Carrie Nelson, MRG Jameson, Race Sexualities, Sexualities, and more
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posted by msgriffian | 3/28/2007 04:31:00 PM
Contributors
- "Postmodernism" Essay: Class (1 page)
- Pack: Badiou Part 3 Evil
- Class: Badiou Part 3 Evil
- Pack: Badiou Parts 1 and 2 of 3
- Class: Badiou Part 1 and 2 of 3
- Bibliography 2 (of possible 2)
- Bibliography 1 (of possible 2)
- Pack: Porto Alegre
- Class: Porto Alegre
- Pack: Block Documents
2 Comments:
for Olivia:
Recently, I attended the conference that was hosted by Stephanie Evans. During the conference she spoke on different topics that concerned African American Sororities and Fraternities. One of the key points, and the most interesting, was the discussion about the imaginary ring. The imaginary ring is a circle or group of people who are involved authoritatively in the Greek association. The difference between them and the rest of the people in the Greek life is that in certain circumstances, privileges and consequences are given and waived for the group. Here's an example: The vice president of a sorority gets a DUI. Legally, she may be stripped of her title as an officeholder, but because she is in such a position that she is, her consequences are waived. This imaginary ring can also be applied to the lives of those who are wealthy and popular. Youi know who I mean, the Paris Hilton's of the world!
I attended PANEL #9 on Friday of the MRG Conference called “Marxism and Pop Culture: Rap, Reality Television, and Rock & Roll.” I was particularly interested in Carl Miller from UF's discussion of Sgt. Pepper and how the Beatles functioned within the new cultural space emerging in the 60s and how their music worked in in a way to revolutionize that space. I also enjoyed Graham Potts from York University's discussion of "Reality Television" and how this creates social classes and changes our perception of cultural norm's. He discussed Survivor and Paris Hilton in the "Surreal Life" explaining the irony in this individual who embodies consumerism and commercialism as well as unwarranted wealth playing the role of a girl trying to funcion in "everyday" American life.
I also attended Jameson's keynote speech that evening (though I had to sit on the floor in the back because it was packed). I enjoyed, or at least understood, the discussions about the Modern artists Mondrian, who works within a world where verticle versus horizontal no loger apply and eliminates the figure and ground perceived in a 3D illusion, and Pollock who completed the 2 discoordinates Mondrian wanted to accomplish by walking around the cavas. I was left wondering what he meant by the insatiability of the dialectic, however, in that it destroys its own solution. But I did find it interesting in his discussion of the colebration of opposition that one term is always stronger than the other and that oppositions are not to be solved ut simply to be replaced.
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