Going to Boston to counterprotest white supremacy following the violence in Charlottesville did not turn out to be dangerous, but there was no way to know this in advance. Walking the Talk or keeping my plans? When I first learned of the antiracist rally in Boston, it did not cross my mind that I should […]
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by Steph • March 10th, 2017
She was watching from a window. I waved. She waved back, then gave the universal symbol of prayer and respect. I returned the gesture: “I greet you. I honor you. We are connected.” She pressed her hand to her heart. I flashed a thumbs up.
Read MoreResources on Whiteness
by Steph • July 17th, 2016
These articles informed a recent talk on the topic of whiteness for sign language interpreters. “White people [must move] from an individual understanding of racism—i.e. only some people are racist and those people are bad—to a structural understanding [of white privilege].” ~ Dr Robin DiAngelo ~ White People: Stop Microvalidating Each Other, Stephanie Jo Kent […]
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by Steph • January 4th, 2015
The race of Ultra vs Enigma in The Imitation Game prefigures Edward Snowden, #Anonymous, and the Lizard Squad.
Read MoreBrains: “an entity yet to be seen in world politics”
by Steph • August 20th, 2009
International Relations Theory
(political science)
The quote above is from a comment by blenCOWe to a blogpost, Theory of International Politics and Zombies, by Daniel W. Drezner. Drezner’s blog entry is an example along the lines of this youtube video, Gay Science Isolates the Christian Gene, and a powerpoint presentation made by MJ Bienvenu at the recent biennial convention of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, in which she offered deconstructions of audism from the organization’s official website. For example:
“English is not ASL on the mouth.”
The pedagogy of this style of teaching is aptly captured by Erin in her comment to Drezner:
“As Daniel Nexon and Iver Neumann write, “The mirror approach is broader than simply deploying popular culture artifacts as a teaching aid. IR scholars can examine popular culture as a medium for exploring theoretical concepts, dilemmas of foreign policy, and the like.” (12).”
The mirror approach operates on the simple principle of substitution: take an existing discourse, and
a) reverse the key tropes (as in “Gay Science” or unveiling audism in “The Heart of the RID Organization”),
b) replace the key actors with an abstraction, or
c) combine both.
A View from Communication Theory
The engagement spawned (ha) is impressive. A communication theorist has
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