tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116244452024-03-23T06:17:13.699-04:00I want to remember or share(Nota Bene: if a reader is here: please don't take these posts seriously, they are half-fiction, written for myself for an imaginary audience, and some are decades old, if I had time to go back and read them, I'd probably delete or modify most of them)megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comBlogger2521500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-45330041170976830252023-11-26T11:22:00.008-05:002023-11-26T11:30:34.639-05:00Toronto<div style="text-align: left;"><span 14px="" face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" preserve-breaks="" white-space-collapse:="">I was in Toronto for 5 days last week and it was a time of lots of learning, so I wanted to write something for my imaginary audience quickly before I forget. I was attending my 1st AAA (Anthropology) conference and it was really eye-opening and inspiring. There were hundreds of innovative panels on hundreds of unconventional topics, every facet of everyday life was being scrutinized through a critical social lens, from coffeeshop communication to cassette tapes, from Japan’s aging problem in the countryside to gamete donors in Spain! Each research presentation was a real presentation written for the audience (vs. reading a paper), so the audience (and I) understood the presentations, which generated very good long conversations after each panel. (The conference organizers put a great deal of emphasis on accessibility, I was grateful.) I think all this is what Cultural Studies wanted to do, but doesn't often do. One thing that surprised me is that folks at the conference who study human culture self-identify and present themselves with a lofty noun: anthropologists. How does one acquire a noun-title based on a discipline, when does it start and when does it end? I am curious about this as I like the sound of saying "I'm a ________." It gives a bit of relief to one's existential crisis! But I've never heard of anyone calling themselves as such until the conference.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span 14px="" face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" preserve-breaks="" white-space-collapse:=""><br /></span><span 14px="" face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" preserve-breaks="" white-space-collapse:="">Besides that, I got to explore the city of Toronto. Things I liked: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span 14px="" face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" preserve-breaks="" white-space-collapse:="">running into and talking to the owner of the original Kim’s Convenience, </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span 14px="" face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" preserve-breaks="" white-space-collapse:="">walking around with my nephew Arveen, </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span 14px="" face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" preserve-breaks="" white-space-collapse:="">eating delicious vegetarian Vietnamese food at </span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz _aa9_ _a6hd" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/saigonlotus/" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;" tabindex="0">#SaigonLotus</a><span 14px="" face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" preserve-breaks="" white-space-collapse:="">, </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span 14px="" face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" preserve-breaks="" white-space-collapse:="">running into and exploring a very good camera shop </span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz _aa9_ _a6hd" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/downtowncameratoronto/" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;" tabindex="0">#downtowncameratoronto</a>,<span 14px="" face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" preserve-breaks="" white-space-collapse:=""> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span 14px="" face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" preserve-breaks="" white-space-collapse:="">staying at a hostel above a jazz cafe, </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span 14px="" face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" preserve-breaks="" white-space-collapse:="">and being able to walk to the train station and take the train to the airport! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span 14px="" face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" preserve-breaks="" white-space-collapse:="">Things I didn’t like: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span 14px="" face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" preserve-breaks="" white-space-collapse:="">US-style macho aggressive driving/car culture. I saw too many cars pressuring pedestrians to hurry across the street. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span 14px="" face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" preserve-breaks="" white-space-collapse:="">Also, the city’s leaders have sold the city to millionaires and speculators. There’s nowhere central or semi-central for middle- and lower-income residents (like the fictional and real owners of convenience stores) to live.</span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJlFvIDMBaegCrFHYa_Z2wL-zmytyuTbqVZc6UCOiwyF2ak5tmRDBQ-o8l-jMUyQpzPBS7AiNtDDW8nipZy_VnlOf39omhwdRhO_SuvJi-uV5v-iO1FaNmb_vasE7HCJk1j2T4EbGupL05kzvTtF5UgaiqtIeOdHxm6L-7cBC0-5xPvISVYrM/s3167/IMG_0391.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2091" data-original-width="3167" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJlFvIDMBaegCrFHYa_Z2wL-zmytyuTbqVZc6UCOiwyF2ak5tmRDBQ-o8l-jMUyQpzPBS7AiNtDDW8nipZy_VnlOf39omhwdRhO_SuvJi-uV5v-iO1FaNmb_vasE7HCJk1j2T4EbGupL05kzvTtF5UgaiqtIeOdHxm6L-7cBC0-5xPvISVYrM/s320/IMG_0391.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtMoS_09ynW9HmrpnFQd6M6_2zcb3gRP7uWdk22ATE6M12IrvE0Q1VyEU4XaNXFm-zIg9Hn3yUKj6BkPacCILc2ILBfjIObNqlDyJEsgr7zuOUQpChOfn_JuLjeTLNSzL_mgAyL-fkPFnxIu7G4kSJJIxyPo2F9rESY-PFlDDyy6f7iZ7rQs_/s3648/IMG_0396.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="3648" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtMoS_09ynW9HmrpnFQd6M6_2zcb3gRP7uWdk22ATE6M12IrvE0Q1VyEU4XaNXFm-zIg9Hn3yUKj6BkPacCILc2ILBfjIObNqlDyJEsgr7zuOUQpChOfn_JuLjeTLNSzL_mgAyL-fkPFnxIu7G4kSJJIxyPo2F9rESY-PFlDDyy6f7iZ7rQs_/s320/IMG_0396.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2BplFEbuTyKTsq_K-B0jTKWj7yhPnkbXzu2SRnDbYRWXP-rGUeJNLK-ZTR8PPgCc0BtAdjlSQqVsV7MLZey9_hRMHPpy6q_qI_wKhmheDB2roWVlcwDulqnh16ZP2epbVBT-ki__q_V8kd6inIvXT4ZYBwC4nSQKy1UJ0TV1f54nXRL_Eu04/s3648/IMG_0398.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="3648" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2BplFEbuTyKTsq_K-B0jTKWj7yhPnkbXzu2SRnDbYRWXP-rGUeJNLK-ZTR8PPgCc0BtAdjlSQqVsV7MLZey9_hRMHPpy6q_qI_wKhmheDB2roWVlcwDulqnh16ZP2epbVBT-ki__q_V8kd6inIvXT4ZYBwC4nSQKy1UJ0TV1f54nXRL_Eu04/s320/IMG_0398.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span 14px="" face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" preserve-breaks="" white-space-collapse:=""><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyl2sHEsNPtvCBSaqGtXtlHgf7XxCOtCb6tewq0yVayGch4iC8Pd2eACx_oWuJqrAOzCMfeIDkgQT5RNpuUIbErcqckQIuunfiT1aUmuSyV3dPkm-O_SFMEaAwwBHc5vOzTMTbNXyU-GMlAQ-qw2-TgvbO1eAnTnyZMTrWY0CiTDmoW5XcYVdi/s3648/IMG_0421.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyl2sHEsNPtvCBSaqGtXtlHgf7XxCOtCb6tewq0yVayGch4iC8Pd2eACx_oWuJqrAOzCMfeIDkgQT5RNpuUIbErcqckQIuunfiT1aUmuSyV3dPkm-O_SFMEaAwwBHc5vOzTMTbNXyU-GMlAQ-qw2-TgvbO1eAnTnyZMTrWY0CiTDmoW5XcYVdi/s320/IMG_0421.JPG" width="213" /></a></div></div>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-46954312380102644662023-10-02T20:44:00.004-04:002023-10-02T20:53:26.059-04:00aggression from male strangers lately in Western Massachusetts<p><i>Documenting this because there are always people who will tell you that sexism and feminism are things of the past--</i></p><p><b>Monday Oct. 2, 2023, 8:10pm</b> - walking home on sidewalk at 116 - Hadley St. intersection, a man in the passenger seat of white sedan yelled out at the top of his lungs: "<b>YO BITCH GET OUT OF THE WAY!</b>" in white NE (standard) American English. He sped off and turned right on Silver St.</p><p><b>Friday Sept. 20, 2023, 2pm</b> - on route 47 heading towards Northampton, I was closely tailgated by a white man (between 20-30 years old) in an old faded red Toyota truck. I was going 5 mph over the speed limit hoping he would stop. Eventually he passed me on my left, rolled down his window and stuck out his middle finger and drove like that for another 5 minutes. </p><p>I called the police both times. We need to talk about masculinity, sexism, and cultural supremacy in K-12. </p>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-80481529734203406072023-09-29T18:31:00.003-04:002023-09-30T10:09:59.254-04:00lively simile from Dahl's "Rat Catcher"<p style="text-align: left;">"The word 'rats' came out of his mouth with a rich, fruity sound as if he was gargling with melted butter."</p>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-16704634401367956622023-06-28T09:26:00.005-04:002023-06-28T10:03:26.804-04:00CD = music/accesible community Shibuya Tower Records<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjg6NhlUladk2M6IOlG7er8PaHNlqaz37Cab5BIjdvZ93hlsFhON8vk8fx8wbY_BvmUX93LlGS_gEV5Jc-S3Rp-Y47dY281GJSvD5hb_s-_8tV4n0wEuMg2rMjX5neCCh_n0woAEJq2L0HhuNvccsB5aoLPVjNitEH8Jyg2SCee2JdK3h4-lrD8" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2667" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjg6NhlUladk2M6IOlG7er8PaHNlqaz37Cab5BIjdvZ93hlsFhON8vk8fx8wbY_BvmUX93LlGS_gEV5Jc-S3Rp-Y47dY281GJSvD5hb_s-_8tV4n0wEuMg2rMjX5neCCh_n0woAEJq2L0HhuNvccsB5aoLPVjNitEH8Jyg2SCee2JdK3h4-lrD8" width="180" /></a></div><p></p><p>In Shibuya, Tokyo there remains a Tower Records. Some may remember Tower Records from the 1990s. The Tower Records in Shibuya is massive, there must be some 6-8 floors of new CDs and vinyls. When I entered the building yesterday, I was mind-boggled and impressed! In the US, I haven't seen any major stores selling new CDs since the early 2000s. I had given up on CDs in 2012 when I left New Zealand and didn't want to travel with the weight. Since then, over the years, I had complained to family members and friends about how complicated it is nowadays to simply play an album. You can turn on Youtube or Spotify, but they're full of commercials, interruptions, and glitches. You can pay for those services, but who are you paying? Where? And even if you pay for those services, you still can't simply play the album chronologically, you have to make sure everything is charged, logged in to, or connected to Bluetooth (which for me, a hearing aids wearer, nearly always takes several attempts). Meanwhile an anonymous source take your cookies and personal data. And then you forget your password, or the internet is down, or your credit card expires, or they won't let you cancel!! Uggh!</p><p>I spent 9 years without music until two years ago when my other half gifted me a straight-forward single CD player. It's so easy, you just make sure it's plugged in, you push Eject, insert a CD, and that's it! It works 100% and it has made my life better. But it was tricky to find new CDs, most artists in the US don't sell their music in CD format anymore. </p><p>Returning to Shibuya on a hot sunny summer day. Tower Records. It was full of people of all ages browsing CDs, talking to their friends and the salespeople about albums, people listening to CDs together with store-owned headphones. Tokyo (so it seems to me) is good at maintaining things, especially older technology. What I saw at Tower Records didn't seem like a nostalgia fad or trend, but a continued and sincere interest in old and new music. Tower Records is obviously a business, but a pretty accesible (and now small) one where the positive social life seems to outweigh any harm. The CDs cost around what they costed in the 90s, $15-17 USD (plus 10% tax free discount for foreigners).</p><p>A couple observations occurred to me: </p><p>1) the face-to-face community that used to exist around music isn't there as much as it used to be. It might exist in Tokyo (with all their <a href="https://tokyojazzsite.com/tokyo-yokohama-jazz-spots-bars-clubs-cafes-shops-introduction/" target="_blank">165 live jazz cafes</a>), and maybe in some college dorms, but I don't see it elsewhere. Sometimes people share Spotify playlists, and occasionally I will "save" something on Youtube, but I don't end up listening for the reasons above. The excitement and socialization are not there anymore, not like it was with a mixed tape/CD. Time has sped up, capitalism has become more exploitative, politics are in the way, and life has become more solitary and virtual. At Tower Records I ended up buying two new CDs (Japanese artists: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sp-5WTdebQ&ab_channel=PalmTangent" target="_blank">Shibusashirazu</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@humbertchannel" target="_blank">Humbert Humbert</a>) and I got excited walking home with these in my backpack, I was going to enjoy this--albeit alone!</p><p>2) most albums are already uploaded to Youtube. So why buy the material form? For me, it was for convenience and to support the artist.</p><p>3) there's a shrine to Michael Jackson on the 7th floor of Tower Records alongside a table overflowing with fresh flowers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsFIPbBti5-AB0o8z1RMYvhas1gSqAPs1Fm60-hGGsdlavPn2JznO0Mu_zvQjoeJa-IKdju72r5prw_JssFYbXrcFoEUJDOqa9DGt_eJvlHTPrGwnW6pUr41UR8LC8jEBv5X16F0py-oATBdjKDQ-y5n0EzXjVv_vFG0ZA_JyB57y7siVitfY/s4032/IMG_5067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsFIPbBti5-AB0o8z1RMYvhas1gSqAPs1Fm60-hGGsdlavPn2JznO0Mu_zvQjoeJa-IKdju72r5prw_JssFYbXrcFoEUJDOqa9DGt_eJvlHTPrGwnW6pUr41UR8LC8jEBv5X16F0py-oATBdjKDQ-y5n0EzXjVv_vFG0ZA_JyB57y7siVitfY/s320/IMG_5067.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-39836679499615206622023-06-03T17:11:00.010-04:002023-06-03T17:16:34.118-04:003 flags seen hanging from Madrid balcones, late May 2023<div>- "SOS" in Chueca = housing prices are unaffordable</div>- yellow in Lavapiés = against drug dealing occurring in the neighborhood
<div>- Spanish flag several neighborhoods = increased nationalism (V0x) </div><div>
<div><br /></div></div>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-28705550710930081052023-04-01T08:44:00.005-04:002023-04-01T08:44:37.407-04:00defending slow creative work<p> I just heard in a documentary that it took Leonard Cohen 7 years to write the song "Hallelujah."</p><p>"Ducking away to write feverishly. If writing two words a day is a fever." </p>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-60002724720030917462023-02-04T15:31:00.004-05:002023-02-04T15:32:21.486-05:00Why the city?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"The city is the place where women had choices open up for them that were unheard of in small towns. and rural communities. Opportunities for work. Breaking free of parochial gender norms. Avoiding heterosexual marriage and motherhood. Pursuing non-traditional careers and public office. Expressing unique identities. Taking up social and political causes. Developing new kinship networks and foregrounding friendship. Participating in arts, culture, and media. All of these options are so much more available to women in cities." </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">--Leslie Kern</span></p></div>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-38386028591106869242023-01-23T15:28:00.005-05:002023-01-23T15:35:11.289-05:00Glorias Fuertes, things and two poems translated<p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I'm teaching a class about the agency/power of everyday things and objects (of the Spanish-speaking world). We are starting with some poems by <a href="https://www.actualidadliteratura.com/en/gloria-fuertes-poemas/" target="_blank"><b>Gloria Fuertes</b></a> and Pablo Neruda. I could not find translations to Fuertes's poems, so I translated them in case anyone in this cyber space is interested: </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="text-decoration-line: underline;">Things, Our Things [Las cosas, nuestras cosas]</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Things, our things,</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">they like to be loved;</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">my table likes me to rest my elbows,</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">the chair likes me to sit in the chair,</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">the door likes me to open and close it</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">just as wine likes me to buy it and drink it,</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">my pencil falls apart if I pick it up and write,</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">my closet trembles if I open it and peek in,</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">the sheets are sheets when I lie on them</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">and the bed complains when I get up.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">What will become of things when there are no more people?</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Like dogs, things don't exist without their owner.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">----------</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><u>The Typewriters [Las máquinas]</u></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The dreary office</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">humanized itself at night</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">there was a light typing sound.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The typewriters were writing</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">--to one another--</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">love letters.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-54686630276944988362023-01-11T11:06:00.000-05:002023-09-11T11:07:57.605-04:00sleds instead of cars<p>a sustainable form of urban transportation ; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">first two photos taken with iphone, last with Pentax 35mm MZ-5</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-86130844887222631822023-01-03T12:54:00.029-05:002023-01-04T01:02:13.272-05:00Welcome to the United Corporate Tricks of 99% of America: 21st Century Guide to Customer Service for Newcomers in the Unites States<h4 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I’ve become increasingly frustrated with the corrupt round-abouts and dead-ends provided by the customer service and medical industry in the US. Statistics over the last 3 decades show how the private outsourcing and automation of almost everything has played a large role in funneling money from the lower and middle classes up to the ultra wealthy (see Harvey, W. Brown, Graeber, one can google to see the high percentage of errors in medical bills). Increasingly, I have to spend hours of my Fridays waiting, getting angry, fighting billing mistakes.</span></h4><h4 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></h4><h4 style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Given the field I work in, I have gotten to know hundreds of people who live short or long-term in the US and I have learned that, upon arrival, they are not warned or versed in the trickery of American customer service. Imagine coming to a foreign country and having to defend yourself from this automated aggression! And in a foreign language! So, today I finally sat down and wrote some tips that I had in my head that maybe could help someone </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">navigate this deliberately unjust and kafka-esque customer service system. Can you give me any feedback on this? Could this be useful or is it trivial stuff that could be googled? Anything you would add? </span></h4><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p>1- an alive human being at customer service is called an "agent" or "representative." </p><p>2 - often you don't need to waste time listening to the automated phone tree. You can simply dial zero (0) to speak with an agent/representative.</p><p>3 - if the agent/representative doesn't know, don't waste your time, you have the right to ask "can I speak/chat with your supervisor?" Often that will solve the problem. </p><p>4 - if you can't pay your medical bill, call the local hospital/clinic to ask if there is a solution to reduce the payment or to pay over a long period of time. Very often there is. If that doesn't work, call your health insurance company, but be prepared to wait on the line for a long time. See #2 above.</p><p>5 - never pay full price for something sold at at a regional or national company/franchise. This is too vast to explain right now, but there are infinite ways to save a percentages here and there. For example, see Rakuten, credit card cash back, and store "point" cards. Also, most companies will offer 20-25% off on your first purchase or when you sign up for a store card with them. (Warning: getting involved in acquiring discounts and cards here and there makes paying bills much more complex, there's a higher chance you could make a mistake and end up with a late fee.)</p><p>6- if you get a late fee, and you have a good record of paying on time (e.g., credit cards), call the company and explain the mistake. They will usually offer a "one time courtesy credit." In other words, they will often remove the late fee.</p><p>7 - if you're fighting a billing mistake, ask for the name of the person with whom you are speaking. They won't give you their full or real name, but they will usually give you a first name or their work ID number. Document this along with the day/time you spoke with them and what they told you. You may need this information later and, the more specific it is, the more convincing it will be. </p><p>8- at regional and national companies, do not believe discounts, free things, memberships, or fee that are presented clearly before you. They are presented with exciting hype and they promise to save you money, but that is often not the case. These are often tricks and I've seen them become more complex and sneaky over the years. For example: Costco's membership fees, Xfinity/Comcast's bundle packages, cellphone deals, and car dealerships. Ask lots of questions, even if the agent/representative gets aggressive (don't be scared, aggression is not usually a problem, usually the agent/representative hates the company as much as you do). </p><p>9- if you sign up for some kind of membership, carefully read the fine print. Usually you will automatically be billed for the following period without any warning. </p><p>10- be very careful signing papers at the doctor's office/clinic/hospital. Read the fine print. Often they will ask you to sign papers that entail sending your address to a third party and that third party will send you a surprise bill. </p><p>11- if you cannot solve your problem with a business with the tips above, 4 other recourses come to mind:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><span> a. if you paid with a credit card -- mark the charge as "fraud" with your credit company. Call the credit card company and explain. They will ask you to reach out to the company. Tell them you already did and they may be willing to try to speak with the company on your and their behalf.</span></p><p><span> b. I have never used it, but there is a non-profit service called the <a href="https://www.bbb.org/">Better Business Bureau</a>. You have the right to file an official complaint here for free. Supposedly, many have found a fair response this way.</span></p><p><span><span> </span>c. for smaller businesses, you may receive a helpful response from the company by leaving a negative Google review. (However, most of these problems are not caused by small businesses.)</span></p><p><span><span> </span>d. if you have money, you can hire a lawyer. </span></p></blockquote><p><br /></p>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-48970841822814818122022-11-30T14:00:00.022-05:002023-01-03T13:35:05.716-05:00Los Espookys <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0sZxG9F8exAaN-PIc8D4MSCualDx7pqXK8UUvisYBsPdVwakaeA-WHUPJ2T1afWqzaPUCPSyiDlSZe4bPBo46rlwTtoQXUBINHJj-Gz3uPjkxJLbEm_9b-DHkwVUHGkgYMoydRCMFvtWHl_2hgOwgenLReZJch8W-O7ryBHd8tnQ2L_qYNg/s2000/los-espookys1-2000.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0sZxG9F8exAaN-PIc8D4MSCualDx7pqXK8UUvisYBsPdVwakaeA-WHUPJ2T1afWqzaPUCPSyiDlSZe4bPBo46rlwTtoQXUBINHJj-Gz3uPjkxJLbEm_9b-DHkwVUHGkgYMoydRCMFvtWHl_2hgOwgenLReZJch8W-O7ryBHd8tnQ2L_qYNg/s320/los-espookys1-2000.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I can really relate to Tati. My favorite line by her is (something along the lines of): </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">"I'm in the past, present, and future, that's why I act weird."</b></div><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Other things I like about </span><i>Los Espookys</i></div></span><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">- very clever smashing together of Spanish/English/Spanglish</div></span><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">- unproblematic smashing together of youth and adulthood</div></span><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">- humorous critique of the bourgeoisie, American imperialism, material excess, (white) elitism of both the US and Latin America</div></span><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">- unproblematic gender bender </div></span><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">- rare pan-US Latinx/Latin American collaboration </div></span><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">- deadpan/dry/cheesy humor</div></span><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span>- </span><i>esperpento</i><span>: silly exaggeration of situations reflects real-life stupidity </span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">- humorous pastiche aesthetics (surrealism, kitsch, B films, 1980s, 1990s, and probably other styles)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">- Tati's out-of-place clothing (1990s US teen suburbia) </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">- all of this being made accessible to a huge public (HBO Max)!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Thank you Ana Fabrega and Julio Torres!</span></div><div><div><p><br /></p></div></div>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-84598946053976049362022-04-12T13:51:00.015-04:002023-01-22T18:54:51.268-05:00CDs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tRtcwd5xSb8" width="320" youtube-src-id="tRtcwd5xSb8"></iframe></div>
When I left New Zealand in 2012, I gave my CD player to one of my students. It was a bright red portable one. Since then, I really haven’t listened to music other than the random songs that come out of Spotify/Pandora when I go to the gym, almost never. During the pandemic I realized how inconvenient and complicated it has become to watch TV or to listen to the radio or a music album. Yesterday I received an Air Mail package (yippee!) from Escorial street in Barcelona. It was 8 colorful CDs from 3 different contemporary Catalan musicians #manel, #antoniafont, #amicsdelarts, and I realized the extent that streaming digital music misses out on the full album experience. Streaming music is like only looking at a tiny fragment of a painting or reading just one page of a book. … No more plastic that gets broken. No more wifi glitches or commercial interruptions! The CDs came in a little matte colorful hand-size books with playful art work, and inside of that there’s a smaller book with more artwork and the song lyrics. The songs are related to designs and textures. Tactile poems (a tactile experience) and visual work. Is it nostalgia or just a more expansive experience? Probably both!
megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-5744382107499527592020-09-08T15:25:00.006-04:002022-06-13T18:54:49.653-04:00tiny messymates <p> "I love the fact that human genomes can be found in only about 10 percent of all the cells that occupy the mundane space I call my body; the other 90 percent of the cells are filled with the genomes of bacteria, fungi, protists, and such, some of which play in a symphony necessary to my being alive at all … I am vastly outnumbered by my tiny companions; better put, I become an adult human being in company with these tiny messmates. To be one is always to become with many."</p><p>-Donna Haraway, <i>When Species Meet</i></p>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-13618241841544193302020-07-30T11:33:00.006-04:002022-06-13T18:55:02.202-04:00In Place/Out of Place<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;">"...the word place turns up in common phrases such as "<b>a place for everything and everything in its place</b>" or "<b>know your place</b>" or "<b>she was put in her place</b>." In these expressions the word place clearly refers to something more than a spatial referent. Implied in these terms is a sense of the proper. Something or someone belongs in one place and not in another. What one's place is, is clearly related to one's relation to others. In a business it is not the secretary's place to sit at the boss's desk, or the janitor's place to look through the secretary's desk. There is nothing logical about such observations; neither are they necessarily rules or laws. Rather they are expectations about behavior that relate a position in a social structure to actions in space. In this sense "place" combines the spatial with the social — it is "social space." Insofar as these expectations serve the interests of those at the top of social hierarchies, they can be described as ideological.<span class="s1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>The example of the business can be extended to society as a whole. Just as the business has a social hierarchy, society has levels of power and influence related to class, gender, race, sexuality, age, and a host of other variables. Similarly, the building in which the business is located has spatial divisions, and the world outside is divided up into segments—houses, streets, public places, libraries, shops, and so on. Just as in the business, there are expectations about behavior in these places that are related to positions in the social structure. Many of these expectations are written into law. Most, however, remain unstated and taken for granted."</p>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-25402602221042317942020-07-02T01:13:00.003-04:002023-01-22T18:58:40.401-05:00konstructor by lomography<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> quarantine fun!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BTnTIoLPPno" width="379" youtube-src-id="BTnTIoLPPno"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-57370447501758717682020-03-17T21:12:00.000-04:002020-03-17T21:12:06.247-04:00something between coronavirus and degrowth?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Miguel Brievamegan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-58050111669181025962019-08-04T15:34:00.013-04:002022-06-20T14:25:17.984-04:00Komagome with 1980s Olympux XA with Kodak 400TX B+W 35mm film[you can click to see larger]
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color: #4e5051; font-family: Gautami, serif; font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(78, 80, 81); color: #4e5051; font-family: Gautami, serif; font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(78, 80, 81); color: #4e5051; font-family: Gautami, serif; font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(78, 80, 81); color: #4e5051; font-family: Gautami, serif; font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(78, 80, 81); color: #4e5051; font-family: Gautami, serif; font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(78, 80, 81); color: #4e5051; font-family: Gautami, serif; font-size: 20px;">In these digital pics I tried to capture the sublime feeling of an ineffable otherworldly day at Hosokawa sensei and Takami san’s house, two hours southwest of Tokyo. I didn’t have a tripod, so I used any flat surface I could find.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(78, 80, 81); color: #4e5051; font-family: Gautami, serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">(Unfortunately, I couldn’t capture the fragrant smells: after-rain pine, cedar, tatami (straw), raw wood and some kind of sweet grass.)</p><p style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(78, 80, 81); color: #4e5051; font-family: Gautami, serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">Hosokawa sensei and Takami san helped design their house–the most sublime and original house I’ve ever been in–I call it the “ki no ie” (tree house). The design is simple, light, and vertical. It consists of 4 raw wood floors with two hollow square centers, like wood lofts on top of one another, each floor and each room are visibly connected to the others. There are NO interior walls between the rooms or floors! (A little bit as if an American backyard deck was in the shape of the number 8 and was replicated and stacked on top of one another, but more solid). </p><p style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(78, 80, 81); color: #4e5051; font-family: Gautami, serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">Then there was the generous vegetarian meal they made for us. Most of the ingredients (bamboo shoots, mushrooms, “amasake” = a hot sweet rice drink) came from their garden or the nearby mountains, and, of course, so beautifully presented.</p><p style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(78, 80, 81); color: #4e5051; font-family: Gautami, serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">Then there was the study or seminar space as one of Hosokawa sensei’s retirement projects. (This will be a dream for many professors.) He created the “seminar no ie” (seminar house) an independent retreat space for linguistics/pedagogy grad students to come and study and hold seminars or “tertulias”! Again, the same warm bright wood, tatami architecture, and fresh wood smell.</p><p style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(78, 80, 81); color: #4e5051; font-family: Gautami, serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">The overcast weather saturated the color and made everything rich and quiet like a novel.</p><p style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(78, 80, 81); color: #4e5051; font-family: Gautami, serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">If that wasn’t enough!… another retirement project (and another professorial dream): with their students and artist friend, Ryu Motosugi, they built a cafe gallery,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fchemindubonheurhokuto%2F%3F__tn__%3DK-R%26eid%3DARB9fuVqK_4Ka6y0Nr1Ru9wuKL2ymsrPxFE-73z7a75HtnF87kstCBk6sJ0wDLO0UhfdpwA3FuAI7ti6%26fref%3Dmentions%26__xts__%255B0%255D%3D68.ARBMkfGcEjgVfBq1hKRJgq3K0UUmb9PMuLmQU8l8bGYYNeL8eNtsFpdl0NdPZYJzIsX5cIfWBKpam-gRPhTKk-o1ftpMAAKaxzu-Hg9_mUnGC5FjtdsvRt2rmrctGkgDcEyi9GzkrnunneLbA25UzxU8NUG4gZL45Dsf3-nQhPeXR-TGeIIYvqRjTZ0MK0lZ0HD6galI924YtECI8fbmld3oHNWRdY0u_WlLs03ReYionjuSugfj3rpKQAm8t_1j_TRntFtWEGmsDwCdKMF7xyE92_c&t=YWM4ZWM2YTU4NDkyZTJjYzBkYTlmYTY2ZDU5YTc2NmZhYWFhMTFiMixYbnB6cWhzWg%3D%3D&b=t%3Aqtt-dV4-pDTtscps4mlrIw&p=https%3A%2F%2Fmegansaltz.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F185592189341%2Fin-these-digital-pics-i-tried-to-capture-the&m=0&ts=1655148523" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">シュマン・デュ・ボヌール(chemin du bonheur)</a>!</p><p style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(78, 80, 81); color: #4e5051; font-family: Gautami, serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">Lastly, gentle company and conversation amongst 5 people who didn’t share a common language but who spent their lives studying how to communicate with those whom we don’t share a common language!</p><p style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(78, 80, 81); color: #4e5051; font-family: Gautami, serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">Here’s to creativity and kindness! ありがとうございます!</p>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comYamanashi, Japan35.6933453 138.68731687.3831114638211517 103.53106679999999 64.003579136178843 173.8435668tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-91115399812768906482019-06-01T22:20:00.004-04:002019-07-25T22:33:02.497-04:00Shibusashirazu Orchestra at the Pit Inn, Shinjuku<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Last night I saw what was maybe the most exciting performance I've ever seen. I don't have the music vocabulary to describe it, and from what I've read online, their whole concept is to be undescribable (their name, Shibusashirazu Orchestra, translates to "Don't Be Cool Orchestra"). those who know me know I'm all about "heterogeneity" and flexibility and that's what this group performed. for 2 hours they fused and improvised jazz, 1950s exotica, psychedelic, rock, ska, klezmer, other sounds I had never heard before, and whatever visually inspired all that. i kept thinking of the D+G's idea of exploiting the medium to see what experiences it can create. that's what they did. it was loud. instruments made sounds that I didn't know they could make. and to add to that, my hearing aids, which always distort sound and differently in each ear, fit the situation well (but were triggered in ways they weren't programmed to deal with, the right one was capturing high frequencies as loud squeals, I had to remove it, so what I describes only comes from my left ear). when the big instruments rested, i could hear the xylophone, like turquoise water, it was really nice. the bananas reminded me of Dalí's baguettes. 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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-45895919632067752312019-01-08T17:38:00.000-05:002019-02-22T08:02:40.052-05:00bombas y tijeraseste artículo es alucinante, en texto e imágenes.<br />
un triple proceso de recopilar la casas, la vida y las imágenes fragmentadas por el tiempo y el humano.<br />
el bombardeo --> el montage --> un artículo de CTXT<br />
cemento/bombas, papel/tijeras, ojos/pantalla<br />
por nuestro colega Sebastiaan Faber<br />
muy util para lxs que enseñan cultura visual/historia material en español<br />
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<a href="https://ctxt.es/es/20190102/Culturas/23579/guerra-civil-kati-horna-calle-de-la-ruda-fotograf%C3%ADa-sebastiaan-faber.htm?fbclid=IwAR1ypSkJgSML9oAaN852AtZ_3s7tn_Ih2mniEYEnSkEGDoqcdNUMZETsnKo" style="font-family: inherit;">La extraña vida póstuma de un inmueble madrileño y otras historias de la Guerra Civil</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">[. . . ] "la escucha tiene que ver con cierta decisión casi inicial del 15M de no buscar representantes y apostar por la igualdad. Desde esa decisión se presupone que todo el mundo tiene algo que aportar o que decir. Y no son malas condiciones para escucharse. Si hay alguien que encarna la autoridad, pues se escucha a esa figura y punto, si es que se escucha a alguien. Pero si estás en un movimiento más plural, en el que la autoridad no es claro dónde está, entonces la palabra de cualquiera cobra valor. Lo que importa no es que el otro diga la verdad, lo más justo o que esté en la vía revolucionaria verdadera. Lo que importa es escuchar porque eso favorece la emancipación política del otro. Favorece una palabra inesperada del otro, una palabra que puede hacer que recoloques tus esquemas sobre lo que son las cosas. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Amador: Recuerdo que a veces alguien que hablaba en asamblea se ponía nervioso y los que estaban escuchando agitaban las manos para alentar con ese gesto a que esa persona continuara. Y es que esa persona que titubeaba estaba intentando encontrar sus propias palabras. Pero recuerdo también cómo los brazos se levantaban en aspas como muestra de rechazo cuando se notaba mucho que alguien se traía un discurso ya cocinado de casa, sin escucha de lo que pasaba en la plaza.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.12px;">One thing that strikes me when I watch the videos is that they were recorded BEFORE the smartphone invasion, and I wonder if that attributes to a more relaxed and focused atmosphere. </span></span><br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-56736809002861638622017-10-15T10:00:00.003-04:002017-10-17T13:10:03.862-04:00Keith Wallace<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLawGakRqguT1Deh3Nx6OSqOMeEoiJ_ICYDo7e2nIwDbAr5eC6iRb9r6T9NUAlhow0kJlGVvVt4DllDsWZBfH1zNweRB1DuQfV3zn41CLEQgsnQ349eaXtP06FzT7NbPbn5ET/s1600/DSCF0980+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLawGakRqguT1Deh3Nx6OSqOMeEoiJ_ICYDo7e2nIwDbAr5eC6iRb9r6T9NUAlhow0kJlGVvVt4DllDsWZBfH1zNweRB1DuQfV3zn41CLEQgsnQ349eaXtP06FzT7NbPbn5ET/s400/DSCF0980+copy.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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last night there was an extra powerful performance at MASS MoCA, and I wished all my apolitical, center, and Republican friends could have seen it, I couldn't stop thinking of them. artist Keith Wallace presented a one-man performance about growing up in North Philadelphia, a predominantly African American an Puerto Rican area, where the public schools are some of the most under-funded in the US (makes me extremely angry) and a high percentage live under the poverty line. Keith recreated the block parties, basketball culture, his family... the main theme was the high percentage of African Americans murdered by police. ..those of us on the left already know this, we know about Black Lives Matter, and i think "murder" or "death" is the concept that sticks in our heads, maybe also "abuse of power" and "inaction" or "apathy". but what I took from the performance and the discussion afterwards was something less discussed -- the everyday fear and accumulated trauma for African Americans when they step outside of their homes, and when a cop drives by, and when a cop walks by. having to walk on eggshells at every moment to ensure they have their driver's license on them, that their phone is charged; that their driving and car plate/registration/tags/lights are perfect. if you get pulled over to make sure you try to pull over in an area where there are witnesses and street lights. -- And I think of the sloppy way I live. (my car registration and tags expired two months ago.) I kept thinking about my apolitical, center, and Republican acquaintances who either don't know "how power works", or don't care. I kept thinking of this repressive macho culture in the US that I've always tried to get far away from, that culture that normalizes aggressive behavior and guns and competition, where the biggest, the strongest, the fastest, the richest, the least sentimental, the least sympathetic are valued. Anyway, towards the end of the performance, the stage was black and silent, the protagonist was pulled over for an unknown reason, and when he reached for his cellphone, he was shot in the head.<br />
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- our feeling depressed, etc., doesn't help. take action. - (esp. for us academics) intellectualize less, act more.<br />
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- fund public education and educate yourself on the issues - this is uncomfortable for some white people, we just have to deal with it, it's not as uncomfortable for us as it is for others who have to live with this every time they step out of their house<br />
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- the fact that white people don't have to deal with the concept of "race" on a daily basis is an example of "white privilege" (a racist privilege)<br />
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- the helpless/not-knowing-what-to-do-feeling is false. action has never been easier to take. all we have to do is google and we can find organizations in our areas that are mobilizing against violence and discrimination.<br />
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- poor folks are often held in jail for minor non-violent crimes because they can't afford bail. there is an organization: <a href="https://nomoremoneybail.org/">https://nomoremoneybail.org</a>/ that lends bail money.<br />
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- find a way to reach out to disadvantaged youth who are being trashed by our economic and public school system (this is hard to do, but, again, google)<br />
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1. thinking again of the apolitical, center, and Republican people i know... i imagine people living in the suburbs/rural areas may think this is all abstract, or movie-like, as i used to, some may not see the problems in their backyard and conclude that this is all baloney. but actually there are local connections. local politicians and representatives in every area hold public meetings and vote on issues that either worsen or improve these problems.<br />
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2. the months after little t won the election, i kept thinking that the solution lies in having conversation with apolitical, center, and Republican people. it hasn't worked. i thought i'd be having debates online, at the grocery store, with neighbors, and in the classroom. it hasn't happened. i haven't seen any public debate at all, not even on college campuses where debates used to be common. maybe it's impossible in a country that's dominated by social media isolation, screens, false information, poor K-12 schooling, and a president who has made so many racist comments we've lost track. so I'm thinking now that if everyone empathetic could just take a tiny action that would be good enough to start rocking the boat. that's all!megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-14657977117136354012017-07-19T19:06:00.002-04:002017-10-09T18:12:24.910-04:00Beds in the Plazas<div style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.24px;">
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.24px;">Recap in English-- Barcelona has been experiencing a housing crisis for the last 2 decades, it's gotten much worse since the economic crisis (2008ish) because many have returned to investing in mass tourism as a way to boost profit, but the only ones increasing their earnings are the ones who were economically fine to begin with. Part of this mass tourism industry is turning flats over to short-term foreign residents and tourists who will pay 2-4 times as much for a room or apartment. As a result, it has become near impossible for a local to continue living in Barcelona, where they grew up/where they work/where they pay taxes to their city. Many of these flats/apartments on airbnb are illegal and the grassroots mayor, Ada Colau, is trying to regulate this so locals can find housing (and avoid a Manhattan or San Francisco type of situation where only the wealthy get their way). Today they've started a creative campaign to raise awareness about this problem. They put beds in the plazas (public everyday space!) with a multilingual sign that explains the problem.</span></div>
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This is the #1 sneakiest don't-lay-here urban furniture I've ever seen. Very clever... These are the brand new benches behind the Boqueria market. With their creative human-body shape, they look fun and welcoming, and will be so for some people. But upon closer examination, they prevent anyone tired, non-conforming, or down-on-their-luck from laying down to rest. The metallic benches have a discreet vertical armrest between them, and the white ledges are slightly slanted both horizontally and also in the seat! So, if you were to try to lay down, you would roll off!<br />
Bring a thick cushion!<br />
PS- this was [part 1] <a href="http://megansaltzman.blogspot.com.es/%E2%80%A6/08/dont-sit-here.html">http://megansaltzman.blogspot.com.es/…/08/dont-sit-here.html</a>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-69548959129925305562017-06-21T19:19:00.004-04:002017-06-24T08:35:32.145-04:00gender + Spanish-language literature <div class="p1">
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I’ve been studying about cultural phenomena in Barcelona for almost half my life and in the last years it’s become more and more obvious and bothersome to me that the ideas and images I have about the city (and much more--about myself, others…) come from a male perspective, from authors, artists, etc. "La ciudad de los arquitectos" is actually the city of male architects. For a city that is abundantly documented (in painting, literature, film…), very few women have documented it.<br />
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Anyway, today I returned to La Central bookstore on C/ Mallorca. La Central is, I'd say, Cataluña's most important regional bookstore. It’s known to have a wide selection of books and it's a place that involves the surrounding literary community.<br />
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I go to the long table of Literatura Contemporánea Española y Latinoamericana. Their selection in this category is not exhaustiva, but it's good, they generally carry what you're looking for. The last couple years I noticed that the display area in this section is very masculine. Today I was extra bothered by it and so I decided to count to see if I was just imagining things or if my annoying feeling was justified. (When it comes to equality issues there’s always the unfortunate logic that credibility depends on quantitive evidence.)<br />
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<b>Hypothesis</b>: The majority of the books on display were written by males.<br />
<b>Pop-up methodology</b>: Count the books and assume typical sex and general first name association (i.e. Ignacio = male). Use google or the about-the-author pic for unfamiliar names (i.e. Harkaitz).<br />
<b>Results</b>:<br />
total books on display for Spanish and Latin American literature: 112<br />
male sounding names: 80 (71.4% of the books)<br />
female sounding names: 31 (27.7%)<br />
VVAA edited book with a variety of authors: 1 (doesn’t matter %)<br />
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For me what’s most troublesome is that, being relatively familiar with this bookstore and knowing some people who work there, I’m pretty sure that they did not deliberately, intentionally, decide to exclude women writers. Most likely they select the books that they think their patrons will find interesting. It’s not even a super capitalistic bookstore (La Central doesn't advertise, they offer free public events, and there's little pressure to buy--people go in there and sit for hours reading books without buying them). My guess is that they and most customers don't notice the gender imbalance (I don't have any numerical evidence!). So there’s this element of naturalness, randomness, just is-ness within a "progressive" intellectual venue where one wouldn't expect to see such male domination. Which means, at least, that the origins of this are really deep and buried.<br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-26205826234315126122017-06-17T15:12:00.000-04:002017-06-17T17:09:52.506-04:00#femPlaça 16 julio 2017 Plaça Santa Maria<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">¡Muchísimas gracias a los organizadores, los participantes, los vecinos y los transeúntes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a lot more is going on here. for more info, I wrote about this more formally here: in <a href="https://www.academia.edu/27687870/Post-15M_Grassroots_Interventions_in_and_for_Public_Space_Resurgence_in_Everyday_Forms_of_Control_and_Resistance">english</a>, in <a href="https://www.academia.edu/8515563/Las_formas_de_control_y_la_cotidianeidad_en_la_ciudad_global_femPla%C3%A7a_una_intervenci%C3%B3n_para_reclamar_el_uso_abierto_del_espacio_p%C3%BAblico">spanish</a>.</span><br />
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-72270033108685378182017-02-09T12:40:00.000-05:002017-02-10T12:40:23.305-05:00Undoing the Demos -- Conversación virtual -- 21 de feb.Queridxs colegas!<br />
¿Os interesa leer el primer capítulo de <i>Undoing the Demos</i> de Wendy Brown con el grupo virtual Cibola? Nos reuniremos via Second Life el martes 21 de febrero a las 9pm EST. Mandadme un mail y os paso los detalles, msaltzman@wcupa.edu .<br />
mmegan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-50268995790433395302017-01-15T13:05:00.001-05:002017-01-15T17:24:39.438-05:00La aventura de aprender // DIY desde Madrid<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><a href="http://laaventuradeaprender.educalab.es/guias">Estas guías</a></span> son una maravilla, sobre cómo podemos (tú, yo, nuestros estudiantes...) mejorar nuestros entornos. (En particular me parece que la guía de "hacer prototipos" nos puede servir a los académicos.) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Otras maneras de pensar y hacer las cosas. ¡Nos están esperando maneras más inclusivas! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ellis Schriefer, "<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/8vn6wh9c0wd4gm6/EllisSchrieferMLA.pdf?dl=0"><span style="color: #990000;">Catharsis, Collective Identity and the Creation of Public Space in Madrid: <i>Esta es una Plaza</i> and <i>El Campo de Cebada</i></span></a>." (ecs459@nyu.edu)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lena Tahmassian, "<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/0uzp6wgw2vvp5hz/MLA%20presentation%20Nazario.pdf?dl=0"><span style="color: #990000;">Nazario’s Plaza Real: The Porous Boundaries Between the Public and the Common</span></a>." (lenat@stanford.edu)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sally Perret, "<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/z8ezdihiccoo00z/Perret_MLA%20paper%20and%20ppt.pdf?dl=0"><span style="color: #990000;">Creative Spaces: Contemporary Artistic Responses to Neoliberal Capitalism in Seville</span></a>." (saperret@salisbury.edu)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Megan Saltzman, "</span><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/diy1u24eof4b4wr/MLA%20paper%202017%20Saltzman%20cleaned%20up%20thursday.pdf?dl=0"><span style="color: #990000;">Post-<i>15M Colectivos Autogestionados </i>for Inclusive Spaces: <i>#FemPlaça, Germanetes, </i>and<i> Pla Buits</i></span></a><span style="color: #444444;">." (msaltzman@wcupa.edu)</span></span></span></span><br />
<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-44274625587294922212016-12-12T12:28:00.001-05:002016-12-12T12:29:16.346-05:00let's think of alternatives<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-7663832208894647382016-12-09T12:42:00.004-05:002016-12-11T20:34:18.240-05:00<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">something I haven't thought of before</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">biopolitics and the space of the neoliberal airplane</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(*biopolitics = dominators' control over our bodies, usually discreet)</span><br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-88901589726535879362016-12-09T12:39:00.001-05:002019-11-11T10:37:31.492-05:00Ozu, the mundane and simple<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">for those feeling down these days, you may like to rest your mind on these mundane mise-en-scenes from Yasujiro Ozu's films. (you can click on them to see them larger.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">his last one is from <i>Tokyo Story. </i>Here Setsuko Hara ("Noriko") serves tea to her in-laws who have come for a visit.</span>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-85963409412188835222016-10-11T23:05:00.002-04:002016-10-11T23:06:42.576-04:00Mapeo Colectivo / Collective Mapping - Urban Exploration The <i>Manual de Mapeo Colectivo</i> by the Argentine urban exploration collective Iconoclasistas has been translated to English. The entire book is available online for free here:<br />
<a href="https://issuu.com/iconoclasistas/docs/manual_mapping_ingles">issuu.com/iconoclasistas/docs/manual_mapping_ingles</a> .megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-57943546823981738142016-05-29T06:28:00.001-04:002022-06-13T18:56:13.965-04:00inspiring couple hours with Ada Colau<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">an exciting day yesterday at <i>Barcelona en Comú</i>'s one year anniversary event at Estació Nord's park -- </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(instant notes) <i> "Mes transparent, mes colaboratiu, mes humild... Recuperar les institucions per a la gent... Traballar per a una ciutat refugi... La influencia europea de Barcelona... Tenim molt camini... Hem sentit que tenim força social...Fer mes pera que la ciutadá sea protagonisme...tothom nosaltres tenim molta responsabilitat..."</i> Afterwards, Q+A sessions. Questions/complaints related to: prostitution, airbnb pisos turísticos, fines for having posted something in public, cafe chairs taking over sidewalks...). Afterwards, 2-3 hours of big paella in the parque for which Colau sat with others and her 5 y/o old son. Not so many people present, maybe ~200, no security (!!!!, imagine if this were in the US), very low-key, some media was there, including independent film directors Cecilia Barriga (making documentary about female politicians) and Pau Faus (just released documentary on Ada Colau). </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">o</span></span></span>verall, Colau was extremely accessible, humble, energetic, "horizontal", and empathetic in words and actions. (A <span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">small<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">-</span>scale political </span>model for <span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">t</span>he US.) I commend Colau for, among many other things, showing her vulnerable feelings (she was genuinely nervous, happy, friendly). Though usually excluded, these too are part of our politics. (I wanted to tell her about her influence in the US, but I imagined she was exhausted with such a long event and so many people coming up to hug/kiss/speak to her. So I just made eye contact and said, <i>"¡gracias, Ada!"</i> And she responded, <i>"¡nos vemos!" ; )</i></span></span><br />
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1) last night was "nit de museus", "night of museums", where approximately all 60 of barcelona's museums were free and open till 1 in the morning (!!). loooong lines all over the city. i feel awkward in museums, but my housemate wanted to see the catalan modernism museum, so i went along with him. inside the museum the motif of nature/organicity was prominent in the paintings, posters, sculptures, and furniture pieces created BY and FOR the affluent 19th century burguesía catalana. (below, a photo of a snail handle on a closet that i identified with.) <br />
2) more accessible and less visual, our colleague iñaki prádanos has been sharing ideas on today´s society/culture/economy in relation to ecology. i read his recent research piece “Degrowth and Ecological Economics” and contains some useful ideas and practical PROPOSALS (that students, politicians, voters, educators, big business people could use) to improve the quality and health of our communities at a time when our current economic/political system can no longer IGNORE the ecological/economic catastrophes that it is rapidly creating (as if the planet’s resources were infinite). our leaders' depletion of our natural resources is closely related to you and me, if not at the core of the problems we study (unemployment, poverty, immigration, mental well-being, education, history, sexism, crime, healthy food, discrimination...etc.). <br />
“The economic system is nothing but a subsystem embedded in, and dependent on, the system of the biosphere. […] An economic system based on constant economic growth, global massive urban development, and an ever faster production and consumption of commodities is undesirable, destructive, unendurable, and unrealistic.” (p.147)<br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-81456237288357193172016-04-07T11:07:00.000-04:002016-04-07T11:46:16.126-04:00dibujos infantiles, guerra civil española<a href="http://www.yorokobu.es/dibujos-ninos-de-la-guerra-civil/">http://www.yorokobu.es/dibujos-ninos-de-la-guerra-civil</a><br />
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y preguntas pedagógicas desde la página de la Brigada Abraham Lincoln: <a href="http://resources.alba-valb.org/lesson-plan-pictorial-narratives-from-children-in-war/#.VwaAQD_jJW0">http://resources.alba-valb.org/lesson-plan-pictorial-narratives-from-children-in-war/#.VwaAQD_jJW0 </a> <br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-74926679605766764792016-02-21T14:03:00.002-05:002016-02-21T14:11:41.787-05:00fotografia España global recursoFor humans teaching Spanish language +/o culture: here's the start of an
experimental activity on photography if you'd like to use it. This could
go in many different directions... and is not a comprehensive list. <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7ce53ebf-0536-9685-383d-b99583702203" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>[Joan Colom, 1960, Barri Xino, Barcelona]</i></span></span></span> megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-9843269718773443502016-01-10T22:44:00.001-05:002016-01-11T17:20:23.858-05:00next virtual reality discussion: Lefebvre's RhythmanalysisTo those interested in theory related to urban space:<br /> On Thurs. Jan
21 at 7pm Eastern US time we will discuss Henri Lefebvre's
"Rhythmanalysis." This is a neat text on the rhythms, repetitions, and
quiet hummings of our everyday contemporary urban life (maybe like
street noise, store hours, traffic lights, doors opening/closing...).
Unlike his other technical work on space, this text seems to be more
focused on poetic types of temporalities in space. And since it's
Lefebvre, <span class="text_exposed_show">I predict that the text will
discern the capitalistic-political-philosophical life embedded in these
rhythms. (I haven't read it yet.) <br /> Like before, we'll be talking
over a "virtual reality" platform (Second Life) which has its pros and
cons (a con being that it can take a while to set up, so if you plan to
join us, please give yourself time).<br /> We usually talk in Spanglish/English/Spanish. Don't be shy, we are friendly!<br /> If you need the text (I have it in English and Spanish), or help with set up, feel free to email me.<br /> Basic instructions: <br /> 1. Download and install Firestorm: <br /> <a href="http://www.firestormviewer.org/downloads/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.firestormviewer.org/downloads/</a><br /> 2. Go to this URL address: (<a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmaps.secondlife.com%2Fsecondlife%2Fcibola%2F26%2F180%2F28&h=GAQEjFB8rAQEdtkyaL_1vaMYJ10MYH6AtRFLV4jhmZeHYaw&enc=AZONUM5iwenQgoxCheAVM4Yq2GzwJGdhZCWDl57gVYwilJic8vA06s5RyPybFTRcQX43rR0RmmiAP-ZQU502Ew3Xovhef8e8Fk2rbePoY8vC8Sz7hfLXF3fbw_iTVlRHmRaysLg-oZpRaPFoZ-Wy1vl8Afc74RoqkZY3N0Kdmjmn2IxtHfzuN7ESvVz6JM6SGfc&s=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/cibola/26/180/28</a>). <br /> (If it's your first time, somewhere in that process, in Second Life, you have to create an avatar.)<br /> Thanks!</span>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-34965680484102087532015-12-21T11:27:00.001-05:002016-01-10T14:50:44.364-05:00articles post-elections in SpainA positive side to globalization.<br />
How often does a political party announce a victory speech in two languages, one being for a universal public?<br />
-- Communication that is knowledgeable of our global ties and unifies us in the struggle against social exclusion.<br />
Video clip:<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/videos/10153404082716939/">Spanish election: Podemos says results mean new political futu...</a><br />
"Democracy has to reach the economy, so that human rights, as well as dignity, are not violated... history is ours, and it's the people who make it."Pablo Iglesias, the leader of Spain's left wing Podemos party reacts to achieving a fifth of the vote in the country's elections - and denying the ruling party a majority.<br />
Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/">Channel 4 News</a> on Monday, December 21, 2015</blockquote>
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If you're interested in what happened in the Spanish elections yesterday, here is a good summary in English: <a href="http://inthesetimes.com/article/18713/spain-2015-election-results-podemos-PSOE-PP-IU-Cs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://inthesetimes.com/…/spain-2015-election-results-podem…</a><br />
and the fine details of what happens next without a clear majority: <a href="http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/12/21/inenglish/1450684257_190223.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://elpais.com/…/…/12/21/inenglish/1450684257_190223.html</a><br />
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Similarly, browsing around for an article to use in class about (my hero) Ada Colau, I found her website--humble, activistic, and (again, unprecedented in Spanish politicas) in three languages: <a href="http://adacolau.cat/en/bio-completa">adacolau.cat/en/bio-completa</a> . </div>
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-71328412042887298062015-11-28T19:41:00.000-05:002015-12-28T19:43:32.865-05:00ペコリ = pekoliペコリ = pekoli = is onomatopoeia (a word created by its sound) for a deep bow of gratitude.<br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-64694148152801345012015-11-08T00:47:00.000-05:002015-11-15T13:10:15.072-05:00Medianeras 2from the lost Medianeras series, I just found this, I think it was around Travessera de Gràcia and C/ Ciudad Real (Barcelona)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Without thinking about it, he had made them discover this thing that he discovered with them: that all sentences, and consequently all the intelligences that produce them, are of the same nature." (Rancière, <i>The Ignorant Schoolmaster</i>) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">They ['cultur<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">es of anyone'] avoid creating divisions between those 'in the know' an<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">d <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">'those in the dark,' asserting that we all know something, nobody knows everything, and our <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">abilities</span> are developed better when we learn together than when we live in hierarchical relationships.<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> [. . . ]</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span>'cultures of anyone' as forms of cultural democratization<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> [. . . ] <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">opening the <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">construction</span> of knowledge and of values to participat<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ion</span> by anyone." <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(Moreno Caballud, <i>Cultures of Anyone</i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Led by Malcolm Compitello<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">,</span> I experienced an exciting <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">discussion format</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> last week w</span>ith <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">posthumans</span> across the U.S. via Second Life's virtual reality interface. As a <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">person</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> who relies on<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> technology</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">to hear and</span></span></span> who has always wished that meetings and conferences came with subtitles, this was <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">uplifting</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">--</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">it felt ve</span></span>ry inclusi<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ve<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and easy to partici<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">pate </span>(although I wouldn't suggest it as a replacement for face-to-fac<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">e!)</span></span>. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">P</span></span>articipants <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">were able to </span>speak and be heard over the compu<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ter</span>, <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">but, unlike a <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">vid<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">eo conference, we were</span></span> also<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span>were also able to type in a chat box<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(</span></span>and many did since there were some audio <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">problems)</span>. I<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">found <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">the chat box feature really helpful<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">;</span> I think it encouraged more <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">quiet</span> folks to participate</span>. </span></span></span></span>Also, the<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>hierarchy of the academic who's<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-</span>who, so common at conferences, <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">did not exist</span>. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I</span>n Second Life everyone chooses a username and an avatar (strangely limited to a male<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-</span>g</span>aze character, a punk rock singer, or a dragon). </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And w</span>ith a<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>semi<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-</span>anonymous <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">username<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and</span> a silly avatar, e</span></span></span></span>veryone <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">wa</span>s leveled </span>to the sa<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">me <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">2D </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">plane</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> so<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">cial</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> s</span></span></span>tatus was set aside. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Another plus</span></span>, due to the audio <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">difficulties</span> and unfamiliar set-up,</span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">those who spoke</span> made an effort to <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">speak</span> slowly<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Like the innovative<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> work th<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">at <a href="http://www.alcesxxi.org/home/">ALCES</a> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">is</span> doing a<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">nd other 'cultures of anyone</span>,' this Second Life <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">initiative</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> is truly open to the public, making an effort to poke holes in our academic bubbles. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ANYONE</span> with<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> an internet connection </span>can participate in Second Life. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">so now I receive little gifts like this one</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've been reading about the Japanese aesthetic philosophy of "wabi
sabi" and I can relate to it very much as a general way of life, I've found a
little validation for some of my thoughts that often make
me feel like the odd one out in this aggressive human ego competition
that seeks perfection and superiority over one's fellow human being.
I've always been fascinated with imperfection. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">For m<span class="text_exposed_show">e wabi sabi means resistance, kindness, difference, honesty. <br /> Wabi sabi is an appreciation for and recognition of the fleeting imperfections and dependency in and around us: </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Wabi sabi embodies the nihilistic cosmic view and seeks beauty in the
imperfection found in all things, in a constant state of flux, evolve
from nothing and devolve back to nothing. Within this perpetual movement
nature leaves arbitrary tracks for us to contemplate and it is these
random flaws and irregularities that offer a model for the modest and
humble. [. . . ] It embodies the melancholic appeal of the impermanence
of all things. [. . . ] Impermanence, humility, asymmetry, and
imperfect. These underlying principles are diametrically opposed to
those of their Western counterparts, whole values are rooted in a
Hellenic worldview that values permanence, grandeur, symmetry, and
perfection..." </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-A. Juniper</span></span></div>
megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-14600621000581008722015-09-11T20:03:00.000-04:002015-11-10T00:54:34.990-05:00a phase that lasts for a couple months in which the dead person could have the ability to listen and also nod "ok"Why
couldn’t there be a phase, for example, that lasts for a couple months during which a
dead person could have the ability to listen and also nod <i>“ok”</i>? Why
is it merely life to death? Response to no-response? That’s very extreme.
Wouldn’t it make more sense if there was a
transitional phase? That would
make the mourning, and natural existence, much easier for plants and
animals alike. …A, your beloved, is dead. You feel
tremendous loss and emptiness, more than you can imagine. Sometimes You
REALLY NEED to communicate this to A, to such an extent that you can
feel the NEED in every tingling nerve in your body. But, even if you were to
verbalize something, there’s no palpable way for A
to HEAR or be conscious of what you need to tell him/her. Isn’t that
awful?
<i>(Is this why men keep creating religions?)</i> Why would nature take such a cruel
binary form? On-off, life-death?megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-22068851421251710462015-08-08T10:50:00.000-04:002016-11-15T22:20:34.002-05:00ACLA seminar proposal: Nomadic Waste & Ecological Materiality in Neoliberal Space (Hispanic Studies)Neoliberalism, consumer society, sends mass populations and material resources on rapid, nomadic itineraries around the planet, creating extreme abundance and scarcity in places we usually cannot see. Many of us interact with these objectified subjects or objects for a short amount of time—consuming and discarding resources without a second thought of where they come from or where they go after we discard them. As a result of the global economic crisis and our virtual connectedness, we are witnessing an increase in individuals and collectives who are re-appropriating, redistributing, and re-signifying the uneven flows of materiality—whether it be food, housing, cultural materials, trash, or ecological resources. The motives behind these initiatives may be for personal survival or for collective politics; regardless—their actions counter the neoliberal “order of things” as they perforate neoliberal spatial controls and often provide resources or agency to subjects that have none or very little (J. Rancière). We can think, for instance, of the politics of gleaners (<i>chatarreros</i>) who rummage and recycle trash; informal or black-market economies (<i>piratería</i>, <i>top manta</i>…); artists and activists that create Do-It-Yourself or advocacy projects with discarded or ecological goods (<i>cartoneras</i>…); and cultural centers and NGOs that establish self-sustainable “commons” such as food banks, urban gardens, second-hand supplies, or community currencies. <br />
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Many of these activities are initiated in globally expanding and ecologically depleted cities. And they straddle the lines between legality and illegality, public and private, visibility and invisibility, and the urban/periphery/rural (D. Mitchell, A. Merrifield). Many of them are dynamically networked and function via independent collectives, international connections, and social media. Given the increasing interconnections and parallels amongst these phenomena, this seminar aims to bring together and put in dialogue initiatives from many Spanish and Spanglish related speaking localities as well as their coexisting non-dominant language communities.<br />
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Our seminar hopes to mediate between fiction and non-fiction and the humanities and the socio-natural sciences in order to discuss pressing political, ecological, ethical, spatial, and cultural questions regarding waste and ecological resources in neoliberal space. For instance:<br />
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<li> What does mapping the itineraries of discarded materials or their corresponding subjects reveal about neoliberal order and resistance, creativity, community, in/exclusion, political possibility? To what extent and for whom is resistance effective? What is needed to optimize these initiatives?</li>
<li><br />What forms of control (surveillance cameras, police, gentrification, economic capital, physical barriers…etc.) are these phenomena working with/against? And who specifically dominates these controls/barriers?</li>
<li><br />What types of engagements and results have emerged between autonomous initiatives and direct political protest? Between autonomous initiatives and government-corporate powers? </li>
<li><br />What do these material trajectories of use and non-use reveal about contentious temporalities?<br /> </li>
<li>What is or should be our role as researchers and educators within these urgent problems?</li>
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Plan: Early December participants will be asked to share one or two texts (of any type) that may be significant in thinking about and/or taking action in relation to these themes. The week before the conference we will share our written paper or work-in-progress by email. Finally, during the seminar days, we will meet 3 times across 2 or 3 days. During this time each presenter will present his/her ideas, images, and/or questions related to his/her research project.<br />
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New Materialism, Eco-systems, Action Research, Globalization; Border/Transnational Studies, Urban Studies, Mobility Studies, Object Oriented Ontology, Anthropocene, Hispanic Cultural Studies.<br />
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Resulting Program: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vj-41cg7bKX92ISaPRX3CwyOUYeylSDzRDmlf3_Qpz8/edit">docs.google.com/document/d/1vj-41cg7bKX92ISaPRX3CwyOUYeylSDzRDmlf3_Qpz8/edit </a><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">"</span>A saber lo que arrojan por las
ventanas a estas horas de la noche. Vecinos desesperados. En las redes
hay botelas de cava, recipientes de plástico, medias y calcetines,
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">(from J. Marsé's</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-style: italic;">, El amante biling</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><i style="font-style: italic;">ü</i></span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-style: italic;">e, </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">image M. Saltzman, 2006.)</span></div>
megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-7983837492871833032015-08-03T17:30:00.000-04:002015-08-12T12:18:47.024-04:00there are different ways of doing things // Working in U.S. vs EuropeHaving worked 3 years in New Zealand, I agree with most of this.<br />
Worth the read.<br />
<a href="http://www.vox.com/2015/7/21/8974435/switzerland-work-life-balance">http://www.vox.com/2015/7/21/8974435/switzerland-work-life-balance</a>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-54313894036305415582015-08-03T16:57:00.006-04:002015-08-11T20:07:25.772-04:00aaah calm everyday rhythms in Tokyo, .gifs<br />
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From <a href="http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2015/08/03/nostalgic-gifs-of-everyday-life-in-japan-animated-by-yuuta-toyoi/">http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2015/08/03/nostalgic-gifs-of-everyday-life-in-japan-animated-by-yuuta-toyoi/ </a>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-15605236781745257832015-08-01T00:28:00.002-04:002020-07-30T11:45:12.793-04:00I was walking down the hall and<br /> I fell into a large puddle of super-glue.<br /> A polar bear came to help me up.<br /> I'm stuck.megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-51112878677497349272015-07-24T15:17:00.001-04:002015-10-11T17:55:59.280-04:00"scent-scapes" and smellwalks<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhof1pImY1GaoleMHUuagPRTItPdiejLI6zFG4jpzKM2DS7keHSpWEuGywTZEh9jAzhQtlVaxpYIwkEksu8HptU5ogCs54iLpf2rMYfrSwnA3ikxjVoikTLDYtpIJwqFa0EyUsM/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-10-11+at+5.38.27+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhof1pImY1GaoleMHUuagPRTItPdiejLI6zFG4jpzKM2DS7keHSpWEuGywTZEh9jAzhQtlVaxpYIwkEksu8HptU5ogCs54iLpf2rMYfrSwnA3ikxjVoikTLDYtpIJwqFa0EyUsM/s320/Screen+Shot+2015-10-11+at+5.38.27+PM.png" width="320" /></a><br />
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Mapping the politics of urban smells: <a href="https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/researchers-maps-city-smells-smelly-maps">https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/researchers-maps-city-smells-smelly-maps </a><br />
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I've been thinking a lot about what Barcelona--a high-density
odor-intense city--smells like. Of course the smells change with the season. In the summer the smells are more
potent and shop doors are open, their AC and perfumed atmospheres pouring out into the streets.<br />
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bakeries,<br />
cigarette smoke,<br />
car/moto exhaust,<br />
dried dog
urine,<br />
garbage from the contenedores,<br />
cleaning liquids,<br />
dry pine-earth
smell from platanero trees,<br />
perfume from clothing shops, <br />
humid mold from the sewers. <br />
in Madrid I smell more fried calamares and jamón.<br />
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Trees, parks, and green spaces are not as common in Mediterranean cities as they are in N. European cities. More trees are needed to purify and maintain oxygen in the air. (This summer 2015 several news articles have been published on the rising pollution in Spanish cities. I.e.: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.es/2014/05/07/ciudades-espanolas-contam_n_5280381.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.es/2014/05/07/ciudades-espanolas-contam_n_5280381.html</a>). <br />
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Artist Kate Mclean has been mapping sensorial elements in cities (olfactory, tactile...). Check out: <a href="http://sensorymaps.com/">http://sensorymaps.com/</a><br />
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From Mclean's work, I arrived at Marta Calvo's smellwalks in Pamplona. h<a href="http://sensorymaps.com/portfolio/smellmap-pamplona/">ttp://sensorymaps.com/portfolio/smellmap-pamplona/ </a><br />
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And several detailed maps by Cambridge University: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/07/maps-what-your-city-smells-like/">http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/07/maps-what-your-city-smells-like </a><br />
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-44498811251892529742015-06-13T19:11:00.002-04:002015-06-13T19:12:16.669-04:00La investidura de Ada Colau - vídeoPro-inclusion humans were given political power today.<br /> La investidura/swearing in of <a class="profileLink" data-gt="{"entity_id":"448735748540429","entity_path":"\/profile_book.php"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=448735748540429" href="https://www.facebook.com/ada.ballano">Ada Colau Ballano</a>, as Barcelona of mayor, in la Plaça de Sant Jaume, alongside a swarm of
human beings, many of them volunteers who have been working selflessly
to try to improve social and political problems for the most vulnerable
human situations in Barcelona. <br /> To Colau's request, unlike previous investidura ceremonies in Barcelona, there were no b<span class="text_exposed_show">arriers, red carpets, or expensive suits separating the people from their politicians. <br />
I couldn't stay long (it lasted 3 hours and my back was killing me),
but the keywords in Colau's speech were "CIUDAD"/city and "DEMOCRACIA
PARTICIPATIVA"/citizen-based democracy. <br /> Many other grassroots-based
mayors and city councilors were sworn in across Spain today, an
unprecedented number of women and minorities
(race/nationality/religion/sexual orientation).<br /> Hoping to see positive, more-inclusive changes soon.</span><br />
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an excellent school in the US where tuition runs $58,000 a year, she's
shocked by the extreme social difference between these students and the students at state<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-</span>universit<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">y</span>. Xtown students own high
quality and fashionable clothes, shoes, and backpacks; their skin
complexion is healthy looking; they are jogging; they are reading non-bestseller books. In
public they interact politely, attentively, maturely, confidently,
happily. Their hair looks naturally shiny and flowing. Obes<span class="text_exposed_show">ity
and fast food are absent. One can see a high level of conformity
amongst the students of XUniversity, a lot of polo shirts, khakis, and brown loafers
and, in the winter--beautiful leather riding boots, and for the rain--Hunter rain boots. The students of XUniversity are taller than your
average college student. Visually they match closely to what one sees in
contemporary Hollywood films that take place in California <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">or</span> NYC, but
without all the make-up and hairspray<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span> Since she's
usually in Xtown at the beginning and end of breaks, she sees their parents
too, because they visit Xtown around the same time. Many of the parents wear fine jewelry and drive nice cars. Like their offspring, they too
have nice skin and shiny hair. She thinks, "<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">What do </span>these external decorations <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">have to do with having</span> access to top
educational and employment opportunities?</i>" </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show">The image appears of the faces of some students at state-university, the faces of students <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">who</span> are <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">stressed <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">or</span> dep<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ressed because they are wo<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">rking 40 hours a we<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ek while </span></span></span></span>failing some of <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">their classes</span>. <i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(But many students at XUniversity are also <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">necessarily</span> stressed <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">or</span> de<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">pressed. Is this system failing both<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> parties?)</span></span></span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show">The
conforming and acceptance of fashion styles parallels the conforming and
acceptance of an extremely stratified educational system in the US. It annoys her
that, in general terms, some students can have so little <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">while</span> others have
so much, and when <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">she</span> talks with students from both extremes, it seems
neither party is aware of the gap, two separate microcosms. She thinks, <i>"But
many of them are learning about these issues in the classroom, right? We
know many students have to write papers about inequality because it's the hot topic that everyone studies at college... So, what's missing then? </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span class="text_exposed_show">Action? </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span class="text_exposed_show">Making personal connections/experiences outside the classroom? </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show"><i>Educating
the trustees, administrators, politicians, and businesspeople?"</i> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show">And then, in a
matter of days, she gets used to it, the scene of comparison fades away
and she gets used to the local scene again, the scene that<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> initially seemed</span>
luxurious becomes <i>normal</i>, as it did when <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">she</span> was in grad school, and she
stops being annoyed and starts enjoying the high quality<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">; she <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">browses </span></span>rider boots on the internet. And since, in
some ways, she also benefited from this st<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ratified education s<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ystem </span></span>inequality, she wonder if some people
think similar annoyed thoughts about her. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-74657757841546803432015-05-30T00:34:00.005-04:002022-06-13T18:57:33.337-04:006 Lessons for the U.S. from Spain’s Democratic RevolutionReally useful article for those teaching about Spain, political science, or social movements: <br />
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<a href="http://inthesetimes.com/article/18001/6-lessons-for-the-u.s.-from-spains-democratic-revolution">http://inthesetimes.com/article/18001/6-lessons-for-the-u.s.-from-spains-democratic-revolution </a>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-68548701690202675052015-03-01T19:06:00.000-05:002015-10-19T19:14:14.721-04:00archivo del Seminario de ALCES "Geopolítica de la España global," Soria, Julio 2015<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">En este seminario proponemos discutir el potencial político en los
espacios cotidianos de las ciudades españolas, conscientes de sus raíces
históricas y enfocándonos en la época contemporánea.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Los espacios públicos han sido drásticamente transformados y
regulados en las últimas 2 – 3 décadas en España. La planificación
urbana activa y local de los años 80 fue, en la década siguiente,
rápidamente reemplazada por la especulación, la desterritorialización,
la <i>gentrification</i> y el turismo de masas—todos ellos fenómenos que
han estado operando bajo la lógica de un neoliberalismo global. Como
consecuencia de ello, miles de edificios históricos fueron derribados,
especialmente aquellos que pertenecían a clases más modestas, y los
espacios públicos perdieron gran parte de su autonomía, espontaneidad,
inclusión social e historia local y personal para convertirse en
espectáculos de consumo privado y escaparates de una política desligada
de la sociedad civil. Por lo tanto, nuestra pregunta principal es ¿qué
se está haciendo en el día a día para volver a unir a los ciudadanos con
su espacio local? O, en palabras de David Harvey, refiriéndose a una
ciudadanía inclusiva: ¿cómo pueden<i>“</i><i>make a city more after their heart’s desire”</i>?</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tanto consciente como inconscientemente, a través de los sentidos
absorbemos gran cantidad de información al atravesar el espacio
público. Las nuevas leyes de civismo, las cámaras de vigilancia, el mobiliario urbano<i></i>,
las grúas paradas, las fachadas multilingües, el sonido metálico del
butanero con las bombonas y el olor de los contenedores forman y limitan
nuestras vivencias urbana/s. Aunque el diseño del espacio neoliberal
prioriza lo visual, todos los detalles sensoriales, grandes y pequeños,
regulan nuestras actividades e identidades, forman nuestros
conocimientos y nos adoctrinan tanto con un código de conducta como con
una narrativa sobre la historia, la política y la economía.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pero este fenómeno no ocurre de manera unidireccional. Como han
escrito muchos otros urbanistas, el espacio público—al igual que la
democracia—no es una entidad fija, neutral o monolítica. Los ciudadanos
también tenemos cierta agencia en el espacio publico. De hecho, Manuel
Vázquez Montalbán definió el espacio público como “aquello que se ganó
contra los especuladores.” El espacio público es un resultado temporal y
provisional de la contención entre diferencias; más lento o rápido,
según las épocas, pero siempre está recreándose, rehaciéndose y
resistiendo la homogenización y estasis. De este modo, la crisis
económica actual ha vuelto a mostrarnos el espacio publico como el lugar
primordial donde conviven, negocian y se enfrentan las diferencias
humanas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Las ciudades españolas son ciudades globales, y en ellas los
poderes fácticos diseñan y/o mantienen el espacio público y una
imagen-marca que excluye cualquier contradicción, precariedad, fealdad, o
desorden (D. Mitchell, M. Delgado). En este sentido, tanto los
momentos de gran relieve como las acampadas en plazas emblemáticas como
las menos estudiadas prácticas cotidianas, como pueden ser dormir en el
umbral, colgar la ropa o un mensaje del balcón, o tocar un instrumento o
patinar en una plaza, se convierte en un acto, voluntaria o
involuntariamente, que transgreden “el orden de las cosas,” vuelven a
insertar la diferencia en la imagen urbana, y, por lo tanto, cuestionan
las políticas de inclusión (J. Ranciére).</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Animamos a que se unan a este seminario todas las personas
interesadas en el estudio de la geopolítica cultural y cotidiana de la
España contemporánea. (Tenemos en cuenta que lo “español” hoy en día
puede encontrarse en cualquier lugar del mundo.) Abajo hemos señalado
algunos puntos de fuga iluminadores que se mueven en las disciplinas de
la arquitectura, geografía y antropología urbanas, pero que no han sido
muy desarrollados en nuestro campo de estudios culturales peninsulares:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">- geografías y prácticas lúdicas (de juego)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">- topografías de los olores y/o los sonidos y/o texturas táctiles de la ciudad</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">- objetos cotidianos (basura, ruinas, materiales reciclados o desechados…)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">- la periferia urbana (el extrarradio)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">- prácticas espaciales de resistencia/antagonismo o espontaneidad</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">- mercados negros, economías elusivas o invisibles</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">- los itinerarios de los niños y/o los adolescentes y/o personas de las tercera edad</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">- respuestas espaciales a la crisis económica y/o de vivienda</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">- inmigración, presencia pública, geopolítica</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">- colectividades o intervenciones artísticas y activismo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">- espacios auto-gestionados, apropiaciones y reclamaciones de autonomía (jardines urbanos, casas okupas, manifestaciones…)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">- propuestas de mejora pública</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">- relaciones entre espacio virtual global y físico local</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">- el espacio público y la pedagogía/la enseñanza</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">- tribus urbanas</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Programa final, verano 2015: <span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mLVmm6S8Qzb1Bzs1PVseajxulkRPkMEzPHF3025mqf0/edit?usp=sharing">docs.google.com/document/d/1mLVmm6S8Qzb1Bzs1PVseajxulkRPkMEzPHF3025mqf0/edit?usp=sharing </a></span></span> megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-86790879850905127402015-02-28T09:51:00.001-05:002017-07-23T11:45:33.752-04:00inter"Taking the first step toward understanding the social dynamics
surrounding disability means recognizing that interdependency is the
rule of human societies. We are all dependent [disabled] on others: for
food, clothing, and medical care, for support networks, social
opportunities." <br />
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B. Fraser<br />
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Y. Sakugawamegan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-20198223013141971392015-02-22T14:23:00.001-05:002015-02-22T14:25:54.180-05:00"What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success" -- The Atlantic<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success/250564/">http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success/250564/ </a><br />
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snipets:<br />
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"Compared with the stereotype of the East Asian model -- long hours
of exhaustive cramming and rote memorization -- Finland's success is
especially intriguing because Finnish schools assign less homework and
engage children in more creative play. All this has led to a continuous
stream of foreign delegations making the pilgrimage to Finland to visit
schools and talk with the nation's education experts, and constant
coverage in the worldwide medi<span class="text_exposed_show">a marveling at the Finnish miracle. </span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show">[. . . ]</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">And while Americans love to talk about competition, Sahlberg points out that
nothing makes Finns more uncomfortable. In his book Sahlberg quotes a line
from Finnish writer named Samuli Paronen: "Real winners do not compete."
It's hard to think of a more un-American idea, but when it comes to
education, Finland's success shows that the Finnish attitude might have
merits. There are no lists of best schools or teachers in Finland. The main
driver of education policy is not competition between teachers and between
schools, but cooperation.</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="text_exposed_show">[. . . ]</span> </span><br />
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From his point of view, Americans are consistently obsessed with
certain questions: How can you keep track of students' performance if
you don't test them constantly? How can you improve teaching if you have
no accountability for bad teachers or merit pay for good teachers? How
do you foster competition and engage the private sector? How do you
provide school choice?<br />
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The answers Finland provides seem to run counter to just about everything America's school reformers are trying to do."</div>
megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-29354601423723535682015-02-07T10:33:00.002-05:002015-02-07T10:53:04.253-05:00quantitative self-interest<div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">“our
planetary urban fabric—the terrestrial texturing of our urban
universe—is woven by a ruling class that sees cities are purely
speculative entities, as sites for gentrifying schemes and upscale
redevelopments, as machines for making clean, quick money in, and for
disposing erstwhile public goods.” A. Merrifield - <i>The New Urban Question</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> (Cell phone pics around Philadelphia today. Human remnants but no humans.)</span></div>
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-81344799436132132572015-01-20T13:31:00.003-05:002015-01-20T20:49:44.978-05:00visualization of the theory of everything<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">To my friends and those teaching about culture (-al subjectivity). I'd
like to share a visual message with you. I referred to this diagram at
least one dozen times today in my film class. The nodes can represent
people, texts, feelings, cities, cultural production processes, family,
friends, histories, stereotypes, social movements, stars, bees,
anythings. It's a visualization of the theory of Everything, or,
Benjamin's constellation, D&G's assemblages and rhizomes. (What
else?) I wish there was a way to add two
aspects: 3-dimensionality and mobility. But we can imagine them...<br /> From "A Special Message For You Hand-Delivered To You From The Universe", by the ingenious Yumi Sakugawa, 2012.</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-65355228847345286372015-01-07T22:06:00.003-05:002015-01-09T20:25:48.712-05:00the pedagogical myth, cell phones, and Rancière <span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I</span><span style="font-size: small;">t seems that Rancière's collaborative and horizontal approach to teaching (see blurb below) presupposes that both parties (learners/teachers) are at least partially willing to give, learn, and contribute just for the sake of doing so. but how would this approach apply when one of the parties will only give/learn/contribute under immediate coercion (a punishment, a threat to lower one's grade or to force one to repay/retake a course...etc.)? Doesn't that immediate-capitalist-exchange mentality in the classroom (I-only-give-to-you-to-receive-for-me) automatically create separation and hierarchy? If one group won't put their cell phones down unless an authority figure threatens him/her, doesn't that resistance to learning perpetuate automatons and keep the wheel of severe social problems spinning? And/Or is it just an example cultural differences -- everyone has a right to their differences and it's our collective interest to try to learn together by incorporating the majority's culture including the younger generation's cell phone culture? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But now I'm back to where I started. "Collective interest". Collective in a pedagogical setting presupposes a will from more than one party. <br />??<br /><br />(Rancière's text was published in 1991, before the iphone.)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"In the meritocracy those who know (or those who have the opportunity to set the standards of knowing) considered as experts have needed those who don't know and the ignorant in reproducing and legitimating their own privileged expert positions. These structural processes of legitimation belong to what Rancière describes as the pedagogical myth. The pedagogical myth divides the world into two by supposing a socially constructed division of power, as well as a lower and higher intelligence. As Rancière (1991, 7) points out: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">[The pedagogical myth] says that there is an inferior intelligence and a superior one. The former registers perceptions by change, retains them, interprets and repeats them empirically, within the closed circle of habit and need. This is the intelligence of the young child and the common man. The superior intelligence knows things by reason, proceeds by method, from the simple to the complex, from the part to the whole. It is this intelligence that allows the master to transmit his knowledge by adapting it to the intellectual capacities of the student and allows him to verify that the students has satisfactorily understood what he learned." </span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Ref. <a href="http://eepat.net/doku.php?id=jacques_ranciere_on_radical_equality_and_adult_education">http://eepat.net/doku.php?id=jacques_ranciere_on_radical_equality_and_adult_education</a></span></span>
megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-42927633030098516502015-01-02T00:14:00.001-05:002015-01-02T00:15:01.758-05:00juxtaposition writes itself<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-23523789916329671332014-12-19T00:18:00.000-05:002015-01-02T00:20:07.914-05:00
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">"The 15-M movement positioned itself against intermediaries, be it political, media, or cultural. It directly attacks the idea that someone has to do things for me. This is a paradigm shift in the relationship between citizen and governments, unions, media outlets..."</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">- Javier Toret</span></span>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-66810421328574868772014-12-02T22:09:00.001-05:002015-02-09T09:41:01.431-05:00One thousand and one questions<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">one of my life's highlights occurred last night. my 10 year old nephew,
kind of a shy guy, was sitting on the couch in front of the tv.
unexpectedly he turned away from the tv and began asking me questions. a
couple questions turned into some 150 questions, one after another
after another. about the Isreal-Palestine conflict, about college dorms,
about college apartments, about the roman empire, about soccer (I know
nothing about soccer)... each question made me smile inside.<span class="text_exposed_show">
it had been many years since I had experienced the joy of being around
uninhibited curiosity, I had forgotten how good it felt. (at the same
time, I was slightly saddened too because it had been many months since I
had had time for a long conversation.) of course I asked him some
questions too, and reminded him that my answers are merely opinions. I
wanted to sit there and talk until he had no questions left for the time
being. after about 2 hours he ended the conversation as abruptly as he
had started it. he stood up and said, "ok, good night” and went up to
bed.</span></span><br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-7249002498618710492014-10-17T23:16:00.003-04:002015-10-11T22:51:31.242-04:003 more historic establishments closing down in Barcelona<div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">
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more emblematic "mom-n-pop" stores that have formed part of Barcelona's
everyday fabric since the 19th century are closing down because the
owners of the properties have increased their rent prices to capitalize
on mass tourism. Previously, historic establishments had been protected
from dramatic rent increases by a law (<i>Ley Boyer</i>), but the law expired
this year. In spite of locals' demand to renew the law, the government
refused. No respect for history, community, or democracy. That's how
neoliberalism (our current economic system) has been working. (But it
doesn't have to be that way.)<br />
"Some of the tourists who enjoyed
shopping in stores like these told me [the shop-owner], "In our
countries we don't have stores like this anymore."</div>
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-6915702731192844222014-10-17T23:00:00.002-04:002014-10-17T23:17:25.211-04:00<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Stopped at an intersection today in Philadelphia, I spotted these
confetti style flag banner things blowing in the wind at a car
dealership on the corner of Chestnut and 48th and I immediately had a
flashback of being a kid staring out the backseat window of our brown
station-wagon at the same exact scene, but in Detroit, MI, on one of
those wide "mile roads", where the car dealerships were streamed with
these flag banner things (do they have a name?). They haven´t changed in
30 years.</span><br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-46633580847833839592014-10-06T23:00:00.000-04:002014-10-09T22:00:21.957-04:00acrobatic ikebana<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfEB74LOnlW70iD4epA7iYpABK7NbgckiaHHrffedeNUYpRlszk2TipldkdfeyRW9HgjywTJI5M8lbIiGY0XFX__QT9GcwOsJi28ZbH5jS1keX4zJMkaOeC7yzAE5TTeFZkFNI/s1600/DSC_6715mod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfEB74LOnlW70iD4epA7iYpABK7NbgckiaHHrffedeNUYpRlszk2TipldkdfeyRW9HgjywTJI5M8lbIiGY0XFX__QT9GcwOsJi28ZbH5jS1keX4zJMkaOeC7yzAE5TTeFZkFNI/s1600/DSC_6715mod.jpg" height="283" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>ikebana</i> - flower art<br /> or original acrobatics + domestic design<br /> artist Yuji Ueno said<br /> “nature defying gravity = life”<br /> from today in the spectacular Sawyer library, Williams College</span></span><br />
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windows in the buildings that house big box and multinational stores
never open. (Walmart, Starbucks, McDonalds, Panera, malls...) when
these companies appropriate historic buildings (which have windows),
they replace the original windows with ones that don't open. the
artificial climatization in the big box/multinational buildings can feel
very uncomfortable, usually stuffy or overly drying<span class="text_exposed_show">.
a chemical, plastic, perfume, air freshners, or burnt coffee or paninis
smell swirls aimlessly. there is no fresh air or connection with nature
or anything natural. the windows don't open because the company
authorities don't want legal trouble which could amount to a relatively
small economic loss, i.e. an employee or customer throwing her/himself
or her/his boss from a window.</span></span>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-23377825298813503802014-09-06T17:03:00.001-04:002015-02-09T09:39:59.414-05:00Nana Visits the City by Lauren Castillo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent">Narratives for children are so preachy, aren't they? This one is preachy too, but I think the narrative and illu<span class="text_exposed_show">strations
are uplifting. A young boy or girl, who dislikes the city, goes to NY
to visit his/her Nana. s/he says the city is scary, dirty, noisy. s/he
can't sleep. one night Nana knits him a red cape and says ... (I can't
remember now), but the girl/boy feels brave in the red cape and it
enables him/her to overcome his/her fears and to see the city--the city
as social differences--in a new and empathetic light. <br /> ...Now, if
the anti-city girl/boy at the beginning of the story is a metaphor for
planetary suburbia, neoliberal urbanism, gated communities...etc., then
what would the transformative red cape symbolize...? I've got to find
this red cape!</span></span></span><br />
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-22889228687316625842014-09-05T18:40:00.000-04:002014-09-05T18:43:33.164-04:00short intro to the innovative politics currently stirring in Spain "Fighting the New Fascism"For those teaching or interested in contemporary culture of Spain, here is a useful, short intro in English to the innovative political practices that are emerging. I like that it includes the historical and international connections with Latin America and Europe. These could be carried over to the US as well.<br />
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"What do you do when representative democracy has ceased to be representative, but when its institutions are still there, controlling the banks, the political parties, the media, international relations, the world of money, the universities? What we learned from Latin America is that there is only one way to break through the gridlock of dysfunctional institutions: appealing directly to the people. We needed tools that would allow Spaniards to organize their discontent and turn it into political energy."<br />
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"The neoliberal model has been so successful because it has convinced us that there is no alternative. And it has been able to do so because we have delegated politics to the politicians."<br />
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"The neoliberal model has worked very hard to wipe out history and turn it into a kind of decaffeinated theme park. It has prevented us from connecting with the historical anger and frustration that anticipated our current anger and frustration."<br />
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and it was great!megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-66727475265644569792014-07-26T00:43:00.000-04:002014-10-07T00:44:22.939-04:00A polar bear possesses extraordinary discipline.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-43490579704899384542014-07-08T20:18:00.002-04:002014-07-08T20:21:54.771-04:00to be there<div style="text-align: left;">
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it is true that people leave home for a rational reason, in many
situations the real reason for choosing public space is simply to be
there..."<br /> J. Gehl, 1966</span></span></div>
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-16840692774733156582014-07-03T20:59:00.003-04:002014-07-04T10:49:50.751-04:00Iniciativas ciudadanas - pdf Impresionante. La memoria completa sobre las iniciativas e intervenciones ciudadanas, virtuales y físicas, para el empoderamiento urbano. En pdf, publicada por VIC y La Casa Encendida. Se enfoca mayormente en las intervenciones en Madrid en los últimos años. Con fines democráticos, podría servir como prototipo para participación ciudadana en cualquier ciudad.<br />
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come across this bubble-come-together phenomenon in many cities. </span><br />
<span class="userContent">Gov't officials and college
cafeteria administrators should re-think their intercultural programs.<br /> Future academic paper "Deconstructing Neo-landscapes and Post-transcendence in a Bubble Tea Society." </span><br />
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<span class="domain"><span class="userContent">Han empezado a organizarse --> potencial a raiz de la ciudad/anía</span></span><br />
<span class="domain"><span class="userContent"><br /> Imaginados una Barcelona menos turística y más INCLUSIVA.</span> </span><br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-2005741766442623082014-06-18T08:30:00.000-04:002014-06-18T08:33:10.381-04:00Forn de Teatre Pa' Tothom - Raval<span class="userContent">On June 13, 2014 </span><span class="userContent">teenagers in the
neighborhood theatre group "<a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000348870148" href="https://www.facebook.com/forndeteatre.patothom">Forn De Teatre Pa'tothom</a>" presented an in-situ skit at the #FemPlaça event about police harassment of
immigrants in the Raval, Barcelona. <br /> </span><br />
<span class="userContent">(In Spanish and a little bit of Catalan.)</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">here I document a very special event called #FemPlaça #HagamosPlaza #LetsMaketheSquare. th<span class="text_exposed_show">e event is special, or rare, for many reasons. here are a couple:<br /> <br />
1) it took place in the Plaza Salvador Seguí in the historic Raval neighborhood of
Barcelona--Barcelona's most socially diverse neighborhood where many
lower-income immigrants and elders live, where prostitutes work, and
where police are always watching like hawks. over the last 3 decades the
neighborhood has suffered much abuse, speculation, and gentrification.
the local gov’t has allowed real estate and construction companies,
architects, (multi)national investors to demolish around half of the
neighborhood's historic buildings (most dating from the 18th century),
their inhabitants and businesses are displaced. why? in order to create
apartments, hotels, and shops for tourists. large neighborhood
associations have tried to stop this bestial force, but they have been
ignored, bullied, and in some cases received death threats. there’s
been no stop, no limit, to the destructive tourist speculation. most
tourists don’t know about this.<br /> <br /> 2) public space in Barcelona
and most global cities has become extremely regulated, monitored,
privatized -- video cameras, controlling urban furniture, police force are ubiquitous and usually inconspicuous. nowadays, before one can carry out harmless
activities (such as singing, dancing, resting, meeting in a large
group…) in public, the local gov't must give their stamp of approval
(because they want to ensure a smooth image and space for the tourist
industry). #FemPlaça #HacerPlaza <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/makingthesquare">#MakingtheSquare</a>
comes from the idea that humans should be able to "be" comfortably in
the public space (that they pay for with their taxes) without asking for
permission and without being bombarded by an atmosphere that pressures you to spend your money or look at a restaurant menu. at #FemPlaza #HagamosPlaza #LetsMaketheSquare spontaneity
played it’s part in enabling all sorts of creative
activities (i.e. at one point the kids decided they wanted to paint,
later a theatre group appeared and did a skit…).<br /> <br /> 3) given this
surveillance situation, public space in Barcelona (and most global
cities) is increasingly “zoned" spatially and segregated socially. us
humans (and our spatial needs and desires) come in many ethnic,
economic, linguistic, gender, ideological colors…etc. but global
downtowns are now surrounded by a new mural, and murals within murals,
and in the residential zone they say if you can’t afford $2000/month in
rent—<i>stay out!</i> and if the food zone they say: if you can’t pay $20 for a
sandwich, <i>stay out! </i>now take a good look at these photos. you’ll see
that many different type of activities were occurring simultaneously at
#FemPlaça #HacerPlaza #MakingtheSquare (sitting, chatting, singing,
eating, drawing, playing…). also, the event encouraged human
differences to come together. usually cultural events are organized by a
specific institution (a university, the government, a church…), a
corporation or bank, or an identity group or club to bring together similar-minded humans. ("separation perfected" Debord called contemporary life.) #FemPlaça
#HacerPlaza #MakingtheSquare wanted to advocate public space as an
<b>inclusive</b> space so, for this event, anyone could organize activities and
participate, regardless of their personal situation. this seems so
obvious and normal, right? yet when residents passed by they were like
cats checking out a new space--they slowed down, stayed to one side and
raised their eyebrows. their first instinct was that: a private event
was occurring. we had to make an effort to let strangers know that: hey,
this might sound crazy, but this is actually, really, public! you are welcome here! come and
enjoy your public space, have some food and drink or chalk or whatever
you like!</span></span></div>
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-73340427921258234902014-06-06T17:42:00.001-04:002014-06-07T12:43:25.401-04:00Plaza Rubió i Lluch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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How many different activities can you spot?<br />
<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-82265035204099715832014-05-30T16:50:00.002-04:002016-04-18T08:23:25.985-04:00Esta es una plaza, Dr. Forquet 24, Madrid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a rare space. Surrounded by tightly
regulated space of very high economic value, this "plaza" doesn't cost
anything to use, it can be used by any human being (regardless of how
much money you have, your race, ide<span class="text_exposed_show">ology,
gender...etc.), anyone can take care of it, and there are no video
cameras or advertisement. One can do pretty much anything they want
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<span class="userContent">MediaLab in Madrid (a public-private entity) has provided the resources to try to legally keep this <i>espacio autogestionado </i>in the hands of the public.<i> </i>A group of advocates is trying to translate/articulate the importance of the space in written legal jargon in order to gain official approval from the Ayuntamiento (gov't of Madrid) to secure the space. </span><br />
<span class="userContent">A difficulty, a wonderful one, that we have had thus far in trying to conceptualize the space within the current legal structure, is that it it doesn't fit into traditional legal jargon or categories. It's not owned by any person or group of people. It's not a garden or a plaza, not a park or a playground; it is a mixture of these places and much more. Those who have been informally maintaining the space don't want to define it as a definition would exclude future possibilities.</span></div>
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<span class="userContent">More info: <a href="http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/la-aventura-del-saber/aventura-del-saber-esta-plaza/2572375/">http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/la-aventura-del-saber/aventura-del-saber-esta-plaza/2572375/</a></span></div>
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-86447169555817250522014-04-03T22:10:00.002-04:002014-04-03T22:10:37.071-04:00 Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins <br /><span class="author"><a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/billy-collins"></a> </span>
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like a color slide </div>
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or press an ear against its hive. </div>
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I say drop a mouse into a poem </div>
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and watch him probe his way out, </div>
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or walk inside the poem’s room </div>
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and feel the walls for a light switch. </div>
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I want them to waterski </div>
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across the surface of a poem </div>
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waving at the author’s name on the shore. </div>
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But all they want to do </div>
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is tie the poem to a chair with rope </div>
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and torture a confession out of it. </div>
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They begin beating it with a hose </div>
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to find out what it really means. </div>
megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-72676597925633666992014-03-24T23:21:00.002-04:002014-03-24T23:21:46.811-04:00"they’re never too old for a revolution"Seniors in Spain ("<i>yayoflautas</i>") take action against budget cuts.<br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/8/in-spain-theyre-never-too-old-for-a-revolution-sen/">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/8/in-spain-theyre-never-too-old-for-a-revolution-sen/</a><br />
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-41869087157034634022014-03-05T22:13:00.002-05:002014-03-05T22:19:29.262-05:00Carta por la democraciacon ilustraciones de Miguel Brieva:
<a href="http://blogs.traficantes.net/wp-content/blogs.dir/9/files/2014/03/Carta_por_la_Democracia_1pag.pdf">http://blogs.traficantes.net/wp-content/blogs.dir/9/files/2014/03/Carta_por_la_Democracia_1pag.pdf</a>
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-78585649869801176282014-02-28T09:59:00.003-05:002014-02-28T10:01:56.220-05:00pedestrian space in CopenhagenWhen space is designed for the multi-uses of everyone:
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-79536162456658162722014-01-22T09:35:00.000-05:002015-06-16T15:22:31.543-04:00August 2013, at one of Tokyo's 200 Denny'sre-imagining this scene from several years ago, makes me smile. I was
at a Denny's in Tokyo, open all night, I spent a lot of time there
because I needed to study and there wasn't enough space in our tiny
apartment. (Murakami portrayed the night-time Denny's in his novel After
Dark + no doubt it influenced me). (Very different from the Denny's in
the US, at the Japanese Denny's the food portions are very small, no
fried food smell, the floor is linoleum instead of carpet...) <span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> --------------<br /> the adults who come into this sparkling clean restaurant at midnight, or 1 or 2 or 3am</span><br />
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when most people are in bed<br />
most come in individually, slowly, dressed nicely. occassionally a young couple comes in<br />
with the exception of the young couples, everyone disperses themselves out over the large restaurant ("personal space")<br />
they sit in the floral-patterned plastic-covered booths that are
divided by sheets of glass. (huge booths that seem out of place in such a
condensed city)<br />
shortly after they sit down they look at the very large illustrated menu and press the plastic brown buzzer-bell<br />
ding-dong<br />
a sleepy-faced waiter/waitress, wearing a brown apron, quickly shuffles over and bows<br />
they all order something similar: something small and inexpensive--an
orange juice, a lemonade, a green tea, a red-bean sundae. (This purchase
allows them to sit at the booth for as long as they want.)<br />
they consume their drink/ice cream very slowly; <br />
most of them stay sitting there for hours after they've finished eating/drinking, there's no hurry<br />
some quietly get up to use the bathroom<br />
some cross their arms on the table and fall asleep<br />
others stare ahead at their cell phone<br />
the couples, sitting in front of one another with good posture, talk quietly, almost whispering <br />
a middle-aged woman sitting alone with a long face. I wonder if she had an argument with a special person...<br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-13714889264969753352014-01-21T15:44:00.004-05:002015-01-18T19:51:23.830-05:00Soleida Ríos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">In La Havana we were lucky to meet and spend time with the Cuban poet Soleida Ríos. Soleida seemed to me to be a generous, transparent, and spiritual person. Her personality is light, it floats. We talked with her for several hours over a meal and a walk down Havana's quiet Avenida de los Presidentes. One thing she said to us that stuck in my head was: “<i>Communism is good for me in particular because I´m terrible with money, this way I don´t have to think or worry about money</i>.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">We are holding <i>guayava</i> fruits, which were REALLY delicious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">I found this video of Soleida and her apartment in La Havana Vieja on Youtube. I think all of us regret not having enough time to accept her invitation to experience her apartment (which you can see in this video below).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Her poems are in books and also dispersed over the internet. Here are a couple that have been translated to English: <a href="http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/rios/roto.html">http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/rios/roto.html</a></span><br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-88059363336866230502013-12-22T10:05:00.004-05:002014-01-07T18:07:40.616-05:00creativity and resistance<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">In lieu of Spain´s increasingly violent police force and recent Security Law (<i>Ley de Seguridad Ciudadana)</i>: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Spanish: <a href="http://www.eldiario.es/interferencias/Doce-inspiradoras-Ley-Seguridad-Ciudadana_6_204439558.html">http://www.eldiario.es/interferencias/Doce-inspiradoras-Ley-Seguridad-Ciudadana_6_204439558.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">English: <a href="http://guerrillatranslation.com/2014/01/07/12-inspired-actions-to-outsmart-repressive-situations-and-laws/">http://guerrillatranslation.com/2014/01/07/12-inspired-actions-to-outsmart-repressive-situations-and-laws/</a></span>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-74905091251566851882013-12-21T20:49:00.000-05:002013-12-21T20:49:43.810-05:00CocoRoom Winter Interior<div class="caption">
My sister was recently at this non-profit art collective, <b><i>CocoRoom</i></b>, in Osaka. I loved these two photos. <br />
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Chilly and mesmerizing.<br />
<a href="http://www.cocoroom.org/" target="_blank">http://www.cocoroom.org/</a><br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-62625119771283186972013-12-19T15:14:00.002-05:002013-12-19T15:14:19.901-05:00Cultures of Anyone (and everyone)Luis Moreno Caballud's insightful recap on Spain's current economic crisis and political resistance (15M, virtual communities...). In English.<br />
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<a href="http://culturasdecualquiera.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/cultures-of-anyone-the-spanish-indignado-movement-and-its-contexts/">http://culturasdecualquiera.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/cultures-of-anyone-the-spanish-indignado-movement-and-its-contexts/</a>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-41432948340486784662013-11-10T19:38:00.002-05:002014-06-07T12:22:57.845-04:00"hay charcos con ranas donde había charcos con ratas. Con sólo cambiar una letra puede transformarse el mundo..."<br />
-- Javier P. Andújarmegan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-47067973495046910252013-11-10T19:27:00.001-05:002013-11-10T19:28:05.352-05:00autumn sundown play<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-47358697636798766472013-11-04T20:42:00.002-05:002013-11-04T20:46:44.850-05:005 questions to ask (students)<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent">1. What do you think?<br /> <br /> 2. Why do you think that?<br /> <br /> 3. How do you know this?<br /> <span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> 4. Can you tell me more?<br /> <br /> 5. What questions do you still have?</span></span></span></b><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">for the complete article: <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/blog/five-powerful-questions-teachers-ask-students-rebecca-alber">http://www.edutopia.org/blog/five-powerful-questions-teachers-ask-students-rebecca-alber </a></span></span></span>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-59699276735473150752013-11-01T20:03:00.004-04:002015-02-09T09:45:39.841-05:00high ed diagram<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In this diagram I was trying to illustrate a massive structure--the
higher education system in the “global north” or at least the United
States. (If you click on it, you can see it larger.) Of course there
will be many exceptions to this structure, but I am interested in what
it might look like in the general view.<br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-58775438112362678462013-10-22T09:18:00.002-04:002013-10-22T09:26:14.021-04:00Hafu - mixed-race realities in Japan<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">A socially-important documentary about half-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Japanese humans (mainly in Tokyo).<b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>trailer: </b><a href="http://youtu.be/6j_wQQZY-OE">http://youtu.be/6j_wQQZY-OE</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>official website:</b> <span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://hafufilm.com/en" target="_blank">http://hafufilm.com/en</a></span></span><br />
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-52152386680650985692013-10-17T19:57:00.001-04:002014-01-24T10:40:52.953-05:00versión cómic de PICNIC - Fernando Arrabal, dibujada por Jaime Asensi<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Interpretación visual de la obra de teatro de Arrabal.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Difícil de encontrar. Se puede bajar <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/bwhrf1thkiul1bo/Picnic%20Fernando%20Arrabal%20c%C3%B3mic.pdf" target="_blank">AQUÍ</a> </span>en pdf, en color.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">(Este cómic podría dialogar bien con la obra de teatro<i> Esquadra hacia la muerte</i> de Alonso Sastre.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Temas: <i>guerra, violencia, existencialismo, el absurdo, la humanidad, compañerismo, universalismo...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-45763149752016529722013-09-14T15:12:00.000-04:002013-09-14T15:13:00.882-04:00today in West Chester, PA<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Today for the first time in my life I picked up a hitchhiker. Maybe it
was because he was dressed like my father. He looked to be around 75-80.
<br /> Slowly driving past him I remembered my sister’s 2.5-day love
celebration (aka wedding, a couple weeks ago) and how, afterwards, I
told myself I would try to be more generous to the realm outside my
workplace. I also thought about David Sedaris’s, Roald Dahl’s and Jack
Kerouac’s hitchhiking stories. (Now I wonder how could I have thought of
all those things in about 10 seconds?)<br /> I slowed down the car and parked the right side of the car on the sidewalk. <br /> Probably he didn’t have a gun and was too weak to hurt me. <br /> I put on my tough face, walked over to him, and asked him what was wrong? <br /> He smelled like soap and was happy to see me.<br /> He told me that he had a contact stuck in his eye and needed a ride to ER. <br /> I asked him why don’t you take a taxi? <br /> He told me because he didn’t have enough money and that the hospital was only 2 miles up the road. <br /> I tried to remain skeptical. He pointed to his left eye. I looked at it and could see a blue lens in the upper corner.<br /> For some reason I asked him if I could try to remove it. <br /> He asked me if I was a nurse? <br /> I told him no, but that I was frequently removing my own contacts. <br /><br /> The contact was in fact really glued to his eye, so I drove him to ER. <br /><br /> The end.<br /><br /> Moral of the story: hitchhikers always make for interesting stories. And West Chester, PA needs better public transportation.</span>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-11764516802594125902013-09-07T21:37:00.001-04:002013-09-07T21:41:03.406-04:00whimsical sounds, John Zorn<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks to <a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/09/03/217195249/at-60-challenges-are-opportunities-for-john-zorn" target="_blank">NPR I discovered the music of John Zorn last week</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here is a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVnHFvT2Zbk" target="_blank">Conqueror Worm</a> from his new album <i>Dreamachines.</i></span></span></div>
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-10538290562890407782013-08-05T11:03:00.000-04:002017-07-09T14:54:24.549-04:00Don't sit here! [part 1]<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Public urban spaces can be used for an infinite amount of creative personal and collective activities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A tiny wealthy minority is increasingly controlling public areas of high consumption </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(with surveillance cameras, police, and the design of such space...). </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">//</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our taxes and presence in the city pays for our public spaces. But benches and places to sit and lay down are disappearing from public space, and instead, being replaced with private o</span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">utdoor café/restaurant seating and <i>keep-moving!</i>-urban-furniture.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">//</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When we think of physical/material spaces that keep us out, we tend to think fences, gates, doors, walls... But there are many more inconspicuous examples of these everyday barriers, and they dictate what we do, what we know, and what we experience in the city, often without us evening knowing it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Here are some examples. If you want to sit or lay in these places in <b>Barcelona</b>, you will need to bring a heavy plank of wood with you, or a chair.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ay/ouch for living beings such as:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">elders</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">people who have a sore, injured, or tired body part and need to rest or stretch</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">women who need to breastfeed</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">people who need to change a baby´s diaper</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">people who love yoga</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">kids who want to make snow angles</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">lovers</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">people who don´t have a place to sleep or want to sleep outside</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">clumsy people who trip a lot</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">tired horses, bears, or elephants</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">people who suddenly suffer some kind of attack</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">who/what else?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(from 2012-16): </span></span><br />
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along! There is nothing to see here!" The police says that there is
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circulation. Politics, in contrast, consists in transforming this space of
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tiny historic town of Fontclara (~ 20 inhabitants, near Gerona). I
finally had some free time, so I decided to record some sounds and
scenes from around the house with an SLR camera. later I put the clips
together in iMovie. <br /> <br /> Given our shrinking attention span, I
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transmit some good feeling.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://vimeo.com/70180569" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/70180569</a></span>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-6635067573911779242013-06-25T19:01:00.002-04:002014-08-07T18:09:31.411-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fresh and dried fruits and nuts, rhizomes and tubers: Lemons, limes, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>bitter oranges for <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>medicinal and liturgical uses, dates (Iraq), pomegranates,
apricots, peaches, bananas, <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>honeydew
melons (Egypt), watermelons (N. Africa), coconuts, figs, quince, new varieties <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>of grapes, raisins, currants, and
mangoes</span></span></div>
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Condiments: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">murrī</i> (A thick soy sauce
concoction made and fermented, rotten barley, <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>etc.
outdoors and taking several months to produce.)</span></span></div>
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Nuts: Almonds, pistachios, pine nuts, walnuts and chestnuts</span></span></div>
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Sweeteners: Sugar cane (India and Persia) and its refinement into fine white
sugar, new <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>bee varieties<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></span></div>
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Herbs and Spices: Saffron, cinnamon (bark and ground from India), coriander, nutmeg <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>and cloves (South East Asia), cumin, anise
seed, pepper and ginger (India), basil, mint, jasmine,
and tamarind. Importation of gum mastic, asafetida and other gums and saps as flavoring, mint, parsley cilantro and sage.</span></div>
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artichoke, carrot, zucchini, asparagus, leeks, <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>spinach,
and new hybrids of less bitter cabbage, taro, and cucumbers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>- Beverages:
Coffee, coconut milk, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sharbat </i>(A
category of drinks called 'snow drinks' <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>made
with fruit juice and sugar and chilled with either snow or ice.)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Santich. 1995. p.25-26.; Freeman. 2007. p. 135, by James Moore</span></b>
megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-77727976470072207482013-06-18T07:07:00.001-04:002013-06-18T07:10:36.504-04:00Barcelona ♥ Pickpocket<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Yesterday I posted this:</b></div>
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">now
that 70% of public and private space in the historic quarter Barcelona
has been occupied by tourists, the tourists should come together to
claim their right to the city. They could hang multilingual banners
from their temporary apartment balconies across the historic
neighborhoods that state in big letters:<br /> <br /> PLEASE DON'T PICKPOCKET US!<br /> <br /> (# saw another female tourist crying today)</span> </div>
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<b>Today my friend Eva Megias responded with a clever photo montage:</b></div>
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-41741934073870611362013-06-16T16:19:00.002-04:002013-06-17T07:05:15.717-04:00from above<br />
a completely different city<br />
(looking north over the Barri Gòtic) <br />
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-63452848054829193982013-06-15T13:09:00.000-04:002013-06-15T13:09:06.446-04:00Ens toca conference / independent inclusive art groups<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><a href="http://rpstceng.ateneusantboia.net/about-up-to-us/">http://rpstceng.ateneusantboia.net/about-up-to-us/</a> </span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Trying
to make sense after a day full of inspiring talks and presentations by
dozens of European independent "gestión cultural" (cultural management)
organizations. That is-- non-profit organizations that work directly
with local communities (everyone, regardless of identity or citizenship)
in order to create art and social awareness projects. I was really
amazed with many of their projects, th<span class="text_exposed_show">eir
efforts to be INCLUSIVE, and also the collective and economic
situations that enabled them to be carried out. I asked a ton of
questions and found out some things-- <br /> <br /> - many of the groups are
financed by a big mix of sources-- donations, municipal subsidies, the
European Union/Commission, cash earned during local festivals (from
selling drinks, t-shirts...etc.) <br /> - all of the groups had to fight
very hard (writing letters, holding protests...) against local gov´t and
corporate powers in order to claim a space as their own (i.e. to have a
cultural center)<br /> - all the groups relied on both a physical and virtual (internet) space<br /> - all of the groups took several years to establish themselves and flourish, projects didn´t have a quick turn-around<br />
- about half of the the workers I met are volunteers, the other half
earn a modest salary and are on renewable year-long contracts<br /><span> -
most of the projects, even though they prioritized getting locals
involved, they were not strictly local, rather they involved
workers/volunteers/networks/</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>funding
in/with other European countries. the fluidity between the European
borders was pretty impressive (and maybe a new phenomenon)<br /> - many of the paid workers studied a BA or MA degree in something related to cultural arts<br /> <br />
Questions I still have -- does this career or these opportunities in
gestión cultural exist in the US? They asked me about the US situation
and I could only think of opportunities like this that are sponsored by
universities, religious, or political-lobbying groups. I guessed that
open groups like this may exist in some progressive urban neighborhoods
i.e. on the East or West coasts...but I´d have to research it, I don´t
know.<br /> <br /> If jobs in gestión cultural exist in the US, then it
would be a new direction to send our students when they ask us "what can
I do with a degree in liberal arts?" (I get this question weekly.)
But... I think this sector doesn´t really exist in the US. Any
comments?</span></span><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContentSecondary fcg"></span></span>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-52495318696758302032013-06-14T14:40:00.001-04:002013-07-18T17:51:23.418-04:00primeros días, observaciones downtown Barcelona: mid-June 2013 compared with December 2011Now:<br />
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- more Catalán flags hanging from balconies<br />
- more young foreigners in Gracia (20-30 age group)<br />
- more international consumption in Gracia (new Japanese shops and restaurants, lindy hop dance studio, English language 2nd hand bookstore...)<br />
- new <i>jamón serrano </i>store on upper Rambla<br />
- three new American-style diners (2 in the left Eixample, 1 in the Born)<br />
- a gourmet cookie bakery in the Born<br />
- vending machines that sell electronics in the metro, and in the Lesseps metro station they have installed a massive (like 12 feet by 10 feet) wall-size vending machine that sells refrigerated foods and drinks (Lesseps is the stop where tourists get off for Park Guell)<br />
- hot dog stand on the Ramblas (near Carrefour) <br />
- more Asian presence, both locals and tourists <br />
- U of Barcelona campuses now boast American style paraphernalia stores<br />
- 4 or 5 new tattoo parlors (Gothic and Gracia neighborhoods)<br />
- more Arabic tourists (from the language I hear and the women's hiyab) <br />
- something weird-- for over a decade I'm used to Catalan-speaking shop-owners in Barcelona to treat me coldly or to not treat me at all, but now in the touristy areas several of them, upon entering a shop, several of them have greeted me with a forced fast "hola" (perhaps there has been some tourist district customer service training or something)<br />
- dozens of <i>chatarreros/as</i>, sifting through the trash bins, filling large grocery store carts (Prof. McDonough says <i>chataerros</i> take their <i>chatarra</i> to Badalona where they can cash it in)<br />
- not as easy to distinguish locals from tourists anymore<br />
- and (the most surprising which checks off the last requirement for Barcelona to enter the club of globalized cities) two new bubble tea joints in the tourist Gothic neighborhood (on C/ Avinyó) and in the Raval near the Ramblas (on C/ Tallers)<br />
- as of July 18, 2013 there is now an announcement that plays in the metro, in a variety of languages, that warns tourists about pickpockets <br />
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Most point to globalization, increasingly similar cultural package offered in other global cities (homogenization), more "typical Spanish" consumption opportunities for tourists, cultural influence from US and Asia...megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-45040170254789068892013-06-13T03:16:00.000-04:002013-06-14T14:06:00.332-04:00tourism won't save anything<h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}">
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">Solving "la crisis" by increasing an already excessive tourist sector?<br /> 8 million tourists a year in a neighborhood where only 104,000 locals remain.<br />
To make room for more tourism, CiU and PP have approved of a plan to
demolish 380 previously "protected" historic buildings (and their
inhabitants and local communities).</span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"> <a href="http://www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcelona/20130610/54375862394/rescatar-barcelona-avalancha-turistica.html">http://www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcelona/20130610/54375862394/rescatar-barcelona-avalancha-turistica.html</a> </span></span></h5>
megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-13989643028207740582013-05-29T21:32:00.000-04:002013-05-29T21:36:20.438-04:00public (not sponsored by an institution) art in Barcelona<br />
<a href="http://change.org/es/peticiones/barcelona-city-council-consider-street-art-as-a-cultural-asset-for-the-city-2">petition</a> to engage the local government in the conversation<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/60149775" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-20482322544829273462013-05-25T05:01:00.003-04:002013-06-14T16:36:18.265-04:00CARbon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Yesterday I came across this bike lot in Tokyo; it was next to a large apartment or condo complex. </div>
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The convenient bike lot reminded me of a recent disappointment with
the apartment complex where I live, in a town outside Philadelphia.
When I asked the complex owners where one parks their bikes I was told <i>“bikes are not permitted around the building, they must be carried up to one’s own apartment.” </i>My
apartment is too small to comfortably fit a bike (and I don’t feel like
carrying it up 3 flights of stairs)…luckily there is a bike rack 1/2
mile down the road in front of a college dorm that pertains to a public
university, so I can legally park my bike there.<br />
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I guess it sounds naive, but I wish every
town and suburb in the United States could have a convenient proportion
of these bike lots. (Car reliance is predominately a problem in the United States.) Less driving would imply a lot of social
improvements — for <b>health</b> and <b>well-being</b>, for the <b>environment</b>, for <b>culture</b>, for <b>sustainability</b>, for <b>families</b>, for<b> saving time and money</b>, for <b>interacting with differences,</b> for<b> reducing bloody wars</b>…etc.<br />
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This ties in with a book I just started reading called<i> Walkable City</i> by Jeff Speck. Here's a passage from it (taken from David Owen's <i>Green Metropolis</i>)
that recaps one of the main ideas thus far -- it's not one car that's
harmful, rather the entire national (American) individualistic lifestyle
of relying on an automobile everyday. This triggers major local and
global harms (much of which we don't see because we have distanced
ourselves from the harm we produce).<br />
<blockquote>
“The real problem with cars is not that they don’t get enough miles
per gallon; it’s that they make it too easy for people to spread out,
encouraging forms of development that inherently wasteful and damaging…
The critical energy drain in a typical American suburb is not the Hummer
in the driveway; it’s everything else the Hummer makes possible — the
oversized houses and irrigated yards, the network of new feeder roads
and residential streets, the costly and inefficient outward expansion of
the power grid, the duplicated stores and schools, the two-hour
commutes.”</blockquote>
There is a very positive trend, however—according to their research,
the younger generation in the United States (the “millennials”) is moving into the cities, where they can use their legs, bikes, and public transport.<br />
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Update: found this wonderful bike parking structure in Kyoto:<br />
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-56855020803351240742013-05-21T20:07:00.002-04:002013-05-21T20:08:55.294-04:00home smellArriving in a quiet Tokyo neighborhood at night<br />
it rained a couple days ago<br />
soft dry warm unscented smell of<br />
clean in the apartment<br />
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as home as it gets for me.<br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-82417176777755508322013-04-28T21:28:00.001-04:002013-04-28T21:28:59.320-04:00NYTimes article on the growing economic division between upper and lower income students in U.S. universities.<br />
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<a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/no-rich-child-left-behind/">http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/no-rich-child-left-behind/</a><br />
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We haven't progressed much from Bourdieu's 1971 reality in “<i>Unequal Education and the Reproduction of the Social Division of Labor</i>.”<br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-46214544725702950802013-04-25T22:42:00.004-04:002013-04-25T22:43:28.387-04:00<a href="http://megansaltz.tumblr.com/post/48894352809/fiji-side-b-june-2012">Some photos I took last summer in Fiji.</a><br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-50181298171030894382013-04-05T19:26:00.000-04:002013-04-12T23:20:59.156-04:00<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Frog is imagining Toad has already made the transpacific trip to the
tiny snowed-in town where he obtained a position as a literature teacher
for gifted tadpoles. Even though the move won't really happen until
Autumn, in Frog’s imprudent mind Toad is already there—in a modest
apartment, already living his mundane life as a literature teacher. He
is serving himself a bowl of soup and rice for dinner. Puts them on a
tray and takes them into a living room where he turns on the television,
slowly eats, and stares at the glass screen. He will watch the
television for one half hour or so, until his eyes start to roll to the
side. Then Toad will get up, carry the tray to the kitchen, and without
washing the dishes or going to the toilet, he will immediately fall
into bed. And with closed eyes Toad will sluggishly tuck a thick down
blanket around him and disappear into a sound sleep. At 6:00 his alarm
clock will sound (really a very plain and boring alarm clock, nothing
descriptive about it). Then he will prepare for another day at the
school.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Frog thinks Toad is already there, in the same latitude, sharing a
parallel evening and similar climate. Frog imagines, “<i>if I were to get into the car right now,
and start driving, I could arrive at Toad’s apartment at 4am!...Although </i><i>that might startle Toad</i>…”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">But it won’t, because, as I mentioned, Toad is not there yet. (And also, frogs can’t drive.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">And so I told Frog, “<i>be patient, my friend, Autumn will come soon</i>.”</span></div>
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-25900141311318159492013-02-09T00:04:00.000-05:002013-02-19T00:05:58.662-05:00Like some planet out there that hasn’t been discovered yet. <br />Just waiting there <br />in space, <br />with all its feelings, <br />looking out.<br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-70477457122503151462013-01-24T23:04:00.001-05:002013-01-27T17:16:44.833-05:00discreet charm of the Tokyo Jazz café<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Arthur Fowler, Noriko Shigehara, and others (whose name I don´t know) play at the tiny <a href="http://www.chicagoplanning.com/checker.html" target="_blank">Checkerboard Jazz Bar</a> <i>(Asagaya, Tokyo).</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I had read about the mythical, sophisticated music place several
times in H. Murakami´s work: the jazz bar/café in Tokyo. I had imagined
hundreds of CDs and records of old jazz bands carefully stacked by
aficionados in tight wooden squares and rectangles along walls in a
dark, timeless bar. Last Friday I experienced it in non-fiction:
sitting knees-to-back, shoulder-to-wall on little stools. Maybe in
total 12 stools, 12 respectful listeners. The place must have been
about 6 by 14 feet. One couldn´t move (it was tricky to take this
photo). But a lack of space did not create a repressive feeling, quite
the opposite, it seemed not to matter who you were or who you sitting
next to, I lost track of time and felt a cozy, melting exception, for
which I was very grateful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u>Jazz café recommendations from Arthur san (hard to find in English!)</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Some of Tokyo’s top jazz players play at the Big River, as well as a
range of other folks, including us. The “Master” there is fairly good
at English and is a good person. It’s about as small as the
Checkerboard, but a more “serious jazz” atmosphere. Some of the jazz
fans and musicians here like it exactly because when the music is on
(30-minute sets), there’s no talking or ordering, so it’s all about
watching very good players from the front row. Big River:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.bigjazzriver.com/st/nd.html" target="_blank">http://www.bigjazzriver.com/st/nd.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">This little place is around the corner and down the block on the
street that runs along-side the Higashi-Nakano station. I haven’t gone
in yet. Thelonious:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.tokyojazzsite.com/content/thelonious" target="_blank">http://www.tokyojazzsite.com/content/thelonious</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here’s a link to another place that is highly regarded in the jazz world of Tokyo. I’ve only been there once. Meg:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://tokyojazzsite.com/content/meg" target="_blank">http://tokyojazzsite.com/content/meg</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">And this place, right up the street from Takadanobaba station is really small! Intro:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://tokyojazzsite.com/content/intro" target="_blank">http://tokyojazzsite.com/content/intro</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Oh, and here’s one other place, just past Meiji-doori on
Waseda-doori. It’s on the second floor. I’ve walked by it many times,
but haven’t paid the fees to see a show there yet. Sunny Side:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.sunny-side.jp/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.sunny-side.jp/index.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Last Friday at Sunny Side Jazz Café it was open mic night:</span><br />
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-8847234429778494122013-01-10T06:21:00.001-05:002013-01-10T06:24:07.258-05:00"likeaswitchboard"“Don’tworry. Youreallyarepartofhere, really. Alwayshavebeen, always willbe. Itallstartshere, itallendshere. Thisisyourplace. It’stheknot. It’stiedtoeverything.”<br />
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“Everything?”<br />
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“Everything. Thingsyoulost. Thingsyou’regonnalose. Everything. Here’swhereitalltiestogether.”<br />
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— <i>Dance Dance Dance</i>, Haruki Murakami, p.83<br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-23370774977557143682012-12-19T09:43:00.002-05:002012-12-19T09:45:18.218-05:00TV documentary in English: Spain´s current economic crisis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://megansaltz.tumblr.com/post/36480863587/in-the-leaf-patina-paradise-queen-village">leaf patina paradise in Queen Village, Philadelphia</a><br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-80672192699295326892012-09-15T18:51:00.005-04:002012-09-15T19:08:00.038-04:00new painting by Saiko Shiiki<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From the talented Shiiki family comes Saiko san's new painting--capturing the magic of "autumn foliage". </div>
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I really like the colors, innocence, and two-dimensionality of this one. </div>
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Click once to see it larger. </div>
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For more paintings, see <a href="http://shiikisaiko.jimdo.com/">her blog</a>. </div>
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-88150060023458216922012-09-10T08:58:00.002-04:002012-09-10T09:10:27.335-04:00Nalauwaki Village, Waya Island<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
Coming soon, I want to write about my experience with the warm-hearted Yabayaba family on the miniature village of Nalauwaki on the tiny island of Waya, Fiji, South Pacific. One of the most educational and "real" experiences of my life. </div>
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<small><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=waya,+fiji&aq=&sll=41.117935,-77.604698&sspn=5.006453,13.392334&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Waya&ll=-17.287566,177.127325&spn=0.099162,0.209255&t=h&z=13" style="color: blue; text-align: left;">View Larger Map</a></small>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-91429644334440081022012-08-11T00:46:00.000-04:002012-08-12T19:26:44.484-04:00material daysAn attempt to write something. Again in a geo-transition period (Grinnell-New Zealand in 2009; New Zealand-West Chester 2012), during which my mind becomes mush. Only the most basic words float in the bowl.<br />
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I just watched the film <i>Tony Takitani</i>, based on H. Murakami´s short story of the same title. The general plot centers around the loneliness of a man and the relationship with his late wife who was obsessed with buying expensive clothes. The story resonates with what I´ve been experiencing these days. I have spent $______ (a very large amount) in less than a week. I have never ever spent money like this before nor have I ever had the desire to. Plane tickets, apartment deposit and first month rent, new laptop, new furniture… Having to leave so much behind in New Zealand has meant having to re-buy so many things, again. A waste of time? (Not in the long run.) While I can feel a moment of excitement at purchasing something new, or finding some interesting design or color, overall, having to consume so much (especially at massive corps like IKEA and Bed Bath and Beyond) leaves me with a very empty feeling, sometimes a guilty feeling. I suppose I could enjoy it more if I was sharing the shopping. But, I´m shopping alone and placing the objects in a single apartment where they will live only with me. Hopefully I will have company at some time. “So-and-so, I´d like you to meet Volmar Swivel Chair.”<br />
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What really matters? It´s all so relative; writing this will make no difference whatsoever. I just like to see the font of the published blog entry.megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-68005102181831598472012-07-28T19:28:00.001-04:002012-11-23T15:42:39.499-05:00Lautoka<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">
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A reality of Fiji that receives little attention. </div>
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Lautoka, a multicultural city 30 minutes north of Nadi. </div>
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Photos taken July 24-26, 2012.<br />
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megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-36284121202993833762012-07-28T16:44:00.000-04:002012-07-28T16:56:08.806-04:00last hour in Dunedin, New Zealand<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">My last hour in Dunedin, New Zealand. I wanted to get the <i>Flaming Lips</i> version of this song because it’s more atmospherical and fantastical with a harp background, but I couldn’t find a copy anywhere! </span>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-36735245739338823112012-07-17T05:56:00.002-04:002012-07-17T06:06:35.513-04:00interviews<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
13 memorable interviews for the <i>Kiwi Accents Project</i>.</div>
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Here´s a sneak preview.</div>
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-84321541076425112322012-07-12T09:08:00.000-04:002012-07-12T17:57:32.550-04:00Ode to DunedinI sit and sit<br /> and live the slow footsteps<br /> thin-soled shoes <br /> <i>plop plop</i><br /> new tramping boots<br /> <i>crunch crunch</i><br /> to the right of me --<br /> ingrained splatter and soft green fuzz<br /><span class="text_exposed_show"> to the left --<br /> broken bottle brushed into the side of an old building<br /> the quiet dampness of last night's sprinkle<br /> the sun will come and warm me up<br /> I wish it wouldn't be so shy!</span>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-9721245012710397722012-06-17T11:31:00.000-04:002016-01-13T14:06:33.864-05:00the most beautiful room I ever saw<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">The
most mesmerizing architecture I ever experienced. An old hotel
converted into a ryokan. Long corridors of small wooden rooms that look
over a narrow river covered in lofty trees, each room differently hand-designed. </span></span></span></span><br />
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her eye fell on a little glass box that was lying under the table: she
opened it, and found in it a very small cake, on which the words `EAT
ME' were beautifully marked in currants. `Well, I'll eat it,' said
Alice, `and if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the key; and if it
makes me grow smaller, I can creep under the door; so either way I'll
get into the garden, and I don't care which happens!'" </span></span><br />
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A polar bear is studing linguistics,<br />
while Megan imagines a polar bear studying linguistics.megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-55790741270337802462012-04-21T20:02:00.001-04:002012-04-23T03:42:00.823-04:00Levi´s first steps!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-10131713435210051392012-04-17T09:22:00.002-04:002012-04-17T09:35:09.278-04:00Akihabeara<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">A polar being is going shopping</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br face="times new roman"><br face="times new roman"></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">for a multilingual electronic dictionary.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDTF_3YuveoV_cTZQCm3nwVesryeQmH-9SOTFKMdib1HL9od16P_oL1lzpgX7FRiF_OOJso2m241UY12Lse_WHjzEmCsC7EaF290eql0KlSkDrsgtxPy2SOlYCwVMI1SPSPOe/s1600/polar+spatter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDTF_3YuveoV_cTZQCm3nwVesryeQmH-9SOTFKMdib1HL9od16P_oL1lzpgX7FRiF_OOJso2m241UY12Lse_WHjzEmCsC7EaF290eql0KlSkDrsgtxPy2SOlYCwVMI1SPSPOe/s400/polar+spatter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732359814701401810" border="0" /></a>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-90652153304601270332012-04-12T05:52:00.006-04:002012-04-14T20:04:34.430-04:00Waiotapu natural colors<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUt4F4bWFvJj3b_eiEdrVWt9G_n99mfVPFfkYgy0IDKgBBDGnlawE3W5j4TvvaITYzeLJ5_bZjt_GXBXIbS9e_CkXCRV2-chW24hnsxR4q64AD11MZbT_9nrauTpLIPTbB1Ux/s1600/DSC_9919.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgUt4F4bWFvJj3b_eiEdrVWt9G_n99mfVPFfkYgy0IDKgBBDGnlawE3W5j4TvvaITYzeLJ5_bZjt_GXBXIbS9e_CkXCRV2-chW24hnsxR4q64AD11MZbT_9nrauTpLIPTbB1Ux/s400/DSC_9919.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730450979126041250" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmR3U8oIauBzRiMqCm289GeSzslyaLkTptGHPhHvZrfykFWcLDa8p1pUPGejxIojEFs0HgKO3Pgu7o9Hea7sv-2kamf258p3_rnLVQ7dw7yaKnMNYwDLVKX9e5EigGu8RFTL0/s1600/DSC_9990+small+fixed.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmR3U8oIauBzRiMqCm289GeSzslyaLkTptGHPhHvZrfykFWcLDa8p1pUPGejxIojEFs0HgKO3Pgu7o9Hea7sv-2kamf258p3_rnLVQ7dw7yaKnMNYwDLVKX9e5EigGu8RFTL0/s400/DSC_9990+small+fixed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731000133760222578" border="0" /></a><br />For more photos, see <a href="http://megansaltz.tumblr.com">my alter blog</a>.megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-42601345355969531792012-03-11T16:57:00.003-04:002012-03-11T17:01:32.990-04:00Secular Teaching Missions, 1st Republic Spain<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tYmfcvXqUBM" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-48167880012141978412012-02-17T18:07:00.005-05:002012-02-18T04:00:35.421-05:00kesa, this morningA zillion miles away won´t stop me<br />from thinking about you this morning with<br />these particular morning feelings<br />influenced by last night´s particular dreams<br />these particular pijamas,<br />this chocolate breakfast,<br />and this carpet smell.<br /><br />Will be repeated on the other side of the world,<br />about 4 hours later.<br />But from my memory,<br />I think you will be in<br />different and familiar colors,<br />different and familiar pijamas,<br />different and familiar breakfast and smells<br /><br />I remember that<br />right now you´re sleeping,<br />but in about 4 hours you will sit up and find yourself in a geographical deja vu.<br /><br />This doubly uncertain future<br />won´t stop me<br />from thinking about you.megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-65196843698318237292012-01-27T09:36:00.004-05:002012-04-23T03:41:26.767-04:00food nouns<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="font-family: arial; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: normal;">
<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}">two nouns in Japanese that don't exist as single words in English or Spanish:</span></span></h6>
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<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}">はごたえ = <span style="font-style: italic;">hagotae</span> = the texture a food item has when you chew it</span></span></h6>
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<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}">のどごし = <span style="font-style: italic;">nodogoshi</span> = the feeling when a certain food item goes down your throat</span></span></h6>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-54808617915384840512011-12-20T14:16:00.008-05:002012-04-23T03:42:20.781-04:00young girl on the metro<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}" style="color: black; font-family: arial;">
<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}">Yesterday on the subway there was a dad and daughter sitting in front of me. The young girl was half smiling half figgity/nervous. I looked up at the dad, and he said to me: "<span style="font-style: italic;">es la primera vez que sube al metro</span>" (it´s her first time on the subway).</span></span></h6>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-82221827089598080962011-12-17T06:23:00.035-05:002011-12-17T07:42:55.424-05:00microcosm day notes<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;"> <style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:116.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:85%;">[The city] isn’t just a place to live, to shop, to go out and have kids play.</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="font-size:85%;">It’s a place that implicates how one derives one’s ethics, how one develops a sense of justice, how one learns to talk with and learn from people who are unlike oneself, which is how a human becomes human. (Sennet, “Civitas” 83)</span></p><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">- found new library, Sofia Barat on career Girona where I browsed through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15-M_Movement">15M</a> related comic book "<a href="http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20110820/revolution-complex-primer-comic-sobre-15-m/455842.shtml">Revolution Complex</a>" and discovered a stretchy transparent plastic book cover. i liked this. i asked the librarian where one could find this, she was nicer than most local strangers I talk to, she told me "probably in any stationary store"<br /><br />- I decided i wanted to buy the book because it could be useful for my teaching/research, so I walked towards the Raval neighborhood, towards the CCCB. While I was in the Raval I stopped to tie my shoe and an older woman in approached me, maybe French (from her accent), she was looking for the Facultad de Geografía y Filosofía. I took her there and we chatted<br /><br />- browsed books at the CCCB and purchased "Revolution Complex" with a 5% discount<br /><br />- leaving the CCCB, in the Plaza de los Ángeles I saw some pee trickling down the sidewalk. I often see trickling pee, but this time it was more than the usual. my eyes followed it to source. An old thin man with blond and white hair had peed his blue jeans... he stared at me with half-closed eyes and his mouth drooped open...<br /><br />- I continued forward on Ferlandina street and I passed a young African <span style="font-style: italic;">chatarrero</span> (why define him as African? because I´m 99% sure he was an African immigrant and because his skin color is related to his precarious situation). he had accumulated several junk items in a cart. some will critique my response, but I felt bad. it has to be really shitty to make a living going through garbage. I thought about my money in the bank and how much money I spend on sweets. i turned around, walked back towards him and handed him 10 euros and kept walking. This made me feel elitist, and I don´t like that, but I didn´t know what else to do, i only mention it here because it was a yet another unexpected encounter with a social difference and because the dominating media and knowledge-makers ignore <span style="font-style: italic;">chatarreros</span>, as if they didn't exist.<br /><br />- islamic pastelería. bought two baklava, one chicken curry roll, and one water.<br /><br />- changed direction, wanted to get photos of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Forat de la vergonya</span> plaza. Walked towards the back of the Boqueria market. A Murakami moment--I spotted a very interesting fenced off <a href="http://www.bcn.cat/player/noticies/welcome.html?urlVideo=http://w1.bcn.cat/videos/eljardidelsgats_1.flv&ancho=640&alto=385&menuItems=00000&usePlayOverlay=false&autoPlay=true&idioma=ca"><span style="font-style: italic;">Jardin dels gats</span></a> on the side of a small plaza (Cat Garden). A bit stinky but colorful and safe playground for stray cats.<br /><br />- Then I came across some red leaves growing down a building behind the Boqueria. my housemate Joan had previously shown me a picture of these. I was taking a picture of this area when two girls approached me and asked for directions to the Guell Palace. the map was in Korean. I walked with them for about 5 minutes showing them where they needed to go and told them that I liked Korean film and we mentioned a couple titles. They seemed really happy.<br /><br />- I looked at the sky trying to figure out what time it was. I needed to meet a friend to see a film at 5pm. It usually gets dark at 5:30pm and it still seemed quite light out. So, I headed over towards Forat de la vergonya. along the way I spotted a clock somewhere-- 4:50pm. Shoot! I rushed to the Urquioana metro stop and got on the yellow line, I was going to be late for the movie and I didn't have a way to contact my friend... (notice my difficulty in comparison to others'.)<br /><br />- After the movie ("<a href="http://altermon.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/interferencies-pelicula-de-libre-distribucion-sobre-las-causas-de-la-crisis-global-y-sus-alternativas/">Interferencies</a>", it was ok...) I went to my friend´s place. She had a migraine and needed to take some medicine. She also needed to meet her boyfriend´s mother, who is from a far away country. She didn´t want to go because the lady is not that nice. she asked me if I would come along. I said yes. We met her at a coffeeshop and I ate a <span style="font-style: italic;">palmera de chocolate</span>. This woman had suffered and continues to suffer from domestic violence and I could see it in her face. It was hard for me to digest this...<br /><br />- Nevertheless, we were still hungry so we went to eat a <span style="font-style: italic;">piadina</span>, an italian flat bread grilled sandwich. it was very good.<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuKB7i-1Q5yjoQmayRxs3zXJ9wPXOU08OICOTeyoB66SlDat-pOKkAMR4DEMMmG8tCufjDr2VKI4n_WrENc5JTOrZMA3u7mW307JZQ2GNJukYbISV8J5KzL1WA5VzabxB3X5uC/s1600/DSC_9394.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuKB7i-1Q5yjoQmayRxs3zXJ9wPXOU08OICOTeyoB66SlDat-pOKkAMR4DEMMmG8tCufjDr2VKI4n_WrENc5JTOrZMA3u7mW307JZQ2GNJukYbISV8J5KzL1WA5VzabxB3X5uC/s400/DSC_9394.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687067587863558002" border="0" /></a>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-7088711837063760382011-12-06T09:23:00.006-05:002013-04-30T07:57:36.947-04:00Forat de la vergonya - Hole of Shamedominos, soccer, benches, and a garden.<br />
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"forat de la vergonya"´s year-round citizen-sustained garden and free vegetables for all in the middle of a dense hodge podge of buildings dating from 20 to 2000 years ago. this area (actually it´s a large plaza) represents a citizen-based victory after a long fight against speculators. a decade ago the municipal gov´t was going to construct a private parking structure here. a large portion of the area was demolished, citizens evicted, small local businesses shut down, police squashed the protests... but after several ongoing protests, the bulldozers withdrew and the people got their plaza back, but of course it was a mess. since then, the local neighborhood association has cleaned it up and maintained it themselves, but police still circulate the plaza.<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683021486360130546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCMKrCwHoHG6mCmUULL9t9NpWNEI-jMRc0d109p-MwTmDRQxuw7y3VJT5ZuL2rEFbTCw_AEzv0b2nfywoJTkapQQWB_x81O7fZha3FA1XXc0AW4LNuSQgO6p3MnO1AHAG0CO0-/s400/DSC_9274.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />More info: <a href="http://nevada.ual.es:81/redURBS/BlogURBS/los-agujeros-de-la-memoria-urbana/">http://nevada.ual.es:81/redURBS/BlogURBS/los-agujeros-de-la-memoria-urbana/</a>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-40452172992701373112011-11-26T18:07:00.019-05:002011-12-17T07:45:39.712-05:00my geoslipReturning to Barcelona´s streets after a long time away is strangely as easy as mindlessly slipping into an ______[insert old piece of clothing]______.<br />So much info and mundane responses that had not consciously entered my mind for two years have seamlessly and effortlessly come back to me. for example—<br />knowing exactly where to look when crossing certain streets, and how to manuever through certain crowded areas,<br />anticipating street light signals,<br />reproducing the local way of interacting with strangers (dryly, kind of depressed like),<br />not giving foul smells a second thought (urine, car exhast, sewer mold),<br />speaking words that I haven´t said or heard in years (<span style="font-style: italic;">cundir, rentable, parches</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">despistar, difundir</span>...),<br />enthusiastically stating a specific preference for a type of bread, cheese or bean that I don´t even recall liking so much (<em>garrafón</em>!)…..<br />It's as if I have snapped into a different me, a me who has been here in Barcelona all long while the real me has been away.<br />(Oh this is very 1Q84, parallel realities with glitches.) Yes, some things aren´t registering or matching up and have stopped me in my path. (This is what I expected would happen since the city inevitably would have changed while I was away.) For example, I don´t recognize the new intersection lights, or the red paint on the streets at intersections; I got lost because I got the Ronda de Sant Pau mixed up with la Avenida del Paralelo, and I got turned around in the underground train-metro division at Plaza de Cataluña. Example 4 and example 5megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-77857257028781484872011-11-20T03:55:00.000-05:002011-11-25T04:13:42.961-05:007 minutes of modernist and moving barcelona, captured in 1908<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtC61HYf8Hnxen75_-RrGS5HLWo4aA_CJ56pxc0OG0XRV6MnXW1kf7KrwDfSTE0bY5ibfs3tOW9yC7nBKDovsZJcvVedL3z1QR-OxGesVSQo7QwAmGNlQ3O7fex9UIWZV18DtU/s1600/T_1204_245_8635.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 116px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtC61HYf8Hnxen75_-RrGS5HLWo4aA_CJ56pxc0OG0XRV6MnXW1kf7KrwDfSTE0bY5ibfs3tOW9yC7nBKDovsZJcvVedL3z1QR-OxGesVSQo7QwAmGNlQ3O7fex9UIWZV18DtU/s400/T_1204_245_8635.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678855413156191506" border="0" /></a>video here: <a href="http://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/PY/245/see-the-film-barcelona_by_tram">http://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/PY/245/see-the-film-barcelona_by_tram</a>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-37673527632711565772011-10-29T17:20:00.007-04:002011-12-12T15:37:05.787-05:00small junk mail tactic<span style="font-family:arial;">For those living in the US and receiving loads of junkmail, here´s a very easy and non-violent way to protest financial corruption (and even support your local post office).<br />When our representatives don´t listen, we have to get creative. This is very creative.</span><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2JlxbKtBkGM" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="380"></iframe>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-22337520792195074112011-10-22T05:10:00.010-04:002011-11-25T04:00:34.078-05:00the evolution of asking why?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOU13vOGzCWmPhq0NGTEz3Nr0pbi7nCCPhY-b5LwLlPLh0Rj_EjjfzmbTkwwcKLCuHvq2_T8rsKfu2tuQuktszjlwa-2cj2FMA5E4_z7rPWQs97TT-6kvcOf59mIN0rgQBPHZ/s1600/why%253F.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 164px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOU13vOGzCWmPhq0NGTEz3Nr0pbi7nCCPhY-b5LwLlPLh0Rj_EjjfzmbTkwwcKLCuHvq2_T8rsKfu2tuQuktszjlwa-2cj2FMA5E4_z7rPWQs97TT-6kvcOf59mIN0rgQBPHZ/s400/why%253F.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671440587950716722" border="0" /></a>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-26396444208188084012011-09-18T17:42:00.035-04:002011-12-06T08:31:31.699-05:00universal separation<span style="font-family:times new roman;">Re-reading old notes on Henri <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Lefebvre</span> I came across a passage that seemed so multi-applicable, not just to space, but all objects of analysis across time. Here are a couple lines of it:</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family:times new roman;">"A comparable approach is called for today, an approach which would analyse not things in space, but space itself, with a view to uncovering the social relationship embedded in it. The dominant tendency fragments space and cuts it up into pieces. It enumerates the things, the various objects, that space contains. [. . . ]" (page 90, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Production of Space</span>, 1974)</blockquote><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Someone could say this is naive or obvious because the ideas on social division have been re-worked and re-published over the last 4 decades, but we only have to look around, look at our institutions, the organization of our neighborhoods, our personal work environments, and local ways of political representation to see that the divided conditions <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Lefebvre</span> assume are overwhelmingly present today, and so his proposal to disclose them is still urgent and worthwhile.<br /><br />This continuity also evokes the unoriginal and generalized question as to why we have not come very far (this could be measured at least in terms of humans killed per yer) after decades of progressive discourse. I think a main cause lies in the fact that our centers of knowledge and education are still too spatially, geographically and socially isolated, "cut up into pieces." An epitome could be the typical American college campus, separated from the rest of society and the diversity of the nearest city by approximately 30 miles of flat cement and thousands of dollars in tuition fees. In spite of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">internet</span> and freer access to information, the reworking and republishing of ideas on social division have <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ocurred</span> predominantly within these isolated campuses.<br /><br />The opposite of separation/division would be the lack of any at all, which would be like spatial relativity and chaos. But he's not calling for chaos. I can't prove it right now, but I imagine he's calling for a more public recognition and more democratic dealing with division.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I'll end this post on a related tangent. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Lefebvre's</span> passage links me to another spatial and multi-applicable passage I came across the other day in Fernando <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Arrabal's</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Carta</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">al</span> General Franco</span>, which was written three years before <span style="font-style: italic;">The Production of Space</span> and reflects on the violence and hatred of the Franco regime:</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family:times new roman;">"<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">España</span> no era <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">sino</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">un</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">cárcel</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">compuesta</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">de</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">pequeñas</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">cárceles</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">que</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">se</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">precipitaban</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">hacia</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">el</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">infierno</span>." (42) ["Spain was a prison composed of little prisons, which <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">precipitated</span> towards hell."] </blockquote><br />(I'd be grateful if you could leave feedback because I am currently isolated!)<br /></span>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-33313390045737374332011-09-11T02:09:00.013-04:002011-09-19T21:00:55.431-04:00chapas chungas<span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The economic ways of some prostitutes and immigrants, thieves, and pick pockets. </span>Their realities of Barcelona were projected on decorative pins and sold in the local bookstore <span style="font-style: italic;">La Central</span>.<br />Here you can see the pins foregrounding a colorful <span style="font-style: italic;">Bus <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Turistic</span></span>:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88Ec9WkAYwQWnPOjQgTHANTUSPFTBaTAnUlXoql-6AXONy2RF2mnPMCQb4Ef4cJxW8tVWMO4Sgdz8BeTF_bfwruStOspQ4oFC8c_tiGVbbKuCgaeRBPJBhMXD2-9dG5U2icl-/s1600/Chapas_reflejan_actos_incivicos.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88Ec9WkAYwQWnPOjQgTHANTUSPFTBaTAnUlXoql-6AXONy2RF2mnPMCQb4Ef4cJxW8tVWMO4Sgdz8BeTF_bfwruStOspQ4oFC8c_tiGVbbKuCgaeRBPJBhMXD2-9dG5U2icl-/s400/Chapas_reflejan_actos_incivicos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650980772253100194" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The municipal government must have found their content scandalous as it has ordered the removal of these pins from the bookstore.<br />These pins fulfilled at least a valuable component of the alternative tourist package, and more seriously and lesser known, they add to the pile of proof that the contentious workings of city branding are omnipresent.<br />A few determine what will and will not be acceptable for public knowledge.<br />Full article </span><a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-family: times new roman;" href="http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cataluna/Barcelona/Trias/quiere/ver/elpepiespcat/20110907elpcat_3/Tes">here</a><span style="font-family:times new roman;">. The artists have made their pins available for purchase directly from their website<span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://chapateao.blogspot.com/2010/12/blog-post.html?spref=fb">here</a>.</span>megan saltzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317086672136960822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11624445.post-16194095948695517282011-09-02T06:14:00.003-04:002011-09-02T06:19:13.762-04:00Rafa Zumbiría - No Way Home<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SRMknMQk6UjA_i8AMJGZpHyZ59W0EgGd7-F9eVopIvqEH8cho-gC3u0f0FdCMtPnPuBq8IysmhrGSg4wM-ilHj6EygDaFkVcEvFQBaif70KKuSxjhjNnQkQWwbawnehKGxpH/s1600/4209626962_375da06b9b_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SRMknMQk6UjA_i8AMJGZpHyZ59W0EgGd7-F9eVopIvqEH8cho-gC3u0f0FdCMtPnPuBq8IysmhrGSg4wM-ilHj6EygDaFkVcEvFQBaif70KKuSxjhjNnQkQWwbawnehKGxpH/s400/4209626962_375da06b9b_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647704113058131970" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrlegumbre/sets/72157622933742475/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrlegumbre/sets/72157622933742475/</a>
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<br /></span>"When the flies of pain come to disturb nostalgia, the best thing is to put a book in front of your eyes. You feel gratified, loaded with unpredictable gifts. Reading a book, you feel full of things that can’t be explained."
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