ASTU 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Burping, Performativity
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M(cid:272)keg(cid:374)e(cid:455)"s arti(cid:272)le depe(cid:374)ds upo(cid:374) the idea that there are t(cid:449)o ki(cid:374)ds of k(cid:374)o(cid:449)i(cid:374)g. Historical progressive fact based, colonial: based on facts, progressive history from point a to point b, told by the victors (white settlers), improving life, teleological: coming to an end, progressive narrative. Creati(cid:448)e, u(cid:374)fi(cid:454)ed, (cid:862)i(cid:374)dige(cid:374)ous(cid:863), (cid:271)ut also (cid:373)ulti(cid:272)ultural: goes in a cycle, non testimonial, spoken more, creatively reimagining, something in excess is produced, engagement, something new, tautology: circular knowledge. Many different stories so there is no master story. They are recurring characters in stories and told under different names. Even at the level of language it is unfixed. There is (cid:374)o (cid:862)(cid:272)orre(cid:272)t(cid:863) or (cid:862)(cid:373)aster(cid:863) (cid:374)arrati(cid:448)e of this + (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) other i(cid:374)dige(cid:374)ous (cid:373)(cid:455)ths. Not only female or male, it can be both or neither. It is unfixed and fluid changing with the storyteller. Teaching of the bible is serious tea(cid:272)her i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)trast to these (cid:373)(cid:455)ths, the stor(cid:455) does(cid:374)"t take itself seriously.
