Comments on: blogathon: compassionate curiosity, knowledge and objectification

By: CK

CK — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:01:36 +0000

So when it works it’s also a power to give…?
I mean, knowing how to help someone reconnect with their sense of self-knowledge is a really powerful thing. In so many ways.

It seems like beneath that curiosity and compassion is confidence, perhaps.

CK’s last blog post..If Only – Damn fate and reason too.

By: isabella mori

isabella mori — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:04:39 +0000

i had quite a few opportunities to think about this when i studied philosophy and education, so it’s interesting to get a comment from someone who is a teacher. i’m sure you have tons to contribute about this, eeabee, would be interesting to have a longer conversation about this …

i like the idea about the “power over” going both ways. in some ways, the slave owns the master …

By: eeabee

eeabee — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:37:47 +0000

I think about some of these power dynamics in my job (teaching) too, though it’s a little different.

When I think about knowledge, while it’s true that our language says we “have” knowledge, I think it’s also true that sometimes knowledge has us. Sometimes knowledge can feel like a burden or intrusion, or sometimes an intervention/interruption in things as they are.

I always think these binaries in which one idea/person has power over another tend to work in both directions sometimes (as your story illustrates).

eeabee’s last blog post..The Body Doesn?t Forget

By: isabella mori

isabella mori — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:41:35 +0000

thank you for being on my side. that was absolutely lovely!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:31:06 +0000

This will probably be my last post check sort of thing. It is almost over and you did a great job. After a nap I was going to go through posts I missed.

Thank you and take care.

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