| |
|
Can two seemingly opposite cultural stances coexist?
cultural, culture, difference, coexist.
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 06:05 22.11.06
Generalisations, opinions and givens
Generalisations, generalizations, and the processing and presenting information in the form of.
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:45 20.11.06
Stranger in a Strange Land
What does it do to your head to live abroad? What shifts in behaviour and even thought occur when out of your national comfort zone?
:: STARTED BY COG
:: 32 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:06 19.11.06
Where is the line?
Is there always a clear and identifiable line between what's funny, justified, understandable, and acceptable in language and communication? Whose line is it anyway?
:: STARTED BY paranoidwriter waves hello
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:45 16.11.06
From Blackpool to Outer Mongolia: the politics of tourism and holidays
Cultures and politics of tourism. Are all tourists evil? Why? What kind of tourisms might not be evil? What is 'tourist shame'? How do you document your holidays, and what are the politics of that documentation (through email, blogging, writing, flickr, photography, slideshows, etc)?
:: STARTED BY Disco is My Class War
:: 17 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:35 13.11.06
Overcoming internalised oppression
How to liberate ourselves from the internalised component of systematic oppression? bell hooks, learning self-love, culture-creation.
:: STARTED BY Saturn's nod
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:55 08.11.06
Is Paris Hilton a Simulacrum?
Baudrillard vs. Paris Hilton, with David Foster Wallace and Douglas Rushkoff thrown in the mix. Paris Hilton seems to take a lot of flack from "normies" for being famous without actually accomplishing anything. Is this really a problem? Are we not ready to accept that celebrity is no longer coupled to achievement? Paris as simulacrum of celebrity, and possibly a hologram.
:: STARTED BY Sensual Cobra
:: 36 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:53 08.11.06
Depictions of violence as "sexy", "arousing" etc- what's going on here?
Taking my queue from the growth of Kill Bill style "sexy fighting" in culture, questions about sex and violence
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:51 01.11.06
Politics of white adoption of dreadlocks
Results of colonization, importance of hairstyles, commodification
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 77 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:48 30.10.06
The Gaze: looking and being looked at is not the same as being seen
"The concept of gaze is one that deals with how an audience views other people presented. This concept is extended in the framework of feminist theory." Veiling, hijab, sexual harrassment, dominant gaze/male gaze, adverts
:: STARTED BY Ticker
:: 24 REPLIES, LAST AT 07:22 27.10.06
How do we feel about personal debt?
What are people’s attitudes to personal debt? Does it matter? Where does it end? How does it tie in to attitudes and activities in society? Is it actually just a great equaliser giving those with less greater access to what only those with more would once have had?
:: STARTED BY Tabitha Tickletooth
:: 16 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:03 24.10.06
"Crazy chic:" pop culture making illness a fashion statement
Spurred by a Policy conversation, an inquiry about the societal fascination/repulsion relationship with mental illness.
:: STARTED BY MattShepherd: I WEDDED KALI!
:: 87 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:41 19.10.06
Pornography vs. Erotica vs. Art
where do you draw the lines? are there really lines to be drawn? is it possible for a work to discuss sex intelligently and meaningfully while still being arousing? a place to discuss the exploration of sexuality in literature, film, and art.
:: STARTED BY TeN
:: 32 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:31 19.10.06
How Long Has The World Been Ending?
Apocalypsoluza, crisis over infinite cultures, is it just the death of the individual magnified to a social group level?
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Has Left the Building
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:01 06.10.06
Value of Truth
Who cares if you're wrong?
:: STARTED BY Foust is SO authentic
:: 16 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:07 02.10.06
The Catholic Mess - the ideological and practical issues of the modern Catholic Church
As a topical issue, what is the largest Christian church doing with itself? Is it a force for good, should it be a force for good, and what does it need to change to be etc.
:: STARTED BY ONLY NICE THINGS
:: 25 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:41 19.09.06
True transsexualism— authenticity and transness
true transsexuality, untrue transsexuality; who is authentically trans*?
:: STARTED BY *
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:01 15.09.06
Identity. Uh. What is it GOOD for? (Say it again!)
A thread about identity (not ME, people! get with it!) and its uses, misuses, and abuses. Is it good to have "identity"? Why?
:: STARTED BY *
:: 36 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:48 13.09.06
Trans men/women and men/women are/are not the same
Yet another gender and gender variance thread. Are you tired of them yet? HAH! HAHAH! You FOOLS! I will NOT BE STOnyarghaghgetthemoffohgod
Keywords: transness, gender categories, gender variance, transgender, FTM, MTF, OMG, WTF
:: STARTED BY *
:: 187 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:52 12.09.06
False Images Of Oz (in British advertising and culture)
How people in the UK see Australia; see colonialism, racism, signifiers and signifieds.
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 40 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:43 11.09.06
Concept Interrogation: Civil Liberties
When is it useful to talk about 'civil liberties'? And why?
:: STARTED BY nighthawk
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:09 06.09.06
Internet Power Dynamics
Discussion relating to power dynamics on message boards, and in the world at large. Warning: Identity politics, feminism, egalitarianism, queer theory, anti-racism, basic anti-oppression.
:: STARTED BY *
:: 31 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:56 30.08.06
Experience and empathy
A thread for discussing the value of experience and the usefulness of empathy in making arguments, especially in the context of Barbelith.
:: STARTED BY Cat Chant
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:31 25.08.06
Deleuze - Notes and Queries
I'm currently struggling through Deleuze and Guatari's 'Anti-Oedipus' and there are a number of things about it I have real problems with and I'm wondering if anyone can help me with
:: STARTED BY No star here laces
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:23 14.08.06
Seminal works in contemporary theory and philosophy
Help me compose a reading list!
:: STARTED BY Jesse
:: 35 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:34 12.08.06
The politics of "human capital" policy reform
In Australia at the moment the state and federal governments have committed to a new wave of economic reform that focusses on 'human capital' as the way to maintain economic growth. Is this a clever way to get governments to take social policy seriously, or dodgy way to make us work harder for longer?
:: STARTED BY sorenson
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:02 09.08.06
Feminism and sexist culture
How to approach culture that is (or has elements) of sexism, or, in fact, anything objectionable.
:: STARTED BY Jester
:: 33 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:14 03.08.06
Help with formatting proposal and other academic nuts and bolts questions
Thing is, I need help with formatting an proposal. Haven't done one in this field in years and want to get it right. So, thought I'd expand the topic into a 'practical nuts and bolts' of doing academic work/talking shop thread.
:: STARTED BY Goodness Gracious Meme
:: 18 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:00 02.08.06
The Intricacies of Degradation
Degradation, BDSM, the pure, filth, meaning, transcendence, pathology, psychology, Lord Fanny, deconstruction, etc etc.
:: STARTED BY Leidan
:: 17 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:36 01.08.06
Fair Trade and Ethical Shopping
Or perhaps 'Fair' Trade and 'Ethical' Shopping. Why are moral terms used to describe these activities?
:: STARTED BY nighthawk
:: 22 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:53 29.07.06
|
|
|
