Eric Wolf wrote:
>> Regardless of what you decide to do, just propose something with a title
>> that includes the terms "paradigm", "critical", and "robust" and the CU
>> geographers will be putty in your hands...
>>     
>
> Thanks Tyler - but the titling conventions are a little different for
> Geography. For instance, "paradigms" are a little passé. Instead, I'd
> want to use "epistemology," or if I'm really going deep, "ontology".
> "Critical" still carries some weight but not likely in the sense you
> are thinking and it's better to just append the prefix "Post-" to some
> key word.
>
> Like "Biogeographical ontologies: a post-paradigmatic, critical
> investigation of production in the common gray squirrel population of
> Norlin Quad"
>   
I'm glad to hear that the geographers have progressed in their use of
flowery but non-descriptive buzzwords, and I'll be happy if I never hear
'paradigm' again.

I'm also glad that they are still chasing squirrels.

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