Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 11:33:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: "R. Weaver-Hightower" <raweav1-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Alternative to this list -- 'H-Postcolonial' (proposed)


Stephanie and others,

I have a suggestion for some "scholarly talk."  I have found this listserv
most useful for generating topical lists of sources, as we recently did
with postcolonialism and museums.  I propose that someone more technically
savvy than I am post these lists as we make them (and perhaps some of our
previous efforts) to a webpage (if there isn't already one) or to some
publically accessible site, where we all access and update them.  

I could also use some help coming up with my summer reading list.  I'm
looking for the 10 best/most important/most useful postcolonial esays or
books of the last year. Would anyone like to join in?  What have you found
to be invaluable?

Rebecca




--- Stephanie Stean <cerebral_rose-AT-mac.com> wrote:
> Hello Anthony and others:
> 
> Why doesn't someone start some scholarly talk?  Could someone tell me
> what a
> Postcolonial listserv should discuss.
> 
> I subscribed to this listserv to get a better idea of what Postcolonial
> theory is about, from the perspectives of those involved in the
> research.
> Could anyone give me some guidance here?
> 
> I'd love to hear from anyone!
> Thanks
> 
> Stephanie
> 
> 
> On 5/14/02 10:21 AM, "Anthony McCann" <mccannat-AT-si.edu> wrote:
> 
> > For me it's not a question of isolating from 'the masses'. I am on a
> lot of
> > lists and there is a distinct dominance of Israeli/Palestine
> discussion, which
> > is fine, but I am already subscribed to lists that provide me with
> such
> > discussions and I didn't subscribe to this one to get inundated with
> the same.
> > There is also a high proportion of flaming here compared to other
> lists I have
> > been on, and if I were in a room with such interaction I would soon
> walk out.
> > 
> > In my view, the researchers
> > and scholars (and other professionally minded people in
> postcolonialism-
> > whatever that means) have a duty to be on lists like this to temper,
> ignite,
> > orient and rectify the flows of argument.>
> > 
> > Honestly, I couldn't be bothered. It takes about 10 years for a
> person's mind
> > to change, so I'm not going to engage in to and fro argument for the
> sake of
> > it. Neither am I interested in making other people think like me. I am
> > interested in engaging with colleagues in ways that help me bring my
> thinking
> > to new places, not in doubling back on myself all the time to engage
> in claim
> > and counterclaim argumentation. Internet lists can easily get caught
> up in the
> > politics of rhetoric for rhetoric's sake, and I'm not interested in
> that.
> > 
> > All the best,
> > 
> > Anthony McCann
> > 
> > 
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> 
> 
> 
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====Dr. Rebecca Weaver-Hightower
Michigan State University
raweav1-AT-yahoo.com
www.msu.edu/~weaverr

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