Comments on: The Sokal Affair

By: sieber

sieber — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 04:26:49 +0000

This is ironic, considering that political scientists I’ve met consider themselves rich with theory and geographers bereft of theory.

By: Ira

Ira — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 01:12:44 +0000

I’ve come to believe after some time working towards my undergraduate degree that Geography is one of
the most inter-disciplinary disciplines. I know that sounds like a contradiction but I really love how
geography casts a wide net over sociological, political, economic, historical, and many other factors
all relating to space ane environment. When I mentioned this to a poli-sci prof recently, he jokingly said
said that geographers are imperialists – they’ll take on any discipline. I found this quite funny!

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:07:29 +0000

Overspecialization in education and in research was one of the reasons the MSE was founded. Our goal is to cross disciplinary boundries, both within the sciences and between the social and natural sciences. We still need specialists, but someone has to take the broader view. Besides, the more areas you have at least some literacy in, the less likely it is that some clown will pull the wool over your eyes…

By: sieber

sieber — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:46:22 +0000

What did you think of the Cyborg Manifesto, with its lines like “nor does it mark time on an oedipal calendar, attempting to heal the terrible cleavages of gender in an oral symbiotic utopia or post-oedipal apocalypse”?

By: sieber

sieber — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 03:15:02 +0000

Very interesting. I will be sure to check your research paper very closely 😉