tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post9168054937611737115..comments2023-12-08T03:29:25.202-05:00Comments on Adult Literacy @ VCU: ResistanceSusan Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203951366654414340noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post-67609763947567576382013-01-28T13:08:39.163-05:002013-01-28T13:08:39.163-05:00I suppose it would be more fair to say it is an in...I suppose it would be more fair to say it is an internal puzzle for me - the activist in me simply wants to "blow the lid off" systemic injustice. I have lived long enough to understand the ethical problems with that, as you point out. But part of me still holds onto the hope that some hero might save the day and right all wrongs. Maybe I just wanted to see the educational expert save the day... wrong genre!<br /> : ) susangalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14122121226923486356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2082226991800167507.post-80787073069277228472013-01-28T11:01:13.364-05:002013-01-28T11:01:13.364-05:00Susan, I've not heard of Lipsky's street l...Susan, I've not heard of Lipsky's street level bureaucrat theories, but I have sure met that person at the DMV! Six Sigmna is an exquisite lens for thinking about what Foucault calls "corporeal control" or deep "capillary" control of the body through policy.To the extent the State can control its citizens at that level, it can avoid the use of raw force. OK, so this is giving Six Sigma a rather harsh connotation: the method of TYRANTS!! I don't go that far, but, on the other hand, I think I can "feel" on my body the capillary pressures to "line up" at Triple Z. After all, that's why they call it a production "line" yes? :) <br />I'm wondering why you were puzzled by Sue Folinsbee's last paragraph on p. 100--for me, this is the ethical caution for us so-called change agents: when we do this cultural work, we stir things up. Do we have a right to do this? But who ends up owning the risks? Bill Muthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12295192908023335854noreply@blogger.com