what kind of utterance can be a provocation? the answer is anything said.
so, what makes a provocation a provocation? the answer lies in its recipient
being unsettled by what is said, not in who unsettles.
so, the request not to make provocations says more about the preference of
the requester of what was said then about the addressee of that request.
personally, i encourage whoever reads this to continue asking unsettling
questions. it keeps one alive. if it does not unsettle anyone, maybe it
would not be worth saying.
klaus
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From: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and related
research in Design [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lubomir
S. Popov
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 10:31 AM
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Subject: abduct all the male design researchers from this world
Hi Teena,
Please do not make provocations. You know how much contentious is this
subject matter. This can be the beginning of a major gender revolution!
I am a proponent of non-genderized science and professions. In the
professions, there should be no men and women. Men and women are in the bars
and in bed. In the professions we have doctors, engineers, architects,
planners, not men and women. If someone performs with his/her gender
thinking on the workplace, that is too bad. That is an indication that this
person is not professionalized. Professional thinking should be unisex and
specific only to the profession. When professionalized, men and women have
to give up their streetwise gender thinking in favor of professional
thinking. Anything other than that indicates lack of professionalization.
There are a lot of myths in the world. Some of them are about dumb blondies.
Others are about caring women. And so on. The bottom line:
there is too much ideology introduced in today's world and sadly, in the
professions. All kinds of myths are disseminated in order to obtain a better
position in the process of acquiring resources.
I can talk a lot about this, but this is enough.
Best wishes Teena, I know that your provocation is only an intellectual
challenge.
Lubomir
At 04:44 PM 1/18/2008, teena clerke wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>I have a question for the list:
>
>Q: If aliens were to abduct all the male design researchers from this
>world, how do you think the field of design research will develop?
>
>Teena
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