Critical Theory
A list of possible practices. Reading inspired.
- A Burroughs-inspired pedagogy (Vitanza): The Nova Technique: “The basic nova technique is very simple: Always create as many insoluble conflicts as possible and always aggravate existing conflicts”
- Paralogy (Vitanza): Pedagogy on the margins (Davis discussed noise).
- A pedagogy that interpellates: Being John Malkovich, Being Consumer, Being Student, Being Rebel, Being Anti-Consumer, etc. (Berlin).
- Ideology (Berlin): Identifying ideology in any situation. There is no “just a course/just teaching” moment.
- More Burroughs-inspired pedagogy: “For God’s sake don’t let that Coca-Cola thing out.”
- A pedagogy that lets itself laugh (Vitanza).
- Uncovering the codes (Berlin).
- Curative fiction (Vitanza).
- A pedagogy of paralogic rhetoric (hyperbole, dissoi logoi, etc) (Vitanza).
- Hamburger pedagogy (Berlin via Shor).
- The parallel of hamburger pedagogy (Berlin via Shor).
- Eccentric writing - all writing practices were once eccentric (Vitanza).
- Working around universal pedagogy - or the idea of it - (Berlin/Vitanza).

