Thank you for the responses.
Lynne - I picked up that book today from the library, will have a read this
evening.
I think he wants me to develop a 'closed system' purely so i can focus.
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Livsey, Lynne <lynne.livsey@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Sam - you may find the following textbook useful -
> Kendall and Wickham (1999) ' Using Foucault's methods' , London. SAGE -
> it's written with under-grads and new 'followers of Foucault' in mind, and I
> found it very useful for clarifying some methodological questions.
> Lynne Livsey
>
> ________________________________________
> From: foucault-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [foucault-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Sam Hall [saammm@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 30 January 2009 14:58
> To: foucault-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Foucault-L] e''Discourse' analysis of an industry
>
> Hello all.
> I'm new here. I'm an undergrad planning my thesis. I had a number of ideas
> on writing a thesis on publishing and hyperreality, imitation, aura,
> authenticity, ideologies, and a number of over things. After a number of
> weeks researching and a session with my supervisor we came down to the
> point
> that I had looked at too much theoretical approaches without looking too
> much at 'publishing'. I also deduced im more interested in the 'process'
> side of the field.
>
> Getting to the point.. he came to the fact i needed to look at discourses
> in
> order to sort out my head, clear things up so i can develop some sort of
> structure. Here's my issue; if i took each theoretical approach,
> baudrillard
> for example, and applied it to the big issue of 'publishing', would this be
> classed as a 'discourse', or would post-structuralism/modernism be the
> 'discourse'. Or, if i applied Baudrillard and simulations to publishing,
> would the emerging ideas (ultimately post-structuralism/modernism) be the
> 'discourse'?
>
> I've done quite a bit of reading but i'm still confused, and it doesnt help
> because the prof is away for a while. I also noticed this 'framework'
>
> Archaeology of Knowledge ,
> 1. Determine how and when the object (in this case youthwork and the youth
> worker's identity) emerges as a discourse. Show how it is conceptualized
> and
> created as different from other descriptions of the same kind of
> phenomenon,
>
> Would this be how publishing emerged as a discourse, and perhaps the
> publishers identity? And how does it differ from other industries?
> But surely this could also be, how did post-modernism emerge? and does it
> vary?
>
> 2. Describe how this body of knowledge and practice determine who can speak
> and with what authority. Who gets to describe youthwork and how is this
> recognized as a voice of authority within the society?
> 3. Describe how "grids of specification" are derived? How is publishing
> divided? or how is post-modernism divided?
> 4. What are the historical conditions for the appearance of the object?
> 5. What relationships are established between institutions, economic and
> social processes, behavioral patterns, systems of norms that allow for the
> appearance of the object ?
>
> I look forward to your thoughts and an interesting discussion.
>
> Yours, Sam
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>
Lynne - I picked up that book today from the library, will have a read this
evening.
I think he wants me to develop a 'closed system' purely so i can focus.
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Livsey, Lynne <lynne.livsey@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Sam - you may find the following textbook useful -
> Kendall and Wickham (1999) ' Using Foucault's methods' , London. SAGE -
> it's written with under-grads and new 'followers of Foucault' in mind, and I
> found it very useful for clarifying some methodological questions.
> Lynne Livsey
>
> ________________________________________
> From: foucault-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [foucault-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Sam Hall [saammm@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 30 January 2009 14:58
> To: foucault-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Foucault-L] e''Discourse' analysis of an industry
>
> Hello all.
> I'm new here. I'm an undergrad planning my thesis. I had a number of ideas
> on writing a thesis on publishing and hyperreality, imitation, aura,
> authenticity, ideologies, and a number of over things. After a number of
> weeks researching and a session with my supervisor we came down to the
> point
> that I had looked at too much theoretical approaches without looking too
> much at 'publishing'. I also deduced im more interested in the 'process'
> side of the field.
>
> Getting to the point.. he came to the fact i needed to look at discourses
> in
> order to sort out my head, clear things up so i can develop some sort of
> structure. Here's my issue; if i took each theoretical approach,
> baudrillard
> for example, and applied it to the big issue of 'publishing', would this be
> classed as a 'discourse', or would post-structuralism/modernism be the
> 'discourse'. Or, if i applied Baudrillard and simulations to publishing,
> would the emerging ideas (ultimately post-structuralism/modernism) be the
> 'discourse'?
>
> I've done quite a bit of reading but i'm still confused, and it doesnt help
> because the prof is away for a while. I also noticed this 'framework'
>
> Archaeology of Knowledge ,
> 1. Determine how and when the object (in this case youthwork and the youth
> worker's identity) emerges as a discourse. Show how it is conceptualized
> and
> created as different from other descriptions of the same kind of
> phenomenon,
>
> Would this be how publishing emerged as a discourse, and perhaps the
> publishers identity? And how does it differ from other industries?
> But surely this could also be, how did post-modernism emerge? and does it
> vary?
>
> 2. Describe how this body of knowledge and practice determine who can speak
> and with what authority. Who gets to describe youthwork and how is this
> recognized as a voice of authority within the society?
> 3. Describe how "grids of specification" are derived? How is publishing
> divided? or how is post-modernism divided?
> 4. What are the historical conditions for the appearance of the object?
> 5. What relationships are established between institutions, economic and
> social processes, behavioral patterns, systems of norms that allow for the
> appearance of the object ?
>
> I look forward to your thoughts and an interesting discussion.
>
> Yours, Sam
> _______________________________________________
> Foucault-L mailing list
> _______________________________________________
> Foucault-L mailing list
>