>I am mindful of busy schedules and not sure who may have gotten the
>>>chance to read it yet, but I thought I would throw out a a bit of a
>>>beginning piece and see if I can generate some discussion.
Elizabeth
>>>Hirst, at Griffith University in Brisbane, will contribute as she
>>>can around her traveling schedule.
>>>
>>>As I think about this piece, two interests of ours were: an
interest
>>>in understanding social space, as distinct from material or
physical
>>>space; and an interest in exploring the intersection between
>>>government - federal and state - policy and the lives of teachers
>>>and students. For example, if we attempt to work beyond the "space
>>>as container" metaphor, how do we describe, define, exemplify
social
>>>space? What constructs social space? How is it constituted? And
from
>>>a research perspective, what sorts of data would need to be
gathered
>>>to provide evidence of social space? Both theoretical and
>> >methodological issues surface here and for the second area of
>> >interest. In terms of links between policy and practice, how do
we
>> >map across policy initiatives and what occurs at the level of the
>>>school and/or the classroom? How do we link policy with the lives
of
>>>young people outside of schools?
>>>
>>>Just some thoughts here. As you think about this piece, what stands
>>>out for you?
>>>
>>>Best - jennifer
>>>
>>>[Eliz, please jump in when you can, and add to the above, vibes for
>> >safe travels!]
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