tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post988842906296468394..comments2024-03-25T02:33:41.590-05:00Comments on FemaleScienceProfessor: This Post Contains "Words"Female Science Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-37831947404726207872006-12-14T19:39:00.000-06:002006-12-14T19:39:00.000-06:00That is so eerie -- it is almost word for word fro...That is so eerie -- it is almost word for word from the research statements I've been reading. Really.Female Science Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-49554090698624447002006-12-14T18:05:00.000-06:002006-12-14T18:05:00.000-06:00In my study of the importance of cats in French fi...In my study of the importance of cats in French films, it is important to first interrogate the category "cat"? The hegemonic understanding of "cat" suppresses the canine perspective. Attending to the canine in a deconstruction of "cat" allows us to re-image "cat" in a boundary transgressive move that destabilizes the inherent power structure. By asking what is "cat" in this manner, we take the first step on a journey that leads us to reconsider what, in fact, is even "French" or "film". In the end we discover that, having destabilized all pre-existing hegemonies, we are able to re-construct a vision of cat-in-French-film that incorporates the canine and broadens our understanding of "cat" and "canine" simultaneously. <br /><br />Do I get the job??????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-36800204860999363762006-12-07T21:35:00.000-06:002006-12-07T21:35:00.000-06:00As you point out, scientists are generally aware t...As you point out, scientists are generally aware that their work can be perceived as technical and difficult to understand. I wonder if people in softer disciplines feel, in a sense, the opposite. Like "French film? You mean it's your job to watch movies??" And so compensate in the other direction. (Hey, a testable hypothesis!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-44757860543290744512006-12-07T21:16:00.000-06:002006-12-07T21:16:00.000-06:00Yes, that is a big issue as well, and our committe...Yes, that is a big issue as well, and our committee has discussed it at length -- as well as the tendency for humanities research to have a pre-ordained outcome. For example, if you examine the importance of cats in French film, you are probably going to find that cats were very important in French films. I am not as extreme about this as some of my fellow committee members. In some cases, I say: Why should humanities research conform to methods of scientific research re. hypothesis testing etc.? Sometimes it's just interesting to pursue and discuss an idea. If only I understood what some of these ideas are..Female Science Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-61995205612281058602006-12-07T18:16:00.000-06:002006-12-07T18:16:00.000-06:00I'm on a similarly interdisciplinary committee tha...I'm on a similarly interdisciplinary committee that evaluates workshop proposals from faculty all over campus. Impenetrable (and possibly meaning-free)jargon is only half the problem with the humanities proposals. Rarely do these proposals clearly explain anything - what their hypothesis is, what they want to find out. <br /><br />We scientists complain a lot about grant proposal writing, but that's probably how we learn to present logical arguments.Rosie Redfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807912674127645263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-59781634856970597492006-12-06T23:15:00.000-06:002006-12-06T23:15:00.000-06:00I took a social sciences class in undergrad that f...I took a social sciences class in undergrad that featured a lecture by a guest professor from some area of the social sciences every week. It took about 2 months before anything started to make any sense whatsoever! Ever thereafter I have enjoyed pretending to talk like a social scientist at parties where there are anthro or soc types. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com