Hey Mister Tambourine Man — original
16/07/2013
The screen is black for Trayvon, but listen to the song, carefree in summertime and “far from the twisted reach / of crazy sorrow.” Axé.
Month: July 2013
El reino de Mandinga
13/07/2013
Tell me anything you know about Ricardo Rivera Aybar. I really need to know. My notes on one novel, taken in a sleepy library, are: Lucanor Arias y Reynaldos, early colonizer, goes with 5 ships, and does not realize he will found a variegated tribe, a family tree with many different branches. He leaves Spain … More El reino de Mandinga
Things to consider
11/07/2013
I have always considered myself preacademic in some way, but perhaps it is really postacademic — and perhaps neither pre- nor post- has to do with time … they could be currents. Postmodernism, Calinescu said, is a movement within modernism, so… I would rather live in California, but I did not relate at all to … More Things to consider
Things I cannot face doing
10/07/2013
These include commenting on blogs with “capchas.” They also include finishing my MOOC, which is not worth it and is too much trouble. It has been interesting, though. Axé.
Sobre el verbo aprender
05/07/2013
The neoliberal world and the corporate university have made an annoying appropriation of the verb “to learn.” To listen to advertising and infomercials is to “learn” or “learn more.” Training sessions on the use of Moodle and WebCT, or on the newest university policies, are “learning.” Now, my Coursera MOOC “invites” me to “visit” the … More Sobre el verbo aprender
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