Hallo all. I had lunch today with Marco Verweij, and we discussed pedagogy. Can anyone come up with an excerpt (i.e. 2-3 pages) of a well-known literary work that might be used as a basis for a discussion about CT. This would involve a clearly defined issue, and 4 separate perspectives that can be attributed [...]
Today we discussed "Political Cultures", Part 3 of Cultural Theory by Thompson, Ellis, and Wildavsky. Mike Thompson was able to join us, and I video-ed in from Washington.
Part 3 is largely an attempt to resurrect the idea of ‘political culture’ from it’s demise in the 1970s. The first question, then, was what has been done [...]
The following is a summary of the discussion we had on this week’s reading: “Cultural Theory” by Thompson, Ellis and Wildavsky.
The session started with an overview by Mike of the three analytical levels supporting Cultural Theory: social relations, cultural biases and relational strategies. Human beings can transact in different ways and hold different constructions [...]
This meeting: Natural Symbols by Mary Douglas
Next Meeting: 3 January 2007, Cultural Theory by Thompson, Ellis, and Wildavsky
This week's reading was Natural Symbols by Mary Douglas. It forms the backbone of grid-group analysis, which was used to develop Cultural Theory.
Douglas' intention with the book was to develop a tool that could be [...]