Month: April 2014

Los pasos lejanos

11/04/2014

Mi padre duerme. Su semblante augusto figura un apacible corazón; está ahora tan dulce… si hay algo en él de amargo, seré yo. Hay soledad en el hogar; se reza; y no hay noticias de los hijos hoy. Mi padre se despierta, ausculta la huida a Egipto, el restañante adiós. Está ahora tan cerca; si … More Los pasos lejanos

Limbo

09/04/2014

One of my friends points out, in a nonacademic context, that life in limbo is a hard thing to manage. This is a good observation and I think living in limbo is one of the main stressors of academia. Of course you can say that uncertainty is everywhere but I am speaking of the constant … More Limbo

New

09/04/2014

Now, of course, I work calmly on the manuscript I could not so long ago, and this situation has nothing to do with having learned discipline or a method, it has to do with having resolved certain problems. So there is my last rant about Robert Boice and the Boiceans — this weblog having been, … More New

Raza y vanguardia. El sujeto “mestizo” en César Vallejo

08/04/2014

Abstracto La ambigüedad y el misterio, la insistencia en la raíz doble, el yo dividido, la sensación de ser otro, juntos con cierto indigenismo visible en Los heraldos negros y el creciente interés en la cultura autóctona de los años treinta, han motivado lecturas “mestizas” de Vallejo desde Mariátegui (1928) hasta Jorge Guzmán (1991). Al … More Raza y vanguardia. El sujeto “mestizo” en César Vallejo

Job interview outfits … for half senior faculty, half administrative positions

07/04/2014

They decided to interview all women, which is interesting since I can see what they are wearing. All have sensible shoes, a little too old for them, like these, but I probably need those to look conservative enough for the kind of thing I am applying for and because I can no longer wear real … More Job interview outfits … for half senior faculty, half administrative positions

I should not say this in real life now, but…

07/04/2014

I do not agree that communicative approaches, those methods referred to as grammar-translation, the direct and natural methods, and so on, are merely teaching “styles” — they have different goals and produce different results. Since we as a group do not have a common approach, the de facto departmental method is that used by those … More I should not say this in real life now, but…

Aquel sujeto

07/04/2014

He is wedded to the idea that we and ours are inferior because of projection. Due to projective identification I am the enemy by virtue of being who I am, no matter what I may actually feel or do. There is no direct solution for this. Axé.