I've seen cases where people feel like if they've done enough study, even if they're not insiders in that group, they can speak with authority.
::Ponders the number & type of people who've declared themselves experts on Wicca::
Eeep. No, very sorry, didn't mean that self-evaluations of fluency were a good thing.
I'd like to believe that we're all mature and considerate enough to deal with being told "that subject you think you know so much about, you have some gaps in your awareness." Especially if it relates to oppression or identity politics of an identity that's not theirs. Asking "what are you fluent in" could be a way of sorting out "which conversations are you likely to jump into; what terms & issues are you aware of; on which subject can you rattle off blog posts & wikipedia links like whoa to support your claims," contrasted with, "which topics are going to send you scuttling to Google to find out what the hell an FSM is?"
Maybe more, "which intersections are you consciously aware of, do you keep track of in the news/blogosphere," and "which ones are you aware exist but that's about all."
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Date: 2010-10-13 03:19 pm (UTC)::Ponders the number & type of people who've declared themselves experts on Wicca::
Eeep. No, very sorry, didn't mean that self-evaluations of fluency were a good thing.
I'd like to believe that we're all mature and considerate enough to deal with being told "that subject you think you know so much about, you have some gaps in your awareness." Especially if it relates to oppression or identity politics of an identity that's not theirs. Asking "what are you fluent in" could be a way of sorting out "which conversations are you likely to jump into; what terms & issues are you aware of; on which subject can you rattle off blog posts & wikipedia links like whoa to support your claims," contrasted with, "which topics are going to send you scuttling to Google to find out what the hell an FSM is?"
Maybe more, "which intersections are you consciously aware of, do you keep track of in the news/blogosphere," and "which ones are you aware exist but that's about all."