Gucci’s Fake Not Collection as contemporary U.S. myth (a Barthesian blog post)The cultural work done in the past by gods and epic sagas is now done by laundry-detergent commercials and comic-strip characters (Barthes…Oct 11, 20201Oct 11, 20201
What happens if you are in “the field” and “the field” gets dangerous (retro-posting a letter to…Dear all,May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
Trying to say goodbye in a pandemic (a letter to my students)I have been wondering since the beginning of May about what to write to you in this, my final announcement for this course. I even just…May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
Neoliberal Motherhood in Mexico: As Birthing Nations Gives Way to Individual ResponsibilityThis paper is about what motherhood means, in southern Mexico in the neoliberal present. I begin with what it could mean.Apr 27, 2020Apr 27, 2020
Mexico City-based artists (and others) are creating coloring books you can download for freeMexico City-based artists and others belonging to a small drawing group that is hosted each week by the arts entity Obrera Centro have…Apr 11, 2020Apr 11, 2020
Working from home, without a home office and without the perfect chairWhat this isn’tApr 7, 2020Apr 7, 2020
Board gaming is like art (Phase 1: Meme analysis)“Examples abound of the persisting social uses of art — as compensation for frustrations, as a symbolic way to draw social distinctions —…Oct 5, 2019Oct 5, 2019
Learning to see, in art as in science: “Comic Lab” discussion + conclusions (course content)Discussion:Sep 25, 2019Sep 25, 2019
