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2 Feb 2009
Are snow days heterotopian?
I wonder what Foucault would make of snow days. If the usual conditions of production, consumption and social interaction are disrupted, does it create a space of otherness? I think the sight of grown men on sledges may provide us with the answer.
Stuart Jeffries seems to agree that the usual rules of engagement don't apply, although he suggests some worrying things (for us committed social history of art types) about Kantian sublimity. He is also positioning the behaviors associated with snow as inherently innocent, although the actions he talks about (like encouraging children to throw snowball at the police) seem more deviant. In today's Guardian:
Hi Rebecca,
ReplyDelete1st on the Blog....great, and a thought provoking suggestion....'grown men', sledges...maybe they're searching for the past.....
mark
Stuart Jeffries seems to agree that the usual rules of engagement don't apply, although he suggests some worrying things (for us committed social history of art types) about Kantian sublimity. He is also positioning the behaviors associated with snow as inherently innocent, although the actions he talks about (like encouraging children to throw snowball at the police) seem more deviant. In today's Guardian:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/03/london-snow-weather