I think your Prezi does a great job of making really inequitable practices in the armed forces transparent. As someone who has never served, I think I sometimes take the naive view that the armed forces are more egalitarian than they actually are. Of course, we all hear the propoganda via mass media that create this perspective, but I think that more micro-level analyses like the one you provide of these manuals can really highlight how pervasive the same old s**t really is. ;-) Nice work!
Good work! I never really thought about the bias along the lines of physical measurements and fitness, but you make a good case for it. I think people forget that women can become tuned for a high performance as well. Just ask my friend, Ginger, the body guard who volunteered for two duties in Iraq.
Nice job with the Prezi. I know you were fighting with the graphics and the huge block quotes last time we chatted about this project. Everything turned out really well. (Hope you think so too!)
I was really surprised at the level of detail that goes into these manuals. I'm assuming it's similar to the functioning of any big bureaucratic organization. Individualism and personal interpretation of policy aren't really the goal, so everything becomes very very specific.
Thanks for sharing this -- it was really interesting and something I certainly wouldn't have guessed about the military's inner workings.
I like what you have done with the arrangement in this piece. Using the "The United States Army" as a central site to build both the Prezi's path and the structure of your sentences and languages was a really effective choice for me. Coming back to that site over and over reinforced the sense of power and control that you see the army exerting. The "media" part of your project, for me, is the way that the army mediates bodies in particular. What, in your thoughts, is the difference between the expectations we have for women in combat and the expectations we have for them in social roles? Is there influence (from either side) on/from other mediations?
Richard,
ReplyDeleteI think your Prezi does a great job of making really inequitable practices in the armed forces transparent. As someone who has never served, I think I sometimes take the naive view that the armed forces are more egalitarian than they actually are. Of course, we all hear the propoganda via mass media that create this perspective, but I think that more micro-level analyses like the one you provide of these manuals can really highlight how pervasive the same old s**t really is. ;-) Nice work!
Good work! I never really thought about the bias along the lines of physical measurements and fitness, but you make a good case for it. I think people forget that women can become tuned for a high performance as well. Just ask my friend, Ginger, the body guard who volunteered for two duties in Iraq.
ReplyDeleteHey Richard,
ReplyDeleteNice job with the Prezi. I know you were fighting with the graphics and the huge block quotes last time we chatted about this project. Everything turned out really well. (Hope you think so too!)
I was really surprised at the level of detail that goes into these manuals. I'm assuming it's similar to the functioning of any big bureaucratic organization. Individualism and personal interpretation of policy aren't really the goal, so everything becomes very very specific.
Thanks for sharing this -- it was really interesting and something I certainly wouldn't have guessed about the military's inner workings.
Hi Richard,
ReplyDeleteI like what you have done with the arrangement in this piece. Using the "The United States Army" as a central site to build both the Prezi's path and the structure of your sentences and languages was a really effective choice for me. Coming back to that site over and over reinforced the sense of power and control that you see the army exerting. The "media" part of your project, for me, is the way that the army mediates bodies in particular. What, in your thoughts, is the difference between the expectations we have for women in combat and the expectations we have for them in social roles? Is there influence (from either side) on/from other mediations?