joys of learning a new language
one of the joys (well, also perils) of learning a new language is that the semantic covering or network of meanings that a given word or phrase has in the Continue Reading →
Month: February 2015
hegemony and hopeful indigeneity (2)
youth most active in cultural reconstruction movements often blame the institutions that they see as visible obstacles to their project, such as the church. but as i have outlined above, Continue Reading →
hegemony and hopeful indigeneity (1): the diversity condition
it is time that we place the idea that indigenous people have a responsibility to maintain their languages and expressive cultures in an historical context. although we consider diversity a Continue Reading →
jumping off
“i wonder what my life would have been like, A-Te,” said K, “if i had jumped off the boat in new york. who knows? if i had been an american, Continue Reading →
playing with gender
one thing that no one ever tells you when you go to do fieldwork is how important it is to pay attention to furniture. recently, much of my observations at Continue Reading →
