Order of Honor

hey guys, Bane here.

So for my ENG 102 Class in college, we are talking about Michel de Certeau's The Practice of Everyday Life. In this essay, Certeau's main point is that in our everyday lives, there are two forces at work. These two forces are Strategies and Tactics. A Strategy is "the calculation or manipulation of power relationships that becomes possible as son as a subject with will and power can be isolated." This basically means that a strategy is anything that those in power do to keep those without power in line. He then says that a tactic is "a calculated action determined by the absence of a proper locus. No delimination of a exteriority, then, provides it with the condition necessary for autonomy." This is basically saying that a tactic is anything that you do in your everyday life that somehow resists what those in power tell you that you should do. this can be pretty much anything from taking a bus instead of driving, to going to a job interview in jeans and a T-shirt. These tactics are not things that directly go against the power figures, such as rioting or other illegal activities, but more to the sense of things that you do that may either make your life easier by doing something that may go against the grain a little bit.

So getting to how you guys get to help me with my homework, we are supposed to create our own essay about a "tactic of resistance" that also performs a "tactic" by resisting the expectations of a normal academic writing. And so, i decided to write my paper on how talking about "tactics" is a 'tactic", and using a forum to talk about these "tactics" is in itself a "tactic" of resistance against normal academic writing.

So basically, I would like the following posts to be about either what you guys think about these ideas, and any "tactics" that you perform in your everyday life.

Thanks for all the help guys!

Bane

hrm, Tactics. Tactics can be such a hard thing to explain. I resist the norms of my bosses by doing the exact opposite of what they say. The documents i am given outline exactly what i'm to do with the current project at hand. Well, Logically it would be best to take said document and run with it. But why? Why subject ourselves to the mundane? We are free thinkers after all arnt we? Well one would hope so. I have yet to follow anything in the documentation, instead i just sit down and create said project from what ever my mind tells me at that particular moment in time. They always tell me that I Need to do certain things at certain times. I think they call those deadlines? well, Deadlines are just a stressor that i just dont want, so i do what i do as i see fit and if it goes beyond what they want, well heck at least its done.

Now, Tactics in and of themselves can be useful in getting ahead in life. Companies always look for the person who is self motivated, driven, etc etc etc. Well Placed Tactics can make it appear like you are that person. You also have to take into account the social norms that Society places on all people. Why is that? Most likely because of the fear of change, or the unknown. Well the tactical person would most def jump into that unknown when others are calling it taboo.


bane, my head hurts i hope this is enough............ Ohh and making you wait this one isnt that a Tactic? I really didnt want to post because "those in power" (you) wanted me to. So look at some forums and see the people who post. The OP can be concidered the "Powers that be" and the lack of reply posts can be concidered the tactic of rebellion.

Nisagh you dolt! This is the wrong thread! /bonk