Its hard for me too to just pick one thing that I can take away from this class, as we covered so much. Like Quinn said, the unit on sexuality was pretty mind opening for me, as it challenged me to think about gender/sex very differently than I had before. To be honest, the idea that there being more than two sexes was a thought that had previously never crossed my mind. It wasn't that I didn't care, its that I was never put in situations where my (perhaps naiive) way of thinking about gender and sex was called in to question.
I think that calling into question things I thought were "normal" was by far my favorite part about this class. Growing up surrounded by organic food for example, I just assumed that GMO= bad. But after seeing some presentations and having some lively debates and discussions, I realize that maybe my previous views were somewhat narrow and limited. Its so easy to assume that the way we think about things is "right,"and with this in mind, I personally appreciated being reminded that there are so many more answers/possibilities than the ones I see or believe in. It goes back to the very first CSCL class I ever took: the sign is arbitrary. Just because it means one thing to me, doesn't mean it means the same thing to you or anybody else. I think in a way, it relates to what Jesse said about doubt, and how without it, we would never be curious. The one thing I think I will take away is to realize that there are multiple sides to a situation or fact, but not to be so critical and "critique-y" that it become dangerous, as Latour talks about in the last essay we read by him (which will also be sticking with me).
I really didn't like Latour at all, until I read that last essay by him. Maybe there were particular parts of it that I didn't agree with, but his main idea of becoming so critical that it takes away importance from things that really do need to be considered...really resonated with me. That is another thing that I will be keeping in mind: being careful not to fetish-ize and make something an "other" to a point where I lose sight of its value and importance in certain parts of culture/society.
Anyways, I have really enjoyed learning with you all this semester, thanks so much!!
Well said, I think you touched on some important aspects of this class. I agree with you when you said that there are multiple sides to a situation and that we shouldn't be too "critique-y". Latour's last article was definitely my favorite that we read by him and it was an incredible dense piece of writing. This class has definitely been an educational experience and Latour's article was a nice way to finish the class. Overall, nice post!
ReplyDeleteLike you pointed out one thing I took from this class was that there are more than one, or even two perspectives on everything. There was a class where we were talking about debates and debating two sides versus four or five sides. I think this relates pretty well to the section on sexes and sexuality. Why can't there be more than two sexes? Why can't there be more than two sides to any debate?! There are, but we just wish the world was black and white, but it's not. It's just best to step back, look at it, and not be too critique-y.
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