Discourses are systems of shared cultural meanings built from interlocking root metaphors.

Evidence

Discourse: The exchange, internalization, and creation of a set of valued and shared cultural meanings; the exchange of cultural root metaphors that work together to create a powerful set of related and assumed meanings, such as individualism, based in root metaphors such as “individual is key,” “community as oppressive.” … Ecology of mind: The living, generative system in which bits of information in the form of difference are created and exchanged as various elements interact with each other (as opposed to the assumption that “mind” is purely contained within the individual being). — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 665

Categorization

• DEFINE: Textbook glossary entries pin down discourse and ecology of mind as teachable concepts.
• XREF: Ecology of mind resonates with Bateson and with the reader’s listening/observation-as-method thread and Ch9’s claim that mind is relational communication. — connects to: Root metaphors are buried cultural assumptions reproduced unconsciously across generations — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 514; Classroom interactions act like root metaphors, transmitting power-laden assumptions students internalize. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 761; Root metaphors combine into culturally inherited discourses and discursive practices — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 525 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Discourse is a way of representing knowledge that constructs a topic while limiting alternatives #expands (0.85) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 567
• A discourse both enables and constrains how a topic can be constructed #expands (0.85)
• Discourses form coherent wholes through interlocking statements sharing strategy #corroborates (0.85)
• Discourse constrains what can be thought about the Other #exemplifies (0.80)
• Discourse is a system through which knowledge becomes power over the known. #expands (0.78) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 588
• Discourse produces knowledge that shapes perceptions and enacts power #expands (0.78) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 687
• The linguistic metaphor reorganizes how social practices are theorized across disciplines. #exemplifies (0.75)
• The West-and-Rest discourse functions as a system of representation and regime of truth #exemplifies (0.72) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 687