"Recognition that there can be no absolute, single 'correct' version of a text has sometimes been seen as accepting any reading of a text. Without positing a single, absolutely correct reading, we can still agree on criteria by which to evaluate the validity of alternative interpretations of a text." p. xix
This relates strongly to the discussions we've had in our research group when viewing the movies from camp. We use communitarian grounded theory, a process by which we generate alternative interpretations and interrogate each other. We eventually express a multiplicity of possible meanings. The ones that gain no traction in the group are discarded.
Still, in many discussions, it has felt like we are trying to identify the 'right' answer. I'm very interested in how Rosenblatt defines evaluation criteria for alternative interpretations.
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