Critical Discourse Analysis of a "College Forum"
[The following was posted on my public blog and I was advised by JG and SS to remove it; the tweets were seen as "hilarious" by JA]. The post was public for over a week, then I took it down. "...culture and education aren't simply hobbies or minor influences. They are hugely important in the affirmation of differences between groups and social classes and in the reproduction of those differences" (Pierre Bourdieu, "The Intellectual Class Struggle," New York Times , Jan. 6, 2001 ). After the current semester began, the faculty and staff began to receive multiple emails about a "College Forum" to be held, with breakfast and that all are invited. First, as I tend to do, some etymology: college (n.) "body of scholars and students within a university," late 14c., from Old French college "collegiate body" (14c.), from Latin collegium "community, society, guild," literally "association of coll...