Subject: Re: Crucial Questions on Life..Little at stake? eating?
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 22:48:55 


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Thom,
While I ideally agree with you and wish it were more possible, but there is 
much at stake. At the risk of sounding melodramatic or stating the obvious, 
the political economy of academic production and its abuse of grad students 
does bring stakes into play. As universities accept more and more cheap 
labor (grad students) to teach classes for profs and also must given the 
growth of the productivity of the mode of production (computers) fewer jobs 
are availaible for new Phds.  As of 4 years ago only 1 of 4 new Phds in 
Anthropology were able to find positions capable of sustaining a life. The 
accumulation of 3 of 4 grad students every year does make it neccessary that 
we try to accumulate sympolic capital, which in an increasingly capitalized 
univerisity system,less concerned with the Soc sciences or liberalarts, 
requires more extreme interchanges and systems of distinction-independent of 
the intentions or desires of the players.  I know far too many very 
intelligent, cutting edge phd students have given up looking for a job 
because their thought has pushed their thought beyond the traditional 
academic structure still controlled by older white males with the power to 
determine discourse.

kent strock
Purdue university
program of American studies
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From: Thom Prentice <thomprentice-AT-earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: Crucial Questions on Life
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 14:4:13 -0800

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