Concept used in the work of Michel Foucault, to denote the interchangeability and mutual supportiveness of power and knowledge. Because he thought a regime of power always constructs forms of knowledge and a regime of knowledge always institutes a regime of power, he fused the two words into a single concept.
For example, prisons are an example of a regime of power/knowledge: the observation of prisoners and the recording of different categories of criminality are in many ways identical with the process of incarceration itself, as a system of control of people's bodies and of physical spaces.
For example, prisons are an example of a regime of power/knowledge: the observation of prisoners and the recording of different categories of criminality are in many ways identical with the process of incarceration itself, as a system of control of people's bodies and of physical spaces.
Mental asylums, schools, armies, etc. are all different examples of regimes of power/knowledge. The way in which people are recorded as elements in these discourses is connected to their subordination to or complicity in particular relations of power.
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1. Slang term for cocaine
2. Slang term for light, dry, newly fallen snow
3. (verb) To apply powder to something.
4. A roguelike developed specifically for the Nintendo Gameboy Advance. It has since been ported to various platforms.
2. Slang term for light, dry, newly fallen snow
3. (verb) To apply powder to something.
4. A roguelike developed specifically for the Nintendo Gameboy Advance. It has since been ported to various platforms.
1. Don't give that bum anything, look at that powder under his nose.
2. That powder is perfect for snowboarding
3. Women often take advantage of bathroom breaks to powder their nose.
4. I thought NetHack was hard until I played POWDER.
2. That powder is perfect for snowboarding
3. Women often take advantage of bathroom breaks to powder their nose.
4. I thought NetHack was hard until I played POWDER.
by RogueEffect May 16, 2009
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Most of them are smart, creative and friendly. Unfortunately, the popular and well-known girls are usually the flirty and loud ones. Thus, non-Povedans are misguided that ALL Povedans are "malandi"(flirty, slutty) and excessively loud. Which is not the truth, because the majority of the Povedan student body consists of unpopular, nice and friendly people.
Think about it: in every school, are there more popular people or more unpopular people?
And this gives us the conclusion that most, if not all Povedans do not fit the "popular-loud-slutty-flirty" stereotype.
Most of them are smart, creative and friendly. Unfortunately, the popular and well-known girls are usually the flirty and loud ones. Thus, non-Povedans are misguided that ALL Povedans are "malandi"(flirty, slutty) and excessively loud. Which is not the truth, because the majority of the Povedan student body consists of unpopular, nice and friendly people.
Think about it: in every school, are there more popular people or more unpopular people?
And this gives us the conclusion that most, if not all Povedans do not fit the "popular-loud-slutty-flirty" stereotype.
And no. Povedans DO NOT talk like this (a truthful note: a small, 1.3% of the student body actually does talk like this)
"oh my gosh! did you finish the science homework? it's like, so hard, so nakakatamad!" (i'm so lazy to finish it!)
"oh my gosh! did you finish the science homework? it's like, so hard, so nakakatamad!" (i'm so lazy to finish it!)
by completewasteofapseudonym September 25, 2011
Get the Povedans mug.1. The title of a book written in 1967 by George Lincoln Rockwell, the founder of the American Nazi Party. This is where the term originated.
2. A political battle cry used by White Nationalists and White Supremacists.
2. A political battle cry used by White Nationalists and White Supremacists.
1. The book White Power promotes American National Socialism.
2. Both Klansmen and Skinheads use "white power" to rally crowds of people.
2. Both Klansmen and Skinheads use "white power" to rally crowds of people.
by OneBadAsp October 22, 2006
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originated when a user on funnyjunk.com left the word "feel" out of the sentence "I can feel the power returning already"
originated when a user on funnyjunk.com left the word "feel" out of the sentence "I can feel the power returning already"
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