Here is a very good article critiquing contact theory. Here is Martí on New York. Here is Posternak. Lagniappe: Here is a book on Lorca I should get from ILL. Here is a review of it. In my paper: Sommer is heavily under the influence of happy mestizaje theory (which has the flaws of contact … More That darned presentation, again
As lagniappe, let’s look at the MLA 2007 report on FL curricula. Students say: less is more. If we all watched the same series, we could all talk about it and change groups. The films are too much in conjunction with the series. And we may need more structured grammar review. More to come on … More That class
1. Amendments to Constitution, per letter from B.T. (Post restructuring — to fit with idea of sections, address relationship between chapters including national chapter, conference, and section.) 2. Discussion of what Conference can do. (Powers of conference, why we need a functioning one.) One is make sure all chapters, and ideally Senates, try to get … More Agenda for that January meeting
We’ve now sent two people to the Institute who, rather than gain knowledge, inspiration and skills, came back disillusioned about governance; credentialed a delegate to the national meeting (and given financial support to him for travel) who has been dismissed from his university and will thus not continue as a strong member of the organization; … More Pouf
Another smart text by Rolando Pérez. This one is about Martí and New York. One Laura Posternak has written the article I said I would, and then gone on to use it as the first chapter of a thesis. I will find as many reviews / discussions / critiques of Sommer as I can, and … More Things I found.
Honestly, one’s research life is the correction of the errors and gaps in one’s graduate education, and that is it. All my smart ideas then are smart now, but I have to get rid of these files. My ideas were naïvely put but still right. I said the dissolution of identity might seem like a … More A different set of notes
I am not sure where to put this but it was on paper / in a dream and it seemed important at the time I wrote it because I could at least think about it clearly. It isn’t new at all. It said: Vallejo is hard to read because there is no centered subject to … More My old dissertation/book
This was part II of the first organizing workshop, and it was on positive messaging. [Avoid getting caught in manipulative tactics because you are trying to understand (and also trying to create bridges, get along).] Get a good marketing firm, they said, and know what messages you want to put out. Create a site like … More Old notes on another topic
…I’ll get into really good shape and have a camera. Things I know I don’t own are a tent and a mat. Things I now realize I should own are a hat and more of the right kinds of hiking pants and shirts. And bento boxes. And poles. I am not going to acquire all … More La montagne
Situate F da S in CRS and decolonialidad (and other currents). Useful: scene of engulfment / transcendental poesis – explains creation of L.A. subject but also – more interestingly – repetition of EVOKE AND ELIDE [does this have other contributing factors?] Problems: blaming the enlightenment, vague decoloniality as solution. Advantages: global problem, global analysis, with … More Free write for that next version
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