http://72.10.34.174/vss/2009/05/its-all-just-a-misunderstanding/ An ARC Collaboration Thu, 20 May 2010 03:21:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://72.10.34.174/vss/2009/05/its-all-just-a-misunderstanding/comment-page-1/#comment-39091 Carlo Sun, 03 May 2009 06:23:49 +0000 http://anthropos-lab.net/vss/?p=409#comment-39091 To do its intended political work, the term has always referred to a severe and disruptive pathological event. What we are now seeing is a very different type of event. So the politics which was built into the term by experts has now become an obstacle. To do its intended political work, the term has always referred to a severe and disruptive pathological event. What we are now seeing is a very different type of event. So the politics which was built into the term by experts has now become an obstacle.

]]> http://72.10.34.174/vss/2009/05/its-all-just-a-misunderstanding/comment-page-1/#comment-39062 Lyle Fearnley Sun, 03 May 2009 00:02:09 +0000 http://anthropos-lab.net/vss/?p=409#comment-39062 Having just read Malinowski's 'Coral Gardens and their Magic', in which he outlines a theory of translation and language that focuses on understanding a term in 1) the context of its use and 2) the context of its culture, your insight on the word 'pandemic' strikes a chord. How is the 'use' of the term different from the formal definitions given it? What effects (we don't need to go toward 'function' per se) does the use of the term have? How is the term used differently among different communities of experts? Having just read Malinowski’s ‘Coral Gardens and their Magic’, in which he outlines a theory of translation and language that focuses on understanding a term in 1) the context of its use and 2) the context of its culture, your insight on the word ‘pandemic’ strikes a chord. How is the ‘use’ of the term different from the formal definitions given it? What effects (we don’t need to go toward ‘function’ per se) does the use of the term have? How is the term used differently among different communities of experts?

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