Science is finished, said the scientist I talked to today. The word implies critique, but it is now taken to mean production and profit. Science not oriented in those directions will not be done again. This makes teaching very painful, he said. Students go into biology because they know they can make things to sell. … More Science news today
I have decided one really does need a PowerPoint or some sort of visual aid on a projector. That cannot be misused, of course, but it is a good idea. One should read the abstract and explain it, and then on the PowerPoint have an outline of the paper, with a few quotations and images, … More Presenting papers
Otro tema que el estudio del FCCT revela es la pérdida de solidaridad entre colegas y el surgimiento del individualismo como valor dominante entre los investigadores. Esto se debe en buena medida a la exacerbación del elitismo y del sentido de privilegio particularmente en las universidades con la aceptación de puntismo, que ha generado una … More Los puntos negros de la academia
These are musicians at the Cathedral of Oaxaca, October 21, 2013 at noon. I could, and hope at some moment, to write a very poetic post about this Mass which was essentially my first adventure in Mexico this time. Axé.
“There is zero solidarity in a meritocracy, even a fake one, as the anthropologist Sarah Kendzior demonstrates in a recent series of hard-hitting articles on the adjunct situation. Just about everyone in academia believes that they were the smartest kid in their class, the one with the good grades and the awesome test scores. They believe, by … More Academy Fight Song
I am not convinced by the current Mignolo; I think “decolonial” is a fuzzy category; I liked his things from earlier on, though. Nebrija in the New World: Renaissance Philosophy of Language and the Spread of Western Literacy 1. Looking back from Bernardo J. de Aldrete: the linguistic unification of Spain and the linguistic diversity … More Mignolo 1995, chapter 1, parts 1-2, lots of fun
She has written me a letter. Another one she wrote, if I remember well, asked for donations for Katrina victims. Now I am to renew my MLA membership. Here is why: As we prepare for another MLA convention, which will take place in Chicago from 9 to 12 January 2014, I wanted to remind you … More Rosemary Geisdorfer Feal
The true picture of the past whizzes by. Only as a picture, which flashes its final farewell in the moment of its recognizability, is the past to be held fast. “The truth will not run away from us” – this remark by Gottfried Keller denotes the exact place where historical materialism breaks through historicism’s picture of history. … More Afsnit fem
On YouTube. By María Berry. This is based on the biography by Jon Lee Anderson. Axé.
I have finally started cleaning my office. It is beautiful and has become more beautiful, and will be still more beautiful one day. I have meant to do this for some time but put it off, not had the energy; this evening I started to do it spontaneously. I love the books and files and … More Nouveau encore
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