Like I suppose everyone who edits an online encyclopedia as a hobby, I bring a hodgepodge of personal and professional interests to the table. Overall, my expertise and interests are in the social sciences (if we may consider
sociology a "
science", YMMV),
critical theory,
anti-oppression, theories of
marginalization, and
political theory generally. I also have a (long past) professional acquaintance with a range of obscure medieval topics.
I want to fill out the overall topic area in the critical studies sub-fields, and then think about how the main page on
critical theory can be improved and made more sensible to people who keep hearing about "
cultural Marxism" from conservatives but do not understand how the
Frankfurters came about, what they were responding to, and how inevitable it all was. I am never sure where I ultimately end up on the matter of critical theory — I think the "grievance"
hoaxers do make some good points, but ultimately go too far by saying that this set of theoretical tools is useless and pernicious. Critical theorists also make extremely important points — but sometimes also go too far. In any case, there is a lot to do on the broad theme on Wikipedia. Over my few years on here I've spent far more time just reading pages and policies and dumb arguments than I have actually usefully contributing, which I usually do in random bursts.
I've found myself, probably stupidly, in the ongoing controversies related to the
Falun Gong on Wikipedia. I find the area both highly off-putting and fascinating simultaneously. Certainly a topic that requires a critical approach.
What's with the username and page affect? As
Baldrick put it: the long answer is "A whim." The short answer? "Whim!"
Like I suppose everyone who edits an online encyclopedia as a hobby, I bring a hodgepodge of personal and professional interests to the table. Overall, my expertise and interests are in the social sciences (if we may consider
sociology a "
science", YMMV),
critical theory,
anti-oppression, theories of
marginalization, and
political theory generally. I also have a (long past) professional acquaintance with a range of obscure medieval topics.
I want to fill out the overall topic area in the critical studies sub-fields, and then think about how the main page on
critical theory can be improved and made more sensible to people who keep hearing about "
cultural Marxism" from conservatives but do not understand how the
Frankfurters came about, what they were responding to, and how inevitable it all was. I am never sure where I ultimately end up on the matter of critical theory — I think the "grievance"
hoaxers do make some good points, but ultimately go too far by saying that this set of theoretical tools is useless and pernicious. Critical theorists also make extremely important points — but sometimes also go too far. In any case, there is a lot to do on the broad theme on Wikipedia. Over my few years on here I've spent far more time just reading pages and policies and dumb arguments than I have actually usefully contributing, which I usually do in random bursts.
I've found myself, probably stupidly, in the ongoing controversies related to the
Falun Gong on Wikipedia. I find the area both highly off-putting and fascinating simultaneously. Certainly a topic that requires a critical approach.
What's with the username and page affect? As
Baldrick put it: the long answer is "A whim." The short answer? "Whim!"