Enough With the “Studies”! | Clarissa's Blog
I guess the concept embodies something totally different in Australia. Actually under the auspices of the anthropology department, we studied a whole range of situations, in lectures that went on for two hours or more. One of course comes across Structuralism and Foucault, and then lots and lots of data about modern developments like the history of criminal law and the mindsets of workers in the Philippines. It’s a mix of psychology and politics and history, with legal features and discussions about the perpetuation of tradition. So we learned that there are myths, such as about a kind of zombie in the Philippines, who has a brief case and a business suit but no line between the nose and the mouth, which means the person isn’t really a person. And the mode of striking on the job which is a form of hysteria, where underpaid workers suddenly catch a weariness disease from each other and lose control to the point they do not seem able to function. All sorts of interesting facts.
No comments:
Post a Comment