theory as practical knowledge

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       Precisely. A theory is exactly like a box of tools. It has nothing to do with the signifier. It must be useful. It must function. And not for itself. If no one uses it, beginning with the theoretician himself (who then ceases to be a theoretician), then the theory is worthless or the moment is inappropriate…" (in Foucault 1977, 208)
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+    Taken thus, a theory is a tactic of investigation. Appropriately applying a theory requires practice using it in different situations. Like practical knowledge which is experiential, situated, and local (Scott 1998) and the "proliferating illegitimacy" of tactics which elude regulation by the hegemonic system from within (de Certeau 1984, 96), "A theory does not totalise; it is an instrument for multiplication and it also multiplies itself" (Deleuze in Foucault 1977, 208). My theorization of deep mapping has value only so long as it is enacted as praxis. It became articulated as it is so as to remain a relevant tactic no matter what situation I found myself in - from conference presentations to xyz. My theory of deep mapping is practical knowledge.
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