Author: Iansã

What are research and writing, and what is productivity?

11/09/2013

There is an article by Quijano and Wallerstein, Americanity as a concept; or the Americas in the modern world system: “La americanidad y la colonialidad estuvieron íntimamente ligadas desde un principio. La singularidad de América reside en los diversos borramientos que acompañaron la expansión colonial europea: el imaginario territorial indígena, y mucho más.” (Mignolo 2005: … More What are research and writing, and what is productivity?

Yo tenía un hijo

11/09/2013

Yo tenía un hijo que también se llamaba Juan Juan como mi abuelo paterno que construía casas de madera para el verano lo vi jugar alrededor de una mañana fría frente a la iglesia del sur cerca al camino de hojalata por donde paseamos haciendo bulla con nuestros pies He golpeado los ataúdes hasta despertar … More Yo tenía un hijo

For current paper #1 and my book

10/09/2013

Mignolo 70: “La americanidad y la colonialidad estuvieron íntimamente ligadas desde un principio. La singularidad de América reside en los diversos borramientos que acompañaron la expansión colonial europea: el imaginario territorial indígena. . . .” This also uses the word singularity, so one could consider it in relation to the question of cultural exceptionalism. First, … More For current paper #1 and my book

Course platforms

07/09/2013

Here is Alan Liu’s course in which I am interested more for the platform and organization of materials than for its course content. That is interesting as well, but then so are all courses. I like the plaform. I have a course on Piazza, which I like better than Moodle, but I like this (even) better. It … More Course platforms

Maristella Svampa

06/09/2013

She has a smart book on civilization and barbarism that I found out about from the Spanish Professor and am now using to teach Facundo. Here is a snippet from my simplifying notes for class: Con la Revolución Francesa se introduce la idea de que la barbarie se halla también en el interior del continente … More Maristella Svampa

Síntomas criollos

05/09/2013

This was from the Guadalajara LASA, in 1997. I am wondering now whether cultural exceptionalism is a “criollo symptom” — of the attempt to grapple with the fact of being in what Mignolo (and others) call “coloniality” when their imperative is to join the modernity (again Mignolo) from which they are barred by definition. This … More Síntomas criollos

Emperor Norton

04/09/2013

In 1876, Dom Pedro II, the Emperor of Brazil, visited San Francisco and asked to meet the Emperor of the United States. They met at a royal suite at the newly opened Palace Hotel and talked for more than an hour. Dom Pedro never let on whether he realized that the United States really didn’t … More Emperor Norton