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managing intertextuality: meaning, plagiarism and power perry share phd, itsligo 2 nd international plagiarism conference gateshead 19 June 2006. living in an intertextual world. the nature of contemporary communication the ethics of textual production
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managing intertextuality:meaning, plagiarism and power perry share phd, itsligo 2nd international plagiarism conference gateshead 19 June 2006
living in an intertextual world • the nature of contemporary communication • the ethics of textual production • the specific nature of the academic community • the purposes of education
brilliantly innovative or one of the most blatant acts of plagiarism ever conceived ? (Amazon.com)
(someone else’s) Material Girl? Madonna Bourdin
the realignment of [existing] elements in transformative recombination (Livingston-Webber, 1999: 265) • rap music • TV advertising • blog/zine culture • fashion • Hollywood film • pop art • posters • T-shirts • cartoons • websites . . .
institutionalised plagiarism • entertainment industry • the commercial internet • web 2.0
Eurovision copying contest? Liefde is een kaartspelBelgium 1996 Listen to your heartbeat Sweden 2001
more institutional plagiarism speechwriting ghostwriting photocopying software piracy academic writing teaching materials
intellectual property [the law] forms an airtight protective seal around the brand, allowing it to brand us, but prohibiting us from so much as scuffing it(Klein, 2000: 176)
a moral or an ethical issue? theft: plagiarism as stealing origination scale contextualisation disciplinary skills
why the concern now? engagement marketisation technology communicative context
the question of power • what is education for? • an instrumentalist and managerialist state • a resolutely hierarchical system • disciplinary power
community education ‘a process of empowerment, social justice, change, challenge, respect and collective consiousness’ (Aontas, 2000)