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Foucault's Order of Things pt.2
PREFACE
the quote Foucault begins with bears reproducing. he wants to demonstrate how systems of organizing are cultural, even though ours may seem natural and objective to us. he quotes Borges, who found the following classification system for animals in an old Chinese encyclopedia: "animals are divided into: (a) belonging to the Emperor, (b) ( Read more... ) -
foucault's order of things
with most of my time spent at CAW and a busted computer at home, i haven't much chance for writing. but i've begun reading a library copy of The Order Of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences, which I can't take notes in. so here will be some notes.
FORWARD
so Foucault is hypothesizing an epistemological system of discourse (over-arching ( Read more... ) -
Riskonsin
At work today I won a contest for designing the best campaign to encourage canvassers to get lots of post-cards and hot contacts (non-monetary ways people can get involved in health-care reform). My campaign takes the form of a Risk-esque strategy game called Citizen Action of Riskonsin. Basically, when you get certain numbers of post-cards or ( Read more... ) -
wilderness adventure
Going to Camp Awesome this weekend, out in the middle of nowhere, WI. If I don't come back, someone avenge my death. -
facebook plus
facebook is cool because you can learn that the awesome hot girl from college you never actually had the balls to ask out on a date remembers this about you most: "i remember the first time we hung out it was because you passed me a note in class that said 'do you want to come over and play video games, check yes or no.' haha. i have always ( Read more... ) -
TNM
I'm liking The Nameless Mod of Deus Ex. It's free! -
Field Operation day 1
I got five phone calls before I even got out of bed this morning. It's gonna be an exasperating week.
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