Author: Iansã

Some films

25/01/2023

Trenque Lauquen. Will it be good as a series for class?What do we see when we look up at the sky?Iron Man, the one about Poland.Jónatham’s. Axé.

PSA

23/01/2023

It’s so easy to make a wry remark that can be misunderstood. But look, be aware of this if you have PhD students in languages. Yes, the job market is so tough that some weird comment by some committee member can get the committee to turn toward one of the many other excellent candidates. And … More PSA

Horoscope 2023

11/01/2023

Reading whole house, not Placidus. Sun / Mercury 8H in Capricorn: likes depth and extremes and doesn’t do surface level very well. Not afraid to explore the taboo. Very practical way of speaking and likely good with business and money. Ascendant in Gemini: comes across as talkative and intelligent, especially that your ascendant is at … More Horoscope 2023

Poetics of Race

10/01/2023

I want/need this book but of course I cannot afford it. Well I mean, I could buy it, I spent $100 on clothes and I could have bought this instead. But $110 for a book is a lot. It is $40 to have it electronically, without page numbers. I will ILL it although I really … More Poetics of Race

Jacques Rancière

04/01/2023

1) “Es el explicador quien necesita del incapaz y no a la inversa”. 2) El principio de la explicación “es el principio del embrutecimiento.” 3) El saber no se “transmite”… es como la libertad… nadie se la da a uno; uno se la tiene que apropiar y al tomársela hacerla nueva; producir la libertad en … More Jacques Rancière

Literature and the state: Julio Ramos, Desencuentros de la modernidad

23/12/2022

That’s a now old and famous book, but I have some old notes of mine on a page of an old review whose author I don’t know. So we will write them here before I recycle this piece of paper, to stimulate thought. My notes were that this is then the beginning of that literature-nation-state … More Literature and the state: Julio Ramos, Desencuentros de la modernidad