Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 12:08:06 -0600 (MDT) From: Flannon <flannon-AT-odin.cair.du.edu> Subject: A final note on Karl Carlile Due to the recent events with Karl Carlile there are certain elements in the structure of this list that are in the process of changing. In the past the list has been completely open and as moderator my attitude has been basically to sit back and watch how things unfold. However, it is becoming increasingly apperant that such a state is not capable of producing a viable medium for the production of meaningful discourse. True enough, that last statment is loaded and highly charged. I mean, who am I to say what constitutes 'meaningful discourse', or, for that matter, who am I to impose the necessity of meaningfulness? To these questions I have no immediate answer, though I am willing to take up their ramifications with anyone who would find this interesting. Be that as it may there are certain minimal restictions that I am willing to impose, even if it is a gratuitous imposition. It has always been my hope that this list would consitute a space for theoretical practice, that it would not only be a list about foucault but it would also be a space where archaeology and geneology could be taken up and practiced. Throughout my tenure as moderator the list has approached and receeded form my ideal in various ways, which is only to be expected in a medium sush as this. From my perspective there is only one hard and fast rule that applies here and that is that the discourse is engaged from a certain level of interest. As far as I'm concerned flame bait is uninteresting, it bores me, and I'm assuming it bores many others as well. As a result I have unsubbed Karl Carlile from the list and we have put some mechanisms in place so that he cannot post tot the list. There's still a couple of bugs to be worked out in the system, but for the most part we should now be unperterbed by KC. Having to cull the list in this manner is rather unfortuante and I don't see it as a long term solution, rather I would like to take it as an occasion to try and and problematize the medium within which we are engaged in an attempt to come up with what might be more viable solutions. Since such a meta-discussion of lists is not everyone's cup of tea I would invite anyone who is interested to sub to the list-proposals this. To do this send a message to majordomo-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu, leave the subject line blank and in the body of the text write "sub**ibe list-proposals" (without the "" and the *'s). Flannon
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