Re: as you like, judy

From: Paul H.Dillon (illonph@pacbell.net)
Date: Wed May 08 2002 - 14:51:16 PDT


mike, judy,

I don't know why but this thread seemed to evoke the thought that only
Richard Nixon could go to China, is that appropriate or did I fail to
appropriate the geist of your exchange appropriately.

Paul H. Dillon

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Cole <mcole@weber.ucsd.edu>
To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 12:14 PM
Subject: as you like, judy

>
> I think the issue of who decides things are appropriate is important,
Judy,
> and emphasizing that all of us participate in many cultures and none of
> us has total knowledge of any culture. It seems to me that making the
> norms of appropriateness a site of contestation ought to allow me to
> escape from my well known conservatism.
>
> What icons have you (appropriately) shattered?
> Perhaps by bringing externalization into balance with internalization/
> appropriation, or by distinguishing between mastery and internalization
> as Jim W suggests, or both, you worries about conservatism
> might be allayed.
> mike
>



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