tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post2702714046780431445..comments2023-10-03T08:54:50.508-04:00Comments on Bri Ribaj: What's the Matter with Cultural Studies?B.R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00224691839509403692noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-45764508266732728512009-09-27T14:13:25.958-04:002009-09-27T14:13:25.958-04:00Also, appropriation of certain slang is fine. Well...Also, appropriation of certain slang is fine. Well, as long as it is contextually accurate. Thinking of Sokal's Fashionable Nonsense and his critique of scholars like Kristeva.....Nickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14051360996540758952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-52638425004427978432009-09-27T14:12:14.697-04:002009-09-27T14:12:14.697-04:00Cultural Studies is not only a relevant field, it&...Cultural Studies is not only a relevant field, it's necessary. Especially in this day and age where cultural boundaries keep shifting and morphing into different things. If any discipline could do justice to cultural issues that's the Humanities. Granted, I'm biased. However, not many scholars are delivering on this. For some reason the jargon keeps getting more and more convoluted and further divorced from the very reality it purports to 'study' and explore.Nickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14051360996540758952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-29087722937666077242009-09-27T11:41:00.618-04:002009-09-27T11:41:00.618-04:00In order for Cultural Studies to truly reach produ...In order for Cultural Studies to truly reach productive success is its need to market itself as necessary and, well, helpful to the field.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-82965471739215765052009-09-26T19:02:16.492-04:002009-09-26T19:02:16.492-04:00Oh, and I was also thinking of Sokal's Fashion...Oh, and I was also thinking of Sokal's Fashionable Nonsense and the Kristeva habit of 'borrowing' from mathematics.Dananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-36520659032376150752009-09-26T19:01:38.145-04:002009-09-26T19:01:38.145-04:00What I usually think about when considering this q...What I usually think about when considering this question is the productivity aspect. Discipline borrowing is inevitable and, for the most part, a noble thing but every field should contribute similarly, no?Dananoreply@blogger.com