Spittin' Change

On the way to work this morning, I really enjoyed listening to an episode of the series entitled Future Perfect created by To The Best of Our Knowledge (PRI).  The episode I listened to is “Part 2: Our Money”.  Gratefully, my commute was not long enough for me to hear the entire show, but I [...]

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This semester I am teaching a graduate seminar on Deleuze and Culture.  Here is the course description:
Gilles Deleuze and Culture
This advanced graduate seminar engages a selection of writing about or through culture by French philosopher Gilles Deleuze and his readers.  We will read from his work on literature, music, painting and film, and our primary [...]

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John Greyson’s opera documentary entitled Fig Trees screened at Outfest yesterday.  Through experimentation with form, the documentary highlights the irrationality of profit-motive-as-rationale driving pharmaceutical companies’ approach to HIV/AIDS, and the complicated relationship between culture, capitalism, and movements for social and economic justice.  A complex, and at times self indulgent film,  Fig Trees sparks creative connections [...]

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