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Marcy:

Thanks for the clarification and your summary of the
presentation. While I understand this distinction between
"us" and "them" I question where "they" came from and
whose language are "they" using?

What is interesting here is that these administrators are
just as much a product of university education as we
academics are -- and they derive their authority (both
culturally and economically) from the degrees earned
in our institutions and our classes.

"The language of business and the marketplace" has
(until quite recently) always been our language -- what
I find troubling are the ways in which we've positioned ourselves
against and outside of this quite powerful form of discourse.
In many ways, it seems like once we've chosen to let go
of "market discourse" (in favour of theoretical/aesthetic/???
discourse) we've also given away the ability to construct ourselves
in many non-academic (non/aesthetic) environments. Perhaps Kenna
and Susan's presentation will help us to envision a more
appropriate way to "peddle our wares."

-- I'll look forward to seeing the web-site

looking north and east --

Brenton Faber

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Brenton Faber                        [log in to unmask]
University of Utah
University Writing Program
Salt Lake City UT 84112