Sicumarka

29/09/2013

Sundays, when it rains, music with charango and zampoña is my recommended afternoon sound. I do not know how I acquired the habit, why this in particular would make the world seem familiar again. Axé.

Ay, que non era

28/09/2013

What we sang in Elemental 1B, Liceo Serrano, Madrid. ¡Ay, que non era! Mas ¡ay, que non hay! ¡ay, que non hay quien de mi pena se duela! Madre, la mi madre, el mi lindo amigo, moricos de allende lo llevan cativo, cadenas de oro, candado morisco. ¡Ay, que non era! Mas ¡ay, que non … More Ay, que non era

Dentro en el vergel

27/09/2013

Dentro en el vergel moriré. Dentro en el rosal matarm’han. Yo me iba, madre, las rosas coger; hallé mis amores dentro en el vergel. Dentro en el vergel moriré. Dentro en el rosal matarm’han. –A Pre-Columbian Spanish Song. Axé.

Afsnit tre

26/09/2013

The chronicler, who recounts events without distinguishing between the great and small, thereby accounts for the truth, that nothing which has ever happened is to be given as lost to history. Indeed, the past would fully befall only a resurrected humanity. Said another way: only for a resurrected humanity would its past, in each of … More Afsnit tre

Virginia Woolf

24/09/2013

The moment we single out and emphasize the suggestions as we have done here they become unreal; and we, too, become unreal — specialists, word mongers, phrase finders, not readers. In reading we have to allow the sunken meanings to remain sunken, suggested, not stated; lapsing and flowing into each other like reeds on the … More Virginia Woolf

State, nation, patria

23/09/2013

In response to the hypocrisy of the First Republic’s sustained imperial position during the Ten Years’ War, José Martí satirized the logic of the integrity argument. Quite simply, the claim of national integrity was “ridiculous” for a territory divided by the Atlantic Ocean. Less absurd, but equally dangerous for Cuba in Martí’s survey of Spanish … More State, nation, patria

Something I did not cite, but must for its opening lines

23/09/2013

Ethnic and Racial Studies Rethinking race, racism, identity and ideology in Latin America Tanya Golash-Boza & Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Published online: 18 Jun 2013. Introduction Abstract This special issue explores ideas of race and racial hierarchy in Latin America in the twenty-first century. By examining the intersection between racialization and processes of identity formation, political struggle, as … More Something I did not cite, but must for its opening lines