dawn pankonienGucci’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…3 min read·Oct 11, 2020--1--1
dawn pankonienWhat happens if you are in “the field” and “the field” gets dangerous (retro-posting a letter to…Dear all,6 min read·May 22, 2020----
dawn pankonienTrying 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…4 min read·May 22, 2020----
dawn pankonienNeoliberal 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.10 min read·Apr 27, 2020----
dawn pankonienMexico 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…4 min read·Apr 11, 2020----
dawn pankonienWorking from home, without a home office and without the perfect chairWhat this isn’t10 min read·Apr 7, 2020----
dawn pankonienComic Lab #2: Scientific portraiture (course content)PREFACE18 min read·Oct 31, 2019----
dawn pankonienBoard 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 —…3 min read·Oct 5, 2019----
dawn pankonienLearning to see, in art as in science: “Comic Lab” discussion + conclusions (course content)Discussion:9 min read·Sep 25, 2019----