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Commentary – Ferguson
It’s a cliche in crime dramas to say that a murderer wasn’t a murderer until he killed someone, but it is true. The circumstances that led up to their decision can be traced back to the playground at school, or the neighborhood where they grew up. Most of the things that children believe about... »
Commentary #7 – Foucault
Amble Hollenhorst Dr. De Vries ENGL 5870 21 April 2009 Commentary #7 Our society is the panopticon, each individual is both a captive and an observer. We have no king, no guard that we can distinguish. Indeed, as we have been self-regulating for so long, we no longer need one. This panopticon affects the way we interact in every... »
5870 Mid-Term
Amble Hollenhorst Dr. Kim De Vries ENGL 5870 Question 2: The question of subjectivity is an important one to discuss because it is virtually impossible for us as people to be entirely objective about the things that we witness. We need especially to be aware of our biases when conducting ethnographic research because objectivity is so important to... »