HREQ 1910 Lecture 1: HREQ 1910 notes for lect 1 (1)
23 Nov 2017
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These taken for granted notions come to appear natural to us, but there is nothing natural about them. The dominant ideology reinscribes and reinforces the status quo and resists change: objectivity: there is nothing objective about objectivity, both the notion of objectivity and the notion of the dominant ideology go hand in hand. When something appears objective, it is because it is not overtly advancing its perspective. Rather than taking the common knowledge (myth) of a situation for granted, problematization poses that knowledge as a problem, allowing new viewpoints, consciousness, reflection, hope, and action to emerge. What may make problematization different from other forms of criticism is its target, the context and details, rather than the pro or con of an argument. More importantly, this criticism does not take place within the original context or argument, but draws back from it, re-evaluates it, leading to action which changes the situation. To problematize a statement, for example, one asks simple questions:
