Subject: Re: after PMC Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 19:54:17 -0600 >I would agree that we are not following the book in the planned order. >There is/was a schedule set up to follow regarding the order of the book. I >had hoped we would include in our posts the headings of each section as we >moved along. But then, there is some merit in our "stream of consciousness" >approach we seem to be taking. > This is what I thought would happen as well when the online discussion of TPC was first mentioned. I personally think it is important to have some kind of marker to indicate where we are in the text and to have someone facilitate that discussion. I made the decision to give out summaries afterwards as a response to the prolonged inactivity in discussing TPC. That is why we are now somewhat out of sync with the original calendar. As I see it, the discussion would be merely one thread for this group. It would be benefical to have distinct markers for the archives to identify what posting relate to discussions of the text, but there could also be other postings on random topics as well. A On-line Chaosmos. >If you would like to share your summaries of the sections as we move along, >I think that would be beneficial! Form and chaos both have their merits and >I am sure we can handle varying types of narratives here. > >Your process questions are appropirate imo, and I think we should continue >to contemplate them as we move through to our conclusion and into our next >event. > This is something I definitely would like to discuss in greater detail. TPC is shorter and the arguments are less complex, more sociological. I think it would prove far more difficult to follow the same approach in The Differend. Here, maybe just a short overview of each section might be more appropriate. The question is this. How do we keep it structured enough so there is some progression through the book and open enough to encourage the greatest amount of interest and participation? Another issue is whether people would be willing to sign-on to do a segment of the text. This would help make it more of a team project and not just one person's thing. So: 1) Is there someone who would step forward to create an outline of The Differend and coordinate the signing on of volunteers? 2) Who would be willing to sign-on as a facilitator for a section or time period? (Maybe you have a particular topic that interests you. This is your chance to discuss it more fully.) 3) Let's continue to have more discussion on what individuals would find valuable in terms of this presentation. (Maybe we could even try to experiment with the various sections.)
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