…is not prisons and forced or coerced labor. It is the creation of an underclass (felons without rights, migrants without rights, and so on). Axé.

Most faculty do not put a great deal on the line even in terms of participation in service, shared governance, and unions. They do not take time to attend Regents’ meetings, even to speak up for their own programs. They do not participate in civic life outside of work. That is, they do not dare … More Cut from my piece

i used to ask my father, who spoke better than I do, what my Spanish sounded like and he would say it did not like a particular place, it just sounded real, such that it must be from a place, so that place must exist. This is why people always ask me, what is the … More Oh and then there is this video I have for the students: My Spanish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE-c4Bj_RT0

Maybe I need to storyboard this piece. I am casting about because I am not sure what these people really want. They say academia and activism. My story might be: This is a weak storyboard. Axé.

(This is for the recast of that paper.) On the question of the interaction of academia and activism: In my case, activism has been a parallel life that takes time away from academic work. It is a sacrifice I have accepted, although not with the peace Brittany Letiecq says she has. (I also have much … More The parallel lives approach

10: Some work on that abstract, which tends more toward the MLA or Caribbean Studies Association, even, not to that particular ACLA panel. Some work reading Emmelheinz. Self-destruction is a kind of reaction to the violence of the atmosphere but we can still fight it. More Emmelheinz: the ethics of love proposed by the great … More Le log du 10 septembre – and Emmelhainz

My mind is awakening now that it is below 100F. I have to get in touch with Lee, and think about the MLA. Axé.

Gabilondo discusses Spanish nationalisms after European integration, and the idea of nations without states, or post-nation-state nationalisms, is interesting. What implications does it have? These nationalisms mirror franquista nationalism, so they are unlike modern nationalisms in that they try NOT to hybridize (contrast García Canclini). And since Spain is now part of global and not … More Nations without states