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Rules for the M.A. examination, and for the area examination for the Ph.D., that I have actually had instituted in writing

12/09/2013

♦ You may add further authors associated with the literary “boom” of the 1960s, but you may not allege that all the writers of this group, or all Latin American writers, are “magical realists.” ♦ If you choose to include José Vasconcelos, you must also add Fernando Ortiz and Gilberto Freyre. You may not cite … More Rules for the M.A. examination, and for the area examination for the Ph.D., that I have actually had instituted in writing

The Glorious Revolution of 1688, with subtitles in Spanish

11/09/2013

William and Mary were elected King and Queen, and the coronation was more like an inauguration. Royal power was limited, and constitutional monarchy started. The video alleges that modernity started here, and that England became the first modern state at this point. What do you say to that? Axé.

On fields

11/09/2013

I still want my degrees in economics and law, for practical reasons, but I am now joining the view that the social sciences are superficial — and I am including certain branches of Linguistics in the social sciences. I would never be in English, French or German, since in Spanish or Arabic you get to … More On fields

What are research and writing, and what is productivity?

11/09/2013

There is an article by Quijano and Wallerstein, Americanity as a concept; or the Americas in the modern world system: “La americanidad y la colonialidad estuvieron íntimamente ligadas desde un principio. La singularidad de América reside en los diversos borramientos que acompañaron la expansión colonial europea: el imaginario territorial indígena, y mucho más.” (Mignolo 2005: … More What are research and writing, and what is productivity?

Yo tenía un hijo

11/09/2013

Yo tenía un hijo que también se llamaba Juan Juan como mi abuelo paterno que construía casas de madera para el verano lo vi jugar alrededor de una mañana fría frente a la iglesia del sur cerca al camino de hojalata por donde paseamos haciendo bulla con nuestros pies He golpeado los ataúdes hasta despertar … More Yo tenía un hijo

For current paper #1 and my book

10/09/2013

Mignolo 70: “La americanidad y la colonialidad estuvieron íntimamente ligadas desde un principio. La singularidad de América reside en los diversos borramientos que acompañaron la expansión colonial europea: el imaginario territorial indígena. . . .” This also uses the word singularity, so one could consider it in relation to the question of cultural exceptionalism. First, … More For current paper #1 and my book

Playa Las Grutas, Río Negro, Patagonia

09/09/2013

Beaches in Florida and California are so expensive to get to and be at that I think of Mexico and Central America, at which point one might as well also consider beaches yet further south. Look at this one. Axé.

Another trick for a successful year

08/09/2013

All I really want to do now is study Sarmiento. I had read Cien años de soledad in English when it came out, before I was literate in Spanish, but Facundo was the first Latin American book I read in Spanish and there is no better one, as it is completely wild. There is so … More Another trick for a successful year

Course platforms

07/09/2013

Here is Alan Liu’s course in which I am interested more for the platform and organization of materials than for its course content. That is interesting as well, but then so are all courses. I like the plaform. I have a course on Piazza, which I like better than Moodle, but I like this (even) better. It … More Course platforms

Maristella Svampa

06/09/2013

She has a smart book on civilization and barbarism that I found out about from the Spanish Professor and am now using to teach Facundo. Here is a snippet from my simplifying notes for class: Con la Revolución Francesa se introduce la idea de que la barbarie se halla también en el interior del continente … More Maristella Svampa

Writing in Memory of Paulo Freire