So how is everyone doing so far on their midterm stuff? Questions? Comments? I know it's a bit soon to be thinking about it, and I should be reading for Tuesday or something, but I think I have just figured out what my three topics are going to be. I wanted to share them with everyone and get your opinions. Hopefully some of you will share your three topics? I'm still a bit unsure of how specific or general these three topics need to be, but the whole assignment is still a jumbled mess in my head as to how the heck I'm suppose to go about actually completing it!
OK, here they are:
General topic: Development Economics and It’s role in development discourse
1. Its fluidity and ability to shape and be shaped by past & present events, beliefs etc.. much like any other culture
- Like seen in chapter 3 as described as “not a neutral representation of the world and a truth about it” p. 58
2. Comodification and objectification of cultures
- How putting a culture into terms of a production system whose overarching purpose is production
3. How the development of civilization thus far has resulted in the current concept of how our economy is perceived and practiced
- Uh, this one might be a bit tricky
What do you guys think? Too general? I'm sure I'll figure out how to get more specific as I progress through my research and reading. Also, I found Escobar's Curriculum Vitae on the web though that was kinds cool and coincidental here the URL:
http://www.ces.uc.pt/emancipa/cv/gen/escobar.html
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Hey girl, I think it sounds like a good place to start from. I would work on making these three more tight and concise like she said in class, but I think they are good themes and that you can work with them. How to make them more tight and concise I do not know, I think i need some coffee.
Hey Jocie,
I think it sounds like a good topic to get starting thinking about the Escobar topic. I like your first point and looking at how the present currently shapes the past. That might be a good place to look at colonial practices and how that has translated into developmental control over the third world.
Your second point would be crazy cool to look at. Here's a cool quote that made me think of that from Escobar, "the nascent order of capitalism and modernity relied on a politics of poverty the aim of which was not oly to create consumers to but to transform society by turning the poor inot objects of knowledge and management." (23)
The third one might be hard to find specific points within the text than the others.
Let me know if you need any help.
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