One aspect of the classical view of stereotypes is the idea that social stereotypes exaggerate and homogenise traits held to be characteristic of particular categories and serve as blanket generalisations for all individuals assigned to such categories. The images and notions connected with them are then consensually shared in the interests of the social group [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2005
So scary
Little scary Scottish children….shiver, never has tartan been so disturbing
Attack of the 6 foot Chickens
Finally got round to scanning some of my artwork I produced whilst on a Fine Art degree. Ah…can’t quite remember the reasoning behind much of the work now. But it had something to do with the paradox of marketing (and thus beatifying) something inherently ugly (i.e. frozen chicken), I think it was supposed to be [...]
Structuralism
The basic claim of the structuralist theorists was that a very wide range (perhaps all) of human activity, from economic interaction to literature, could be understood as being coded like language, bound by rules analogous to grammar and syntax….Its major weakness was its inability to provide any satisfactory theoretical account of historical or other development, [...]
The circular relationship between knowledge and reality
The cognitive system and its representational structure or knowledge cannot be understood properly if they are treated in isolation from the environment or as a static system. Rather they have to be seen as a part of a circular feedback process: the generated behavioural output influences – mediated by environmental structures – parts of the [...]
Political Suicide for dummies
Step 1 – Try and stop plans to allow bars to open later. I agree the plans are controversial but trying to stop them one week before the law comes into force could be a bit of a vote loser. Anyone under 30 and anyone owning a pub/bar/shop might be a little annoyed. Ofcourse all [...]
Does..not..compute
Gah, Postmodernism overload…. A virtual island was bought over a year ago in the MMORPGs game Project Entropia for £13,700. Even stranger, the geezer has recently claimed that he’s made all his money back plus profit by: selling land to build virtual homes as well as taxing other gamers to hunt or mine on the [...]
When Nerds attack – Google Print
I have been following the recent debate on Google print from both inside and outside the bubble. You see I work for a publisher, and although this naturally biases me towards one side, I feel I am rational enough to be able to look at the argument….well, rationally. Some of the vitriol that is coming [...]
Dear god
Dear god it’s true. My brain is having difficulty dealing with the ironies. Has a solar flare gone off or something?
Beeb
Are the Beeb having a laugh? Seems as though Grant and Phil have been beaten up on the same day by different women. Brilliant coudn’t make it up – well unless the BBC have ofcourse?