Tip-toeing Through Academia | Patricia (Tish) J. Lopez

26 Sep Disciplining displacement

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I'm reading Jennifer Hyndman's Managing Displacement: Refugees and the Politics of Humanitarianism today. I'm barely through the introduction, actually, but already am seeing ways to incorporate her work into what i'm hoping to accomplish some day, some how. I've been struggling lately with the criticality...

25 Sep don’t panic

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Our department party was today. Lovely. It took all my will-power to go, but now that i've gone, i'm glad that i did. I made a red wine spritzer and spent nearly two hours drinking it. Look social with a drink in your hand, don't...

23 Sep Dissertating Haiti

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We have not reached the consensus that to eat is a basic human right. This is an ethical crisis. This is a crisis of faith.Global capitalism becomes a machine devouring our planet. The little finger, the men and women of the poorest 20%, are reduced...

16 Sep Morality (?) and Power

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We saw a preview for The Debt last night. It struck a nerve in me - one associated with our notions of morality. Had the Nazi's won, had Western Europe or even the U.S. decided they weren't so wrong, after all, their own morality would...

11 Jul Summer va-What?!?

Posted at 02:38h in exams, generals, grad school, reading, summer vacation, writing by maoquai 0 Comments

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There is a fallacy among friends and families of grad students that we have "summers off"...