La lucidez

06/07/2014

I had this flash of happiness and competence yesterday. Not just a clear memory of life before Reeducation, but the real thing. …I was able to shut the mistreatment off completely, and also the idea that I am not qualified to do what I am doing. …This was possible in part because of having had … More La lucidez

Some essays on assessment and its relation to governance that I would like to send my colleagues

05/07/2014

…but I would appear to be preaching. Chris Newfield “In contrast to professional authority, which is grounded in expertise and expert communities, managerial authority flows from its ties to owners and is formally independent of expertise. . . The absence of contact with and substantive knowledge of core activities, in managerial culture, function as an … More Some essays on assessment and its relation to governance that I would like to send my colleagues

Silvia Goldman

05/07/2014

Some time ago I was a referee for this article and liked it. I see the journal agreed, because the piece is out … so I know who wrote it. Now we should all read more things by Silvia Goldman. #OccupyHE Axé.

Ned Sublette

05/07/2014

Il nous a écrit: Today, once again, we celebrate our independence from Britain, accomplished with the decisive aid of Britain’s arch-enemy France. It should be noted that the legal declaration of independence was not on July 4, but July 2, when the Virginian Richard Henry Lee’s resolution that “these United Colonies” were thirteen “free and … More Ned Sublette

Christopher Newfield

05/07/2014

In contrast to professional authority, which is grounded in expertise and expert communities, managerial authority flows from its ties to owners and is formally independent of expertise. Management obviously needs to be competent, but competence seems no longer to require either substantive expertise with the firm’s products or meaningful contact with employees. The absence of … More Christopher Newfield

Wir sind soweit

03/07/2014

The origins of anxiety were in that era when one was expected to become self-destructive and call it health, which was a frightening project to contemplate. I still consider myself unqualified to live as well as I did before that era, and I must still remember consciously, each day, that I am in fact qualified. … More Wir sind soweit

Medieval Karl

03/07/2014

Here is a text of interest, on a weblog of interest: Medieval Karl. Here is a weblog I should read more often: ads without products. Here is another medievalist weblog, that I have promoted before. It was beautiful yesterday, and could be also today. I need to write something — several things actually — and … More Medieval Karl