Costelloe-KuehnCommentMemo35-39Nathan

35 - ethics IRB
 * "Only after these activities have been reinterpreted through dominant discourse do they become harmful."
 * really interesting problem... should add a compelling tension in your dissertation/book. looking forward to seeing how you handle it!
 * "then is it ethical to criticize those who, while remaining unaware of their role in the production of the harms youth experience, nevertheless are in many ways legitimately attempting to protect youth?"
 * in my opinion, yes. you can be "critical" in nuanced ways that don't condemn those you criticize in a wholesale way. pharmakon it.
 * will I be asking children to recount painful or embarrassing incidents? Will doing so contribute to the harms they have experienced as a result? Will merely talking about the deviant and criminal behaviors youth engage in online somehow result in the further reproduction and legitimation of those activities?
 * check out Foucault on the "incitement to speak" in the history of sexuality vol. 1. also, i seem to recall a chapter in Institutional Ethnography on the incitement to speak, regarding victims of rape.. ask nancy if you can't find it.
 * "These policies are part of a larger trend, silently reordering the Internet, frequently in ways which strategically benefit dominant interests and restrict the actions of everyday Internet users."
 * i'd love to chat about this as i haven't yet heard the specifics (examples). a one-liner of specifics, or a couple examples in this intro. might be nice to include.

politics
 * "one of my primary struggles will be finding a balance between post-structuralist critique and developing work which can inform policy decisions within dominant discourses"
 * definitely an interest of mine, lets keep talking. i think deleuze & guattari's work on developing a "minor literature" can speak to this concern, but i haven't yet figured out how to really take this theory and put it into "practice," through the design of my methodology.