Comments on: On Theories and the Trading of Fictions http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/06/on_theories_and_the_trading_of_fictions.html black looks Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:35:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Changeseeker http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/06/on_theories_and_the_trading_of_fictions.html#comment-53517 Changeseeker Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:59:38 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/06/on_theories_and_the_trading_of_fictions.html#comment-53517 The Unapologetic Mexican posted yesterday on this precise issue <a href="http://www.theunapologeticmexican.org/elgrito/2007/06/escaping_the_frame.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. You might find the post, as well as the comments thread, interesting. I found it interesting that your post appeared on the same day independently. :^) The Unapologetic Mexican posted yesterday on this precise issue here. You might find the post, as well as the comments thread, interesting. I found it interesting that your post appeared on the same day independently. :^)

]]> By: Sokari http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/06/on_theories_and_the_trading_of_fictions.html#comment-52809 Sokari Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:01:33 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/06/on_theories_and_the_trading_of_fictions.html#comment-52809 Yes, thanks - It all came together from "IMF, WB..............clean-cut theories". Great piece, wow! :) Yes, thanks - It all came together from “IMF, WB…………..clean-cut theories”. Great piece, wow! :)

]]> By: Kameelah http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/06/on_theories_and_the_trading_of_fictions.html#comment-52805 Kameelah Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:56:11 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/06/on_theories_and_the_trading_of_fictions.html#comment-52805 Sorry! Let me explain (as best I understand it)...This quote is about the way in which we are quick to apply theories and come to conclusions. In the process of forcing labels and categories and we commit an act of discursive violence--we figuratively kill the subject which we are trying to understand because we are so focused on naming it that we don't realize that most things in life and in our struggles can never be tied down to a theory or fully contained in academic discourse. IMF, WB are not only about neo-colonialism and neo-liberalism..the lived lives of those who live under these economic empires are not reflective or constitutive of neo-liberalism..their lived lives are more than this and therein lies the importance of personal narratives and discourses from the ground, rather than those delivered from above. Theories and academic discourse often put straightjackets on these narratives in the pursuit of clean-cut theories. Hope that makes sense Sorry! Let me explain (as best I understand it)…This quote is about the way in which we are quick to apply theories and come to conclusions. In the process of forcing labels and categories and we commit an act of discursive violence–we figuratively kill the subject which we are trying to understand because we are so focused on naming it that we don’t realize that most things in life and in our struggles can never be tied down to a theory or fully contained in academic discourse. IMF, WB are not only about neo-colonialism and neo-liberalism..the lived lives of those who live under these economic empires are not reflective or constitutive of neo-liberalism..their lived lives are more than this and therein lies the importance of personal narratives and discourses from the ground, rather than those delivered from above. Theories and academic discourse often put straightjackets on these narratives in the pursuit of clean-cut theories.

Hope that makes sense

]]> By: Sokari http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/06/on_theories_and_the_trading_of_fictions.html#comment-52799 Sokari Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:43:22 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/06/on_theories_and_the_trading_of_fictions.html#comment-52799 Kameelah@ I have read this at least 3 times and am still lost! Kameelah@ I have read this at least 3 times and am still lost!

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