The book I bought and then lost was Judith Shapiro, Community of Scholars. Badiou has a book or essay called “Vat is een volk?” that I should read. Michael North’s book The Baltic would be worth reading. So would Lefebvre, Marxist theory and the city. Kant’s 1764 observations on feeling; the sublime and the beautiful; … More Some random notes from earlier
I learned a number of the things one normally learns, about new work, ideas, books. I learned that I have to actually write the proto-article I presented on: it is time to write it, and the thinking will come in the writing. Here are some of the other things I learned. My projects are many … More Some things I learned at the conference
How is it that, according to da Silva, the mestizo subject is produced? This is the question for today. Here is a fairly recent talk by her, and I have been trying to understand just this one book for far too long. On pages 248-249 the mestiço as the Brazilian subject is discussed. What precise … More The question
Starting tomorrow at 4 (I missed one today, Monday), these films. 6 October, Friday, 18:00, Casa de Cultura de Morelia. Trabajos (artísticos) gastronómicos. Art opening. I am abroad trying to work and this has different challenges than does trying to work at home. I am facing some demons, one of which was finding out what … More Things I could do in addition to museums, general exploration, the conference, and work
I really need to start cracking on work but it turns out that there is a major celebration here in Morelia, Michoacán. And I suppose the beginning of all voyages to Latin America are like the second chapter of Los pasos perdidos: first you arrive to a country that is clearly 3d world and mysterious, … More Los pasos perdidos
All these years I have felt sorry for my colleague because he was depressed and not as well educated and hadn’t had as much fun in life as I have had and wasn’t as inspired, so I made allowances for his vagaries, but now I realize his waif act has always been just a cover … More My first enemy
A favor for T: could you get the language evaluation for the Fulbright in sooner, rather than later? Here’s why: there is a possibility B won’t get to his letter. Any encouragement you can offer B, or help editing, would be great but B is going abroad for 10 days on Friday. He has fallen … More It is a normal day and I am begging my colleagues to do their jobs
The entire trip will be reimbursed, so I have to keep every record, which I am not used to. And I insured the flight, which I do not usually do, since that will be reimbursed (or should be). FLIGHT: $361.39 INSURANCE: $21.62 That is so far. Also, I am recycling something, a photocopy of part … More Le voyage à Washington
Who is speaking? Sense and self in Vallejo César Vallejo is considered one of the most important Latin American writers of the twentieth century. Yet with the complexity of his texts, his doubled, branching voices, and the controversies over his editions and manuscript traditions, he became both myth and interpretive battleground before most of his … More ACLA possibility
The time to plan courses for Spring, 2018 was Spring, 2017 and we did it, quite carefully. We can adjust things now but I do not want to reinvent the entire plan. I just don’t have time. I have a great deal of administrative work, and I simply have to be efficient. Axé.
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