Sitting in my Foucault tutorial, I naturally confronted issues of power and knowledge. Specifically, I found myself in awe at the conceptual shifts that accompanied Foucault’s own paradigmatic transition from archaeology to genealogy- i.e. what happens when we start learning about the present from the past and stop thinking that we can uncover our past from our presence (if it hasn’t already happened, I doubt that grand epiphany is looming large on the horizon- oh yeah, and the origins are nowhere, and god is dead, so we should just go skiing, in my approximation).
Ok, moving forward (don’t look back- in anger? Ha?…ha! ) If there’s anything I haven’t learned from Foucault, it’s how to really embrace this academic frame through which I can conceptually grasp an effective reality that (dis) places me- all of us really, in some time and space and way or another- in the presence and upon the horizon, looking out towards the aleatory.
About Me
- Little Miss Dissed
- I believe in honesty and I practice truth. I find this to be a challenging and worthwhile endeavor. I suggest it for all. I'm ready to subjectify myself in each moment and situation brought on by popular cultures, current trends, and the ongoing tensions they stir. This time I'm body surfing the waves. Thus begins a quest for insights into the ideals we will find when we embody and embrace the uniqueness and differences that appear when we subjectify ourselves for these qualities that we find in our true selves. Don't "Object" yourself: self-reflexercise.
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