tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577430.post116828577324769622..comments2024-03-17T02:17:34.680-05:00Comments on Philosophy Factory: Fat suits are the new black faceInside the Philosophy Factoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12255753259090709877noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577430.post-1168451268052826712007-01-10T11:47:00.000-06:002007-01-10T11:47:00.000-06:00To answer your question, Breena, the answer is "no...To answer your question, Breena, the answer is "no" it's not any different, and as a result you do have a set of obligations. There is a very good book by Linda Tuhiwai Smith called <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Decolonizing-Methodologies-Research-Indigenous-Peoples/dp/1856496244" REL="nofollow"> Decolonizing Methodologies</A> if you are interested in my views on that. <BR/><BR/>I wasn't thinking in particular of <I> Nickel and Dimed</I>, though that is the book that I would imagine comes to mind. I'm thinking more of people like Tyra Banks who go out and live "homeless" for a day or two (with bodygaurds and cameramen) to show us how bad it is. On the one hand, I respect it, because at least they are putting themselves on the line a bit and trying to make the invisible visible, to use a cliche. Then there is the other part of me that says Jeez, we walk by bruised and battered homeless women all the time in cities: the only we can find to relate to them is by watching TV?Chaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124246378936489539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577430.post-1168408025600163102007-01-09T23:47:00.000-06:002007-01-09T23:47:00.000-06:00There is a really fine line to be walked. Sometim...There is a really fine line to be walked. Sometimes when I think about social science work, I feel that way. If you are studying people that are having a hard time aren't you obligated to help? Don't you want your work to make things better for them? Yet usually a successful academic career is more beneficial to the researcher than it is to the research subjects. Is that work really much different than the 'pretending to be poor' writer's?Breena Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02566521893585459242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577430.post-1168407327042221532007-01-09T23:35:00.000-06:002007-01-09T23:35:00.000-06:00Chaser,I know what you mean about the 'pretending ...Chaser,<BR/><BR/>I know what you mean about the 'pretending to be poor' person -- although, I have to admit that I've read both books and the first one made me think a lot about my own behavior in places like Target and K-Mart... Mostly because I realized that there were things I could do to make their lives suck even more... and I ought not do that.Inside the Philosophy Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255753259090709877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577430.post-1168312653572948892007-01-08T21:17:00.000-06:002007-01-08T21:17:00.000-06:00here, here! I am also tired of rich people who act...here, here! I am also tired of rich people who act homeless for three days or who work at shitty jobs for a few months writing lucrative best sellers to tell everybody that poverty sucks. Gee, whillikkers. Ya think?Chaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124246378936489539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577430.post-1168303624549262772007-01-08T18:47:00.000-06:002007-01-08T18:47:00.000-06:00Perhaps people who haven't faced adversity do not ...Perhaps people who haven't faced adversity do not believe it exits.Christopias Spritopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11420346152084312981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577430.post-1168297726253284962007-01-08T17:08:00.000-06:002007-01-08T17:08:00.000-06:00I didn't know you were so consistant in the need f...I didn't know you were so consistant in the need for a black face.<BR/><BR/>But then, I'm no antropologist for that matter. And I just wear dresses in the summer.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Lolitah PeachDoloreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14360624375081540125noreply@blogger.com