1) Should sites of participation happen as Habermas suggested, with equal participants in a rational discussion, or as Bhabha suggested, through intersections of control and resistance? What would those sites look like? How can we create them? 2) Is is possible to un-co-opt an organizational space for resistance after the mainstream neoliberal (or other dominant structure) has co-opted it?
This blog offers Mohan Dutta's reflections on the theoretical framework of the culture-centered approach, examining the interplays among Structure, Culture, and Agency in shaping marginalisation and the ways in which communities at the margins challenge structures. Writings on the blog are continually being revised to reflect the organic analysis of structure and agency.