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.
by Andy May 07, 2004
A really really bald fat kid with short brown balding hair and a muscular build with broad shoulders. Baldo is used as an insult, you do not have to fit the description to be called baldo.
someone who is balding and fat. He defacates on the toilet and talks on the phone. He cusses at his diarrhea.
by Andy August 31, 2004
by andy March 14, 2003
Vicious six-legged weasel-like creature with fur made of actual gold. Beware! It's a high-level monster and is a lot more vicious than it looks, although it's a great find for AD&D players more interested in treasure hoarding than adventuring.
"aurum" sounds like a Latin word root and is adapted from the Latin word for gold. "vorax" is probably just invented (though again it has a definite Latin sound).
"aurum" sounds like a Latin word root and is adapted from the Latin word for gold. "vorax" is probably just invented (though again it has a definite Latin sound).
Watch out! There's an aurumvorax hiding under your sofa!
I let the aurumvorax loose in the classroom, and everyone ran away (hee hee)
I let the aurumvorax loose in the classroom, and everyone ran away (hee hee)
by Andy April 20, 2004
Large city on the southern coast of the inlet in the east of northern Magnamund, to the north of the Dry Main and west of the main isthmus on which the bulk of Vassagonia is located. Barrakeesh is the capital of Vassagonia and the seat of the Vassagonian ruler, the zakhan. A large and bustling city, it also has an advanced drainage system using large sewers, a large market-place and a nascent military-industrial complex.
It is part of the world of the Lone Wolf gamebooks, and figures prominently in Lone Wolf 5 Shadow on the Sand.
It is part of the world of the Lone Wolf gamebooks, and figures prominently in Lone Wolf 5 Shadow on the Sand.
Lone Wolf has to find his way through locations such as the sewers of Barrakeesh and the Imperial Palace, before escaping from the city.
by Andy April 23, 2004
Location : Central America (between Costarica and Guatemala)
Capital : Managua
Population : Not sure.
I lived in Nicaragua for an year, there are not so many place for tourists, however Monteli Mar, the biggest resort in west coast, is the best place where I've been.
People are very kind and very honest.
Not so dangerous walking on the street during the time in midnight.
Volcano and lakes are beutiful.
Capital : Managua
Population : Not sure.
I lived in Nicaragua for an year, there are not so many place for tourists, however Monteli Mar, the biggest resort in west coast, is the best place where I've been.
People are very kind and very honest.
Not so dangerous walking on the street during the time in midnight.
Volcano and lakes are beutiful.
by Andy December 02, 2003