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i really thought that i'd dislike this one required course at school when i first had to sign up for it.
but damn
it's probably one of the most interseting ones i've taken.
hikstoriography 102.
today we talked about foucault.
prof mentioned how he died of aids that he contracted in berkeley at some point during some kind of sm play. some guy said how funny some one could die of getting spanked. but then of course i questioned it and asked if there was something more to it. foucault def seems like the type o guy who would. he's all into the idea that everything has to do with power and truth and how it exists in all relationships. also things like what is normal or abnormal.
anyways, i asked about if his blood could have been contaminated during some kind of edge play and the prof asked about that. then i got to explain it to the class. heh.
also got into a discussion about ginzburg who wrote - writes i mean, he just lectured today at Berkeley - about micro history and is an expert on witchcraft and interrogation. methods and things were covered! whee!
also a bit on ep thompson, chambers, fox-genovese, kellner, friedman, ricoeur, lyotard, and white. white is icky. boring. emplotment crazed guy that u have to read with a dictionary next to u at all times.
bah. so yea. some postmodernists are ok. others are massively icky.
got my final paper subject. it's going to be on Ko. she wrote a lot about footbinding and considers it a form of attire rather than mutilation. hmm a paper based on a female historian that considers what some consider a form of awful oppression to be more of a tradition form of decoration. this should be good.
also, i take my final on the friday before the scheduled date. that is, instead of the 26th of may, i can take it on may 21 which means i can leave for Germany much sooner! yipppeee!~
test tomorrow for other class. better get to reading!
but damn
it's probably one of the most interseting ones i've taken.
hikstoriography 102.
today we talked about foucault.
prof mentioned how he died of aids that he contracted in berkeley at some point during some kind of sm play. some guy said how funny some one could die of getting spanked. but then of course i questioned it and asked if there was something more to it. foucault def seems like the type o guy who would. he's all into the idea that everything has to do with power and truth and how it exists in all relationships. also things like what is normal or abnormal.
anyways, i asked about if his blood could have been contaminated during some kind of edge play and the prof asked about that. then i got to explain it to the class. heh.
also got into a discussion about ginzburg who wrote - writes i mean, he just lectured today at Berkeley - about micro history and is an expert on witchcraft and interrogation. methods and things were covered! whee!
also a bit on ep thompson, chambers, fox-genovese, kellner, friedman, ricoeur, lyotard, and white. white is icky. boring. emplotment crazed guy that u have to read with a dictionary next to u at all times.
bah. so yea. some postmodernists are ok. others are massively icky.
got my final paper subject. it's going to be on Ko. she wrote a lot about footbinding and considers it a form of attire rather than mutilation. hmm a paper based on a female historian that considers what some consider a form of awful oppression to be more of a tradition form of decoration. this should be good.
also, i take my final on the friday before the scheduled date. that is, instead of the 26th of may, i can take it on may 21 which means i can leave for Germany much sooner! yipppeee!~
test tomorrow for other class. better get to reading!
