Large projects are slightly frightening and to do them, or start them, you have to have authority in them. It is all very well to say, break them into small parts, but if you have renounced authority in these projects then you cannot begin. It is not a question of procrastination but of authority (and … More Insight Two
The reason people want you to do so much service is so they can hang out with you. At one job I made friends with another new hire and it was to go to libraries, having someone to drive with and then go explore cafés. That was fine but at other jobs I have been … More Insight One
I remember discussing difficulties managing work days with another new assistant professor who had observed professors more closely than I had. He said: “Your problem is that you are not hiding enough.” At the time I did not think this was a comprehensive enough answer and I did not fully understand it. But it has … More “You are not hiding enough.”
I think these are interesting as information for oneself as much or more than for others. I do not know that I would answer them in the same way every day, but these are some answers I might have. 1. How did you arrive at your dissertation topic or most recent project of considerable scope? … More Taking on those questions
I have just seen that another reason I dislike standard academic advice: I have been up for tenure since I was born, practically. I know the script so well that I cannot stand it. I am reading a piece in a journal where a friend of mine in college had an internship. It is a … More De la psychanalyse
My younger colleagues who publish a lot say one should expect and want to work at a place with a research culture — one has a right. They say there are so many obstacles to actual scholarly production here that people go into administration as the way up and out; scholarly production is not reliable … More More on the question of research culture
Another reason people think they cannot work in small pieces of time is that they do not see research as something you can relax with in a casual way. I used to do it in a relaxed way, most of the time, but then later I started to do it as relaxation. It was the … More Another revolutionary statement: on research as relaxation
I will eventually stop reacting to this piece, but not until I have said all I have to say about it. I have been listening to this advice since the first time I heard the Emeritus Professor give it to a student. I was still in elementary school then, so it was a long time … More On senses of place
Da whitemen keep going on about how one must be ready to move anywhere, but they are also saying your primary goals should be suburban. Note how they keep going on about the value of being “a big fish in a small pond,” having “affordable real estate,” and if I remember right, parking. And while … More The CHE is less interesting than New Orleans, and is egocentric. They see commitment to a place and call it elitism and lack of flexibility — I call them milquetoasts without backbone or personality.
– criminal justice as a racialized system of control – the domestic war on crime is part of the global wars on drugs and on terror – the prison industrial complex and other technologies of domination which: capture, immobilize, dehumanize, liquidate – the system must be uprooted, not reformed – email quigley77@gmail.com – the criminal … More Algunos apuntes del fin de semana
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