tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159861912515510446.post3138474813535432740..comments2022-04-10T10:59:42.859-07:00Comments on research methods: Eat the rich?Amy.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01120505617966124962noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159861912515510446.post-28484009954082295092011-10-27T19:53:15.141-07:002011-10-27T19:53:15.141-07:00I had the same response, Matt - for probably quite...I had the same response, Matt - for probably quite problematic reasons. Van Dijk explicitly identifies the 'bad guy' in these power relations as white males so often that by the end of the article I felt quite unsettled and defensive...as though I'd have to prove that I'm not a racist, should I ever run into him socially. And I feel weird for feeling weird about it, since it's not like I can deny that I AM a member of that elite group. It's all very confusing.<br /><br />Heather, that's a good point - and in turn made me think of the comment that set off the SlutWalk movement - http://www.thestar.com/news/article/940665--cop-apologizes-for-sluts-remark-at-law-school - which seems tailor made for this sort of investigation, both in what started it all and in the reactions to it.Aaron.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18172387279545577699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159861912515510446.post-65816772113703118872011-10-26T20:48:29.575-07:002011-10-26T20:48:29.575-07:00That’s a really interesting point of view, Matt. I...That’s a really interesting point of view, Matt. I was actually quite engaged in van Dijk’s article, especially when he started using the explicit example from the British House of Commons. He does mention from the onset that the idea of CDA, “presupposes a study of relations between discourse, power, dominance…” (p. 249). So, CDA is meant to be a socio-political, at least from van Dijk’s point of view.<br /><br />Reading this article made me think of the recent media coverage surrounding the comments (since CDA is all about analysing text, language and states of power) made by a male politician (David Schreck) regarding the attire and cleavage of the female premier of BC (Christy Clark). A female who is in a position of political power is undermined by a male individual using his own political power and position:<br />http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/10/06/bc-david-schrick-christy-clark-cleavage.html<br /><br />As van Dijk states, using CDA can examine and evaluate such events (p. 253). It also looks at the consequences of these words – consequence Premier Clark sees as keeping females out of politics. <br /><br />Not every social and political event can be so easily slotted into good-bad, right-wrong, rich-poor. However, there are still so many instances where using CDA highlights inequality that exist, that spoken words by those in power are rarely neutral, and how dominant powers manage to exert their force in so many areas of 21st century society.<br />- HeatherHeather B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952758523172921433noreply@blogger.com