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From: rfelsing@students.wisc.edu (Richard D. Felsing)
Subject: Re: wea v. cb - duffy

On 11/29, Brad Bargmeyer quoted/wrote:

>In a message dated 95-11-28 13:39:21 EST, you write:
>
>>Consider the following sentences:
>>        "the sky is blue."
>>        "I've been feeling so blue this week."
>
>Yes, that was very good and concise explanation.  I gather then that some
>"deconstructionists" are attempting to look at the syntax and differing
>definitions.

I can't speak for other "decons" - but I got the syntax by semantics axes
from gertrude stein...probably the first "deconstructionist."  Stein and
literary deconstructionists just explained far better the nature of
language than the ossified guardians of literary/philosophical truth that
went before them.

This strikes me as more reasonable than someone who might claim
>environmental factors (in an authors life, for example) were completely
>deterministic in the development of an author's beliefs.  Right?

Right.  Without deviating into the whole nature vs. nurture split, whether
in literature or biology, the determinism (and implicit "domination") of
"socially constructed" roles ("env. factors" above) founders when it
impinges on the individuality of the author (which is the what makes it
literature at all).  If individuals and their roles are socially
constructed, how do they invent new ones, such as feminist ways of defining
the self?
>
>And regarding Arc/INFO and Native Americans, ESRI has a well-staffed "First
>Nations" track at their users conference.  There are definitely people who
>are trained and using GIS as an effective tool.

I've seen some exceptionally well done presentations on the management
programs of the Menominee in NE WI, and heard of others (in BC) that have
had a huge political impact on local fed/prov land managers.

Rich


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