As I´m writing these first entries a bit late, I might have already forgotten about something that caught my interest, but I´ll try to do my best to remember them. Furthermore I´ll correct my ways here on out and (try to) write on the day the class was held.
To be honest I have the least recollection on the second meeting. We were discussing the text written by Bucholz(?) and I recall we were concentrating on the theoretical framework, so to speak, and it had many things that had crossed my path before, in the form of different analysis (CDA, CA etc.) types. I wonder if this has something to do with the fact that I was sitting in the back of the room? Hence I now have empirical data that sitting in the front of the classroom makes you more concentrated, I guess.
Despite my vague memories, I think it´s interesting to think of how much effect discourse really has. One can initiate conflicts, make someone feel better, create new knowledge, shift behaviour (writing laws) and much more. In this regard it is important to understand and learn to "read" texts and interpret meanings, since gendered meanings tend to come out without the speaker really meaning it eg. My workmate (woman) had some trouble with a frozen gaspump or something and this middleaged man gets out his car and says (accompanied with a grin) "mikäs tytöllä on täällä hätänä?" While he could have left out the "girl" part he decided to use it, however he found himself in the same predicament and couldn´t work out his magic...
maanantai 8. helmikuuta 2010
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