Costelloe-KuehnCommentMemo1-2Ferguson

Brandon's Comments for Sean:

Memo 1.
 * Bioplastics A: horizontal across industry
 * How do you envision the "network analysis" of industry and stakeholders? ANT? Would Clarke's Situational Analysis mapping methodology work?
 * Which are the "critical" stakeholders? What criteria will you use to judge?
 * Is this a "policy studies" project? What does that mean to you? Prescription?
 * The "questions" column seems to contain areas of study and social theoretical approaches, but what do you want to learn about these areas? What questions keep coming up between the various projects you've dabbled in? Maybe looking into the introduction to David Hess's new book would spark some questions.
 * "Best bumpersticker 'the more you know the less you need.'"
 * Are you interested in know this "know" is created and spread around?
 * Bioplastics B: vertical from cradle to cradle/grave
 * I'm not sure I quite understand the "horizontal" vs. "vertical" distinction between A and B. Are the stakeholders different?
 * Social movements comes up a lot for you. Do you consider the emergence of bioplastics to be a result of social movement activity? In terms of "fields of work," do you share questions, approaches, etc. with the social movements scholars we read in Abby's class?
 * "I'm intrigued by ostensibly similar environmental movements and how they can clash."
 * The concept of the double bind could come in handy
 * Why does this question interest you? Would you like to find ways to reduce the clash?
 * Cooperatives and new economies
 * How do standpoint epistemologies relate to the project?
 * In addition to comparing the "greenness" between corporations and cooperatives, you might want to compare the "alienation" for workers. What are the avenues by which workers' expertise and experience are implemented into workplace practices in both corporations and cooperatives. What criteria distinguish cooperatives from corporations? Is it the ownership or the decision-making processes?

Memo 2.
 * What is it about football watching that you enjoy? I know I need to be more honest about what I'm passionate about and why. Maybe there are ways to incorporate these drives into research?
 * I heard somewhere recently that many of the world's greatest "luminaries" lacked confidence in their capacities.
 * Why don't you plan on primarily using ethnographic methods, if you think you would enjoy it? Are you interested in producing a different kind of knowledge?