What *are* data? More than just words, we also have our grammatical conventions -- this particular one (whether the word 'data' is treated as grammatically plural or singular) tends to divide academia from common usage. /C ---- Original message ----
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 11:03:59 -0500 From: Radhika Gajjala <radhika@cyberdiva.org> Subject: Re: [Air-l] levels of jargon To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org
The definition/translation work that (ideally) should happen here needs to work both ways -- not just one.
exactly!
what for instance is "data"
let's start with explaining.
r
cheers gil
PS: It's a different level of assumption to quibble with, but ... given that my partner also teaches in the humanities, does critical theory, and has a degree in performance studies, I feel pretty certain that I could suggest that we "perform gender" tonight -- and that the results would be neither confusing nor disturbing. :)
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