“The cannibalism of capitalism unites us,” says Diana Taylor in her text. We understand. We are familiar with this kind of cannibalism; we’ve lived it; we’ve talked about it; we have been addicted and felt the push and pull of devouring, whatever: a person not a person. In 1928, Andrade said yes to cannibalism, but […]
As She Lays Dying
To find writing from an academic that flows in such a way is always telling of a person trying to be a person and to COMMUNICATE. I appreciate that congruency in Cathy Davidson’s book. I don’t think there is any other way to deliver this information, nor I think there was any other way for […]
The Difference Between Poetry and Rhetoric
The difference between poetry and rhetoric is being ready to kill yourself instead of your children. – Power, Audre Lorde Lorde’s opening verses from her monumental poem Power kept coming back throughout the readings of the week. These words are always with me, I find them comforting when trying to live a committed and congruent […]
Dicen: What Remains Unwritten; What can’t be Translated
(Inspired by Manifesto for Intellectual-Activists) They say. They said, they said. They also say that they said. This is what is said that they said. They say that they said, they said. They also say that they said. This is what is said that they said. They say. They said, they said. And not only […]
ABC- A B C
Quijano, Rivera Cusicanqui, and Mbebe all explore the implementation of rigid power structures as mirrors through which individuals are allowed to see themselves. Either in the forcing of a conception of a “History” told as historical chains characterized by a framework of progress (Quijano), by the violent and forceful reorganization of sacred territories in Bolivia […]
HOW WE READ IS POLITICAL
“Existir, humanamente, es ‘pronunciar’ el mundo, es transformarlo” (70) says Freire. There are certain texts that demand to be met halfway. They expect movement, shifting, breaking, and recognizing – your voice. In words of Boal, “se destruye la barrera entre protagonista y coros” (12). These texts are often declared obscure, not academic. They demand an […]