Du levande
15/03/2015
Roy Andersson. Axé.
Getting that MLA proposal down to less than 1000 words
14/03/2015
Vallejo: Language Itself [I am not sure this title covers it, but a better one is not coming to me, and this has been improved since I posted it … but I am still interested in the question of the title] Borges said Quevedo was a poet of language: “La grandeza de Quevedo es verbal” (“Quevedo,” … More Getting that MLA proposal down to less than 1000 words
Werner Herzog eats his shoe
14/03/2015
This is worth seeing every little once in a while. Axé.
Good and bad news: evaluations
12/03/2015
“Takes pride in teaching well, and makes it a point to meet students where they are. This is good; unfortunately, it is rare.” I am not sure what to think. Can this really be so rare? Axé.
Further nadería
11/03/2015
El yo no existe. Schopenhauer, que parece arrimarse muchas veces a esa opinión la desmiente tácitamente, otras tantas, no sé si adrede o si forzado a ello por esa basta y zafia metafísica -o más bien ametafísica-, que acecha en los principios mismos del lenguaje. Empero, y pese a tal disparidad, hay un lugar en … More Further nadería
Mejoré, but this morning…
10/03/2015
Tension physical pain headache fatigue sorrow regret anger nostalgia depression desire claustrophobia frustration oppression … these were some of my feelings last night and this morning. Then there is this: When I was teaching — especially at the University of Oregon and the University of Texas — my experience was always defined by limits. How … More Mejoré, but this morning…
Hybridity in the word mestizaje
09/03/2015
A través de un análisis genealógico de los términos mestizo y mestizaje, este artículo revela que dichos vocablos son doblemente híbridos. Por un lado, ellos albergan la hibridez empírica construida sobre taxonomías raciales de los siglos XVIII y XIX, según las cuales los «mestizos» son individuos no indígenas, resultado de la mezcla biológica o cultural. … More Hybridity in the word mestizaje
Henequén as social actor: dos lunas en Yucatán
07/03/2015
Mérida: my favorite city in Spain and also Mexico, and perhaps one day in Venezuela. Octavio Paz wrote a beautiful essay on it in 1937 and I would like to read this discussion of it on paper. Paz: Mérida, la ciudad moderna, dulce y clara, es el henequén. La vida. La muerte de los campesinos. … More Henequén as social actor: dos lunas en Yucatán
Diego, Frida, and Leon in Mexico, 1938
05/03/2015
Axé.
Zotero
04/03/2015
I have removed everything I have from the cumbersome Endnote and placed it in the virtuous Zotero, and that is how things will be. I will place things from the Seminario there, and from Evernote. I have become quite serious and will become moreso. I have not yet discovered whether I like Scrivener but I … More Zotero
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