ACMA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Deconstruction
9 Apr 2016
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A theory of knowledge, especially with regards to its methods, validity, and scope, and the distinction between justified belief and opinion . What happens when one person"s known is in direct opposition to another person"s. A social space in which knowledge is created, stored, transmitted, examined and critiqued. Storing knowledge: libraries, textbooks, websites, student"s and professors" heads. Transmitting knowledge: conversation, classes, conferences, writing and/or publishing, peer review. Examining and critiquing knowledge: knowledge is never finished or complete. Critiquing forms of knowledge that have become antiquated, or which harbor prejudices, inequalities or oppressive tendencies. Sharing: exchanging knowledge, informing one another, expanding our intellectual horizons. Knowledge as a shared experience is crucial in academia. We all become responsible for this knowledge. It helps us become and remain aware of the potential limits of knowledge and universalized truth claims. Work to critique, problematize, re-consider and question structures, ideals, ideologies and theories. Providing a systematic account of what is deemed important in the world.
