Saturday, November 15, 2008

the sketch diagram

the last section of my mrp.
i decided it to use foucault's theory of the subject-position
and i have a diagram to go with that. accept that i'm not too sure about the diagram.

i think i have to get my main points down clear first. or i will just keep going in circles.

main points.
1. people are in subject-positions in the discourse. n because they r subjecting themselves can they make sense of their situations.

2. i think that in the particular case of my study, people resisted the ways that they do because they are reacting to what makes most sense to them when subjected under such a discourse. by identifying with their subject-positions they began to understand resistance differently, they began to understand their positions.

3. from these subject-positions that artists/individuals have they realized that the state is absolute. i think this is the most important point.
- the state is invisible but also visible at the same time. it is invisible because resistance never seem to imply the state even in the artist's intentions. yet the state is omnipresence ie visible and artists have to keep that in mind in everything they do.
- one example is that artists adopt a 'do first and see' attitude towards censorship. they go with the flow and are not impatient.

4. because they see the state in this point of view, they adopt different ideas and philosphy about resistance, about the state. they...
- reject ideas of political activism because they believe politics is a war of power and many again reject ideas of power. hence focus on societal issues
- reject ideas that will endanger themselves believing in self preservation without which nothing can be accomplished.

5. their sketches (on their selves when doing resistant work) show ideas of interconnectedness or a connection with others. perhaps they in their subject positions feel this. others that they feel - sadness (emotional), growth, gathering like minded people, touching others.

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