October 12th, 2008 at 7:04 pm

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).

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