I’m having trouble with the term personal emancipation and the way it is so related to Kantian notions of emancipatory struggle. Perhaps something more along the lines of ‘sites of resistance’ which refers back to Foucault’s Power and the Subject and possibly to some of Deleuze’s work might work better. I want to demonstrate struggle, [...]
I’m starting to think that I may need to lose the word “emancipation” from my thesis question. It tends to drag the research back to the Enlightenment and struggle. Since then much has been written about the creation of the self and subjectivity which has moved understandings beyond a static self and emancipatory struggle to [...]
In relation to my thesis question, where do I stand? A story or two here may help. Firstly, when I was a councilor at REIWA I was censured by council for submitting a review of one of the acts to the Ministry of Fair Trading. My review differed in substance and conclusion from REIWA’s views, [...]
How do employees use private blogs for personal emancipation? This sentence is the next draft of my thesis statement, and hopefully my last (although once I speak with my supervisor I’m sure this wish will prove to be in vane). Here’s my thoughts on the question. Firstly, it’s tightly focussed on employees and their use [...]
It isn’t just workers who get fired for blog posts. Students are also coming under fire for their contributions to MySpace reports Associated Press. The battle for control over blogs as public spaces is not simply limited to arrangements that have a commercial nature. The article suggests that schools are seeking the power to control [...]
In working on being clear on what my thesis is going to be I recently posted an article about what was meant by social network sites. Much of this article was based on the work of dana boyd, and whilst useful, it really doesn’t serve the purpose and the direction of my thesis. Let me [...]
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