I told you language was key. Dispossession, infantilization, and depoliticization are central to the discourse of neoliberalism in which language is central to moulding identities, desires, values, and social relationships. Within this fog of market-induced paralysis, language is subject to the laws of the capitalism, reduced to a commodity, and subject to the “tyranny of … More Language and the entrepreneurial university
I will start an Evernote page for all the references for this article. That, at the very least. Axé.
This is his current blog, and I think we should invite him. Axé.
To reread today, chère, along with that Wacquant piece on neoliberalspeak. Axé.
I really should print and send that contract, in addition to other bureaucratic things. Axé.
1. I need some grounding techniques for when grief / pain / fear take over. One of the main ones is to remember I am a person and I have rights, and that I might not automatically be wrong or be guilty. 2. I take on entirely too much responsibility for everything, and really need … More What I learned today
The photocopy I am recycling today is of an interview of Marta Rodríguez and Iván Sanjinés by Kinetoscopio, a film organization in Medellín. I’d like to give a class on her, her films, and her contexts. Students would learn a great deal about indigenous cinema, indigenismo, the FARC, research, and Colombia generally. I would need … More Marta Rodríguez
Every day I will do: – One thing for Dad (for example, get in touch with HCU for documents, and LTC for confirmation and verification; do some shopping for him; call him). – One thing for research (for example, print out that contract and send it, but also, have a writing session). – One thing … More The summer rhythm
A friend of a friend writes: In patriarchal societies, women unbound are not trusted because insecure men fear that their offspring could be fathered by others and that created a societal need to subjugate and control women. Even in this day and age, for men and unevolved women, the worst and also most believed insult … More Sobre la honestidad en la mujer
I will construct a log of my interactions with one of my father’s insurance companies. It is amazing how much of my time has gone into this kind of thing this year. It is also amazing to realize that his heart event was over five months ago now. Axé.
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