GSWS 316 Lecture 7: GSWS 316 Week #7
15 Feb 2019
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Processes of ironically and categorically dividing nature from history both give us our common sense about the neat world and therapeutically inoculate us against worrying about loose ends (dumit, 2014; pg. Ask questions about everything: brands (why did we choose this brand?, logos (what do we know about the logo?, symbolism, marketing, flavour (what is the history of this flavour?, materials (where did it come from?) Every single thing in this world has other things and history hovering around it. Focus on: material, labour, economic, symbolic, or political dimensions. Infantilising sex toys (eggplant shaped, animal shaped, etc. ) Mythological dimensions: living forever/immortality, physical aging, fountain of youth. How we talk about race and personhood in science matters. Stanley gartler and 1966 racial contamination controversy": based on enzyme profile which is higher in black populations, not very scientific based evidence, hela cell is connected to every single cell culture; this is statistically incredibly unlikely.
