Outside in the Teaching Machine
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Outside in the Teaching Machine is a collection of essays by postcolonial theorist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that critiques global capitalism, education, and representation from the perspective of marginalized voices.
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| Outside in the Teaching Machine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1348194 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Outside in the Teaching Machine Context triple: [Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, notableWork, Outside in the Teaching Machine]
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The Advancement of Learning
The Advancement of Learning is a 1605 philosophical treatise by Francis Bacon that argues for the systematic reform and expansion of human knowledge through empirical inquiry and the scientific method.
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The Adding Machine
The Adding Machine is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Sydney Chaplin, loosely based on Elmer Rice’s play about a meek accountant replaced by a mechanical calculator.
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The Machine
The Machine is the nickname of Albert Pujols, a Dominican-American former Major League Baseball first baseman renowned for his remarkably consistent and powerful hitting.
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The Place of Useful Learning
The Place of Useful Learning is the motto of the University of Strathclyde, reflecting its focus on practical, applied education and research that benefits society and industry.
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"Programs with Common Sense"
"Programs with Common Sense" is a seminal 1959 paper by John McCarthy that introduced the idea of using formal logic to represent common-sense knowledge and reasoning in artificial intelligence systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Outside in the Teaching Machine Target entity description: Outside in the Teaching Machine is a collection of essays by postcolonial theorist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that critiques global capitalism, education, and representation from the perspective of marginalized voices.
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A.
The Advancement of Learning
The Advancement of Learning is a 1605 philosophical treatise by Francis Bacon that argues for the systematic reform and expansion of human knowledge through empirical inquiry and the scientific method.
-
B.
The Adding Machine
The Adding Machine is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Sydney Chaplin, loosely based on Elmer Rice’s play about a meek accountant replaced by a mechanical calculator.
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C.
The Machine
The Machine is the nickname of Albert Pujols, a Dominican-American former Major League Baseball first baseman renowned for his remarkably consistent and powerful hitting.
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D.
The Place of Useful Learning
The Place of Useful Learning is the motto of the University of Strathclyde, reflecting its focus on practical, applied education and research that benefits society and industry.
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E.
"Programs with Common Sense"
"Programs with Common Sense" is a seminal 1959 paper by John McCarthy that introduced the idea of using formal logic to represent common-sense knowledge and reasoning in artificial intelligence systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| author | Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| critiques |
Eurocentrism
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Western academia ⓘ development discourse ⓘ global capitalism ⓘ liberal humanism ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
intellectual responsibility
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pedagogical practice ⓘ subaltern representation ⓘ translation ⓘ |
| genre |
literary criticism
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non-fiction ⓘ postcolonial theory ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
literary theorist
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philosopher ⓘ postcolonial theorist ⓘ |
| hasForm | essays ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
researchers in the humanities
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scholars ⓘ students ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
critical pedagogy
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deconstruction ⓘ education ⓘ feminism ⓘ global capitalism ⓘ marginalized voices ⓘ postcolonialism ⓘ representation ⓘ subalternity ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of subaltern agency
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complex theoretical style ⓘ critique of Western education systems ⓘ |
| perspective |
Marxist-influenced
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deconstructive ⓘ feminist ⓘ postcolonial ⓘ |
| relatedField |
comparative literature
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critical theory ⓘ postcolonial theory ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Can the Subaltern Speak? ⓘ |
| subject |
cultural studies
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literary theory ⓘ philosophy of education ⓘ postcolonial studies ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Outside in the Teaching Machine Description of subject: Outside in the Teaching Machine is a collection of essays by postcolonial theorist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that critiques global capitalism, education, and representation from the perspective of marginalized voices.
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