On Performing Deconstruction: Postmodern Pedagogy

Linda Kintz’ article whose title I have appropriated here reminds me with 20/20 clarity why we read Derrida, what we did not like, how important the phrase locus of enunciation is, where it came from, and how people like Paulo Freire really do help to break the colonial mirror. Here are some excerpts from Kintz’ … More On Performing Deconstruction: Postmodern Pedagogy

Imagine

Finals week is almost over, so it is almost time to sing. Here are two songs about struggles harder than finals. The first one especially is unmissable, de ne pas manquer. Antiviolent Hip Hop This is the Rio de Janeiro band AfroReggae, about which we can learn even more in the film Favela Rising. Rosemary … More Imagine

Des Statistiques

I read statistics like those which follow over ten years ago. It seems that the situation has not changed. – 28% of adult Louisianians surveyed were not literate enough to find an intersection on a road map, or two stated facts in a sports article. Rates of illiteracy at this level in some parishes are … More Des Statistiques

Regin Dahl

Regin Dahl (Tórshavn 1918-København 2007) will be buried in Tórshavn on the summer solstice. He was a piano player and composer with a strong tenor/baritone voice we can hear on the MySpace page someone has set up for him and us. He worked as an editor and proofreader, but is best known as a poet. … More Regin Dahl

Two Phantoms

The Kingfish has an excellent post on our useless senator David Vitter, and how Barack Obama is having to do his job for him. Meanwhile one of my activist acquaintances has sent me an e-mail on our similarly useless representative Bobby Jindal. The message is important since Congressman Jindal is believed by some to be … More Two Phantoms