Schlagwort: Gerede

Schweigesätze.

Wir brauchen Sätze, um von unseren Traumata nicht sprechen zu können.

Kim de l'Horizon: Blutbuch

Gedazuhören.

Das Kind muss zuhören. Irgendjemand muss ja zuhören. Was würde sonst mit den Menschen geschehen, wenn niemand zuhört?

Kim de l'Horizon: Blutbuch

Anti-intellectuele impactverhuurschuur.

Laten we allereerst vaststellen dat de geschiedenis van academische gemeenschappen niet geschreven wordt door vice-decanen die een nieuwe procedure voor tentamenevaluatie met programmadirecteuren en examenadministratie afstemmen. Die geschiedenis wordt geschreven door precies datgene waarvan de bestuurders denken dat het er incompatibel mee is: protesten.

Willem Schinkel: Lof der platheid. Over campusprotest en academische gemeenschap

(also available in English)

Anyany.

“Can I get anyone anything?” is a standard get-out-of-room-quick card and can be played whenever uncomfortable circumstances, ranging from mild embarrassment to major impending doom, are fast approaching. Most cultures have a variation on the “can I get anyone anything,” and they are so obviously rhetorical that they barely merit a question mark.

Eoin Colfer: And Another Thing...

Unterwartung.

So if you're only used to one style, see if you can try out the other somewhere. Or at least pay attention and see whether you're talking to someone who follows the other norm. And don't assume that you know which norm is the "right" one; try it the "wrong" way and maybe you'll learn something.

Compass Rose: Wait vs Interrupt Culture