95 :: two memory and migration posts + Culbertson
electophotography of flowers
Hello Fall 10-ers! I have two older posts that you might find interesting. They both have to do with questions of identity and language, and how the question of subjecthood, and of one’s subjecthood as having a beginning that is not quite at “birth.” In our conversation about Roberta Culbertson we sort of came at this question from the backend, in thinking about the death of the self, the self in relation to pain, and so on.
(By the way: If you want to look at it, I’ve actually written on Culbertson in relation to Octavia Butler’s novel Kindred. I am sure Continue reading this entry »
03 :: Souled!
Okay, this is not the most in-depth article, but I couldn’t help but think of some of our discussions, and some of your papers, on Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go.
Here are some quotes: Continue reading this entry »
03: How much is that puppy in the mirror?
Because you know that I know that you really do want to know…
95 :: relate, translate, remix, undo? (redux)
[This is a reprint of a post I published elsewhere in spring 2007, relevant to Thursday's discussion.]
“The aftermath of a car bomb explosion today in a popular market in Amil district in Baghdad.” (NYT)
G-Unit: rap emptied-out, having its new emptiness revealed. Wrong things in wrong places, or random things in right places; uncanny symmetries.
03 :: in fans
Infant
[a. OF. enfant, -aunt (F. enfant, Pr. enfan, Sp., Pg., It. infante) child:
L. inf
ns, infnt-em child, n. use of infns unable to speak, f. in- (IN-3) +fns, pres. pple. of f-r
to speak. Aphetized FAUNT.]
There is much to say on many topics! But right now I am working on your Lacan podcast. In the meantime, keep the comments and questions coming, to help center our conversation and so that I can respond in class tomorrow.
I just want to take a moment to post some relevant NYT articles that have been mentioned by myself and others this week and last. Take a look at them; they are all quick reads:
