This may be one of those essays that seem more intelligent than they are because the stiltedness of the non-native Spanish becomes poetic. Still, I liked it. It begins by talking about the value given to originality and authenticity in art. The idea of authenticity leads to a consideration of origins and originality, says my … More Sobre la autenticidad
I saw this on Facebook: Dylan was influenced by his recent study of painting and sought to incorporate multiple perspectives within a single plane of view. In a 1978 interview Dylan explained this style of songwriting: “What’s different about it is that there’s a code in the lyrics, and there’s also no sense of time. … More Bob Dylan, the cubist poet
I am too tired to have the prose come to me easily, but the recollections and connections do not stop coming to me. If I keep working on this text it will become a substantial piece. Venues for it besides the CHE could be Academe, IHE, Baton Rouge Advocate, maybe Profession. I am convinced these things … More Notes for still further revision
Now the students say I am the smartest professor ever. Really I just cobbled that class together. First, I got some teaching strategies from The Compleat Academic and Arnulfo Ramírez, and a course concept and some materials from myself and Tulane University. Then, I got some more grist for the course concept from Momo, and some … More On why I am so intelligent
Paulo Freire is in this post if you read closely. Axé.
Here is the ponencia colectiva Arturo Serrano Plaja read at a momentuous 1937 congress, that Vallejo attended. It is a very interesting document, an incredibly interesting document, but I was looking for things by Arturo because I remember a poem of his that went something like this: España está hispanizada ¿Quién la deshispanizará? El deshispanizador que … More Spain, Hispanized
On the Value of an Independent Faculty Senate The rhetorical sleight of hand used in the attempt to discredit AAUP principles on academic freedom and tenure as well as to justify the marginalization of faculty senates resembles that used to discredit traditional university education and promote for-profit institutions and MOOCs. As academic blogger Undine indicates … More What I have been writing. Revised. I should perhaps use it as an opinion piece for the CHE. Do you think?
This evening my mother and I were looking at the book on her father’s family. She has the book, and I called it up from Hathitrust. On page 3 you can see a picture of their 1300-1659 seat, Holloway Court, in Kent. The family motto was spes alit agricolam. Prior to 1225 there is no … More Thain, thegn, thane
At the top of the list of things I am not going to try to do any more is cutting corners on teaching. I do not like the phrase cut corners anyway, it is one of those Pollyannaish phrases from Home Economics, and I have heard far too much about the importance of doing it … More Coisas que não vou fazer mais
Coldhearted Scientist: “Free writing” is just stewing and will only ruin your thought process unless you have already decided what you are doing. Until such time as your first line comes to you unannounced, and you know what the content of your last paragraph is going to be, you are much better off just meditating … More Un diálogo importantísimo entre expertas
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