I think Erik has expressed what I mean. Perhaps there is more to it than
that, but from what you have said it is fair game to interpret Foucault's
GAZE and DOSSIER in this way.
Thanks
Lionel
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>The gaze is a implicite and mostly secret judgement, the dossier, as I
>see it, is a kind of shield against the gaze. An institution that
>causes an enviremental disaster shows it's unreasponsible behaviour or
>character to the public gaze, or it becomes that way because of hte
>gaze. The gaze is everwhere off course, alos inside the corporation. The
>gaze becomes solidified in public memory. The dossier would be a piece
>of selfproduced memory which has to replace the existing one. Obviously
>there's a tension between the 'wild, unproductive' gaze of the public
>and the 'domesticated, productive' gaze of the company.
>
>erik
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>Lionel Boxer wrote:
>
>>I have been chatting offline with Lisa Hennon regarding gaze and
>>dossier. This posting is to solicit feedback about what I am trying
>>to do with gaze and dossier.
>>
>>The dossier I am referring to is one that relates to an event. For
>>example, the official corporate line regarding an environmental
>>disaster caused by the the company. I was interviewing a
>>petrochemical CEO and, rather than talk about the event, the CEO said
>>he would give me a copy of the confidential report.
>>
>>The way I am considering dossier and gaze is that the dossier on the
>>event enables the manager to direct a gaze that implies 'everything is
>>fine and don't worry ... we have everything under control ... it will
>>not re-occur.'
>>
>>This seems to be something entirely different from what is in
>>Discipline and Punish (I am half way through that now.)
>>
>>Any comments?
>>
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that, but from what you have said it is fair game to interpret Foucault's
GAZE and DOSSIER in this way.
Thanks
Lionel
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>The gaze is a implicite and mostly secret judgement, the dossier, as I
>see it, is a kind of shield against the gaze. An institution that
>causes an enviremental disaster shows it's unreasponsible behaviour or
>character to the public gaze, or it becomes that way because of hte
>gaze. The gaze is everwhere off course, alos inside the corporation. The
>gaze becomes solidified in public memory. The dossier would be a piece
>of selfproduced memory which has to replace the existing one. Obviously
>there's a tension between the 'wild, unproductive' gaze of the public
>and the 'domesticated, productive' gaze of the company.
>
>erik
>
>Lionel Boxer wrote:
>
>>I have been chatting offline with Lisa Hennon regarding gaze and
>>dossier. This posting is to solicit feedback about what I am trying
>>to do with gaze and dossier.
>>
>>The dossier I am referring to is one that relates to an event. For
>>example, the official corporate line regarding an environmental
>>disaster caused by the the company. I was interviewing a
>>petrochemical CEO and, rather than talk about the event, the CEO said
>>he would give me a copy of the confidential report.
>>
>>The way I am considering dossier and gaze is that the dossier on the
>>event enables the manager to direct a gaze that implies 'everything is
>>fine and don't worry ... we have everything under control ... it will
>>not re-occur.'
>>
>>This seems to be something entirely different from what is in
>>Discipline and Punish (I am half way through that now.)
>>
>>Any comments?
>>
>>_________________________________________________________________
>>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at
>>http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
>>
>>
>
>
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