CULTURAL TECHTONICS
Fear of a Chinese Luxury Consumer Market →
Minh-Ha Pham talks about tastes as proxies for race and the emergence of the tacky Chinese fashion consumer.
Academics are thieves. Actually, they just want to read some shit. →
Chris Kelty talking about the disappearance of library.nu
Torrents for all!
View Larger I <3 LA.
This photo is from a longer KCET article about legal history of immigration in LA, more specifically Koreatown. The article describes the change towards temporary and affluent immigrations in legislation during the 1990s that led to the increased development of and investments in Koreatown. The article itself seems a bit “glossy” over the more complex issues surrounding immigration in Los Angeles but it does remind me why I love LA.
View Larger This is a beautiful book, a great addition for bibliophiles. However, it’s very western centric with occasional mention of Russian and Japanese print media. Disappointing but not surprising. I would love to see an additional volume that draws from wider examples.
—- “Men are just desserts!” 1980s feminism at its best!
Saigon NOW: A short video, with pretty images of streets and highways. It also features the new Thu Thiem tunnel which goes under the Saigon River and connects district 2 to district 1.
Thx gleemie for sharing this! Sound advice for writers.
Henry Miller’s Productivity Commandments
1. Work on one thing at a time until finished.
2. Start no more new books, add no more new material to “Black Spring.”
3. Don’t be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand.
4. Work according to Program and not according to mood.
5. When you can’t create you can work.
6. Cement a little every day, rather than add new fertilizers.
7. Keep human! See people, go places, drink if you feel like it.
8. Don’t be a draught-horse! Work with pleasure only.
9. Discard the Program when you feel like it - but go back to it the next day. Concentrate. Narrow down. Exclude.
10. Forget the books you want to write. Think only of the book you are writing.
11. Write first and always. Painting, music, friends, cinema, all these come afterwards.The commandments apply to more than just writing.
(via Smarter Creativity)
The politics of care in technoscience →
This looks like such an amazing conference, I wish I could attend.
As I adjust to life back in the US, I’m mentally and physically preparing to write the dissertation. It’s a lot of work trying to set new and old routines, find a pace, find a rhythm. Regardless, I find this book creeping into my psyche…
