I look forward to hearing about what happens.
Miriam
Quoting MICHAEL RYAN <[log in to unmask]>:
> Miriam: First, my apologies [as I have already apologized to Russ
> and Natasha] the post was meant to go to Russ only, as he has been
> kind enough to deal with my ponderings in the past. So, the idea was
> half-formed and I was trying to strike while the iron was hot, rather
> than wisely and reservedly looking to the distribution of my reply.
> So now I repent at leisure, though not as a result of your thoughtful
> reply.
> My sense of inkshedding has always been that it tended towards
> methodology, rather than ontology, epistemology or ideology.
> However, as Bourdieu has warned me [Did I listen?] the more neutral
> and natural it appears, the greater the potential that it is fully
> imbued with values too subtle to discern. Thus, finding myself
> hopelessly a white wine socialist comfortably numb in the hegemony, I
> occasionally sallie forth with grandeous ideas about fixing something
> - that may indeed to the casual observer seem [or be] far from
> broken. Again, as you so correctly indicate, there may be aspects of
> inkshedding I have not considered [is it a patriarchy?]. However, I
> am one of those folks who now consider inkshedding an answer to many
> things [an, not the] and having the answer I look for questions to
> which it may apply. I will have to study the answer more, though to
> be honest, I am willing to risk being wrong. Could inkshedding cause
> serious harm? To me, only in the
> additional opportunities it provides for expression and the potential
> for being shocked by increasingly honest commentary.
> So, any opportunity to take inkshedding further afield, I attempt
> to create and satiate. One of my potential co-presenters is an Omani
> who was at the inkshed in Nova Scotia in 2005. So, he would know
> what he is getting into, and I did not downplay the potential of
> inkshedding to allow greater participation - dialogue.
> I trust all is going well with you. I am home ill [too ill to work
> that is] while I write my research paper to complete my MA. It is
> heavy slugging, but bound to finish someday. My research is on
> taking inkshedding to Costa Rica - Counter dominance - and my sense
> of self-righteousness is numbing at times.
> I sincerely thank you for taking the time and effort to reply.
> Michael Ryan
>
>
> [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Michael,
> I think your questions raise interesting issues about inkshedding.
> Theoretically, yes, inkshedding is not gendered and equalizes all
> participants. That being said, my research has been rife with subtle
> and not so subtle examples that suggest otherwise. There is an
> inherent vulnerability to inkshedding that seems to be gendered, so it
> may not be as straightforward as you might like it to be.
> Miriam
>
> Quoting MICHAEL RYAN :
>
>> Dear Doctor Hunt,
>> I have an outside chance to take Inkshedding to Oman. Without
>> going into what I do not know about inkshedding and the culture of
>> Oman, I will try one short hypothesis and ask if you could direct me
>> to any relevant literature from the inkshedding perspective.
>>
>> Hypothesis: Inkshedding, as it is anonymous and neither the gender
>> of the original commentor, nor the subsequent "reviewer[s]" is
>> revealed, may lead to increased interaction [particulalry from women]
>> in a mixed classroom in a traditional Oman setting. It would allow
>> men and women to freely exchange commentaries, without breaching
>> cultural conditioning. I'm not sure if conditioning is correct, or
>> if there is some Shria legal principle involved - or - both - or -
>> neither. My Omani colleagues, graduates of Carleton U and members of
>> the soccer team with me will know the answers to why it occurs. If
>> not, I studied with two men and three women and there must be a way
>> into this question through them.
>>
>> As I understand it, the classes are mixed, but the women are
>> separated and sit in the rear. As well, a question for discussion or
>> comment posed by the instructor may only be replied to by the men,
>> because of cultural propriety. Women will provide consensus, but
>> will not challenge. The situations outlined are derived from the
>> website eof the Higher Colleges of Technology of Oman. These are
>> meant to be a description to assist teachers in seeing if they are
>> suited to the setting and a guide to their longer term behaviour once
>> on-site.swer
>>
>> Perhaps this is where I address Natasha's challenge of
>> problematizing Inkshedding and showing the potential of this
>> methodology to level gender barriers, at one and the same time
>> re-establishing a broader community of writers, readers,
>> collaborative and social then could have existed with traditional
>> oral inter-change.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Michael Ryan
>>
>> PS I am joining CASSLL again, as soon as they post where I can send
>> my money. I missed my chance in Gimli, but then a lot of us may have
>> been encouraged to wait.
>>
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