For Thursday’s reading of Alcoff’s “The Problem of Speaking for Others”, please compose your own blog entry (categorized under “Alcoff”) that engages these three bullets:

• What questions do you have about Alcoff’s text and her argument? What wasn’t clear? What doesn’t add up?
• How does Alcoff’s article intertextualize with our work on “service” in the class thus far? How does it map onto the word, “service”? What issues does it raise about conducting service-learning at Boys and Girls Clubs?
• Finally, how is Alcoff’s article useful for YOU (as a student, as a service-learner, as a writer, as sound-script composer)?

Also, feel free to include your annotations of the article in your post or anything else you want to note, for that matter.

And remember: You are not expected to read this article and “totally get it.” It’s dense and complex. It references a long history of theory, as well as critical stress points in feminist and post-structuralist thought. Don’t get caught up in those references. Read through them and connect the article with our work in 121 — our work on voice-overs, our service-learning work, and our keyword collaboratory work. Cool?

Let me know what questions you have! (Reminder: I have virtual office hours on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m.)

Enjoy, dear theory heads.