tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post6811764752868442894..comments2023-10-15T10:29:12.991+01:00Comments on Karyn's erratic learning journey: Victim cultureThe upsychohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345558899662051670noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-77678544554649084822010-01-05T00:27:52.867+00:002010-01-05T00:27:52.867+00:00@Ron Good point, although I think we may be dealin...@Ron Good point, although I think we may be dealing with semantics here. When we take our hands off the situation, do we not empower others to do? It can be an indirect empowerment, no? Getting over ourselves might be all it takes to empower others to 'do' instead of enforcing a dependency on us.The upsychohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06345558899662051670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-39067054043779322912010-01-04T23:15:10.591+00:002010-01-04T23:15:10.591+00:00Hi Karyn, and hippo no ears!
"Empowering peo...Hi Karyn, and hippo no ears!<br /><br />"Empowering people to do..." is a paradoxical statement because wrapped in it is a normative expectation directed by power, yet the power is ostensibly devolved to the audience. Friere wrote that you can't empower directly from the top, it has to be a conscious emergent grass-roots development. So you are left with indirect methods like improving literacy and critical thinking (as Friere did), or Amartya Sen's capabilities approach to sidestep the paradox.rlubenskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11518962181442701634noreply@blogger.com