Theodor Kallifatides
27/05/2024
I learned of him on Twitter. He has many interesting books, and from what I gather so far has been translated to Spanish more than to English. Culture is infinite– Axé.
Playing Fado
24/05/2024
So a simple fado in A has four chords: Dm, A, A7, and C. You get the melancholy from the minor chord and the dissonance from the 7th, but you are really relying a lot on the tonic and the C which is what: subdominant? I think of it as a “fourth” but that is … More Playing Fado
Travailler, c’est trop dur
20/05/2024
Austin says I work too hard. I’m not commenting on this, just noting it. Axé.
Flores Magón and anarchist farmworkers in California
11/05/2024
This is very important. Axé.
It’s a political choice
10/05/2024
Salaita, on another topic: “I used to think that the failure to let go was an emotional condition, some type of compulsion or maybe a form of nostalgia, but I’ve come to understand that it’s a starkly intellectual choice, one I make every day in conjunction with millions of sisters and brothers around the world, … More It’s a political choice
On harrassment
09/05/2024
Here’s Alicia A. on it and clearly, I’m going to have to buy one more Sara Ahmed book. Axé.
Things to do in New York
07/05/2024
Neue Galerie Film Forum Find the right blondish Russian rye Axé.
Nachitoches 2025
05/05/2024
I’ll talk about the work of Jessica Marie Johnson, documentation, print culture per the AAS workshop, and the possibility of archival work here. Axé.
Voracious America
05/05/2024
In La expresión americana Lezama apparently describes America as a cannibal or voracious stomach, eating cultures and giving them a new shape, and then in a slightly different key, we’ve got La vorágine, the jungle that devours. So this cannibal motif is everywhere, not just in Oswald. I have to think more about this. Axé.
Imago y paisaje
02/05/2024
Aquí. This article is very pretty, with lovely and suggestive prose. Paisaje is naturaleza convertida en cultura por un sujeto; it is an imago, or an idealized image. According to Lezama it is paisaje that creates culture. And it is in the discovery of countryside that la expresión americana begins, and it is the imago … More Imago y paisaje
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