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Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585995132511395716.post-45259877347679643802023-10-13T13:20:00.003-07:002023-10-13T13:37:06.349-07:00Congratulations to Kennii Ekundayo, 2nd Year MALAS Graduate Student, and Recipient of the Rosario J. 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Patti Memorial Endowed Scholarship for the Humanities. This funding amounts to $2,850 and will be helpful toward settling current academic financial commitments. Kennii shares her first reaction to the award: "I believe that the Rosario J. Patti Memorial Endowed Scholarship's decision to support students in the humanities comes at a time when education, especially within the humanities, has suffered so much backlash resulting in students -- even alums -- beginning to question the importance of this discipline. As a result, this is not only a timely gift but is also reinvigorating. Thank you for all the encouragement, support, and mentorship!"</span></p><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAkwmxrE5XQYkMArMHXQFHKAnOp16lAKpI5H2Y5m8PigxdarnQQ_j-POhyphenhyphenuaKpeyUWMOVMPUsaEn9XJBI2LYGtIgAlD2EzQnkv_Ir-DCBZvJN8O49HHXX0KBNglSuKkpvVKLuExnE7DMqNHiqDCmivjuejnMjhZUhyphenhyphenpqK9pAqA8BZN5LBbCNZayIRIco6/s1848/kennii.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1848" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAkwmxrE5XQYkMArMHXQFHKAnOp16lAKpI5H2Y5m8PigxdarnQQ_j-POhyphenhyphenuaKpeyUWMOVMPUsaEn9XJBI2LYGtIgAlD2EzQnkv_Ir-DCBZvJN8O49HHXX0KBNglSuKkpvVKLuExnE7DMqNHiqDCmivjuejnMjhZUhyphenhyphenpqK9pAqA8BZN5LBbCNZayIRIco6/w536-h233/kennii.jpg" width="536" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnzkJvnFAl0pggOLxRqBqt3OibZOJCUryttHKdjPMIV2v-iPGNpkkpTMR70tlWt5KRBGrYt2trhG_WSthx_rGoLWvNHYbWNfnQGZXsAlXoqaLWB71D9eUedSMrBib8QPsuEVkM6cVwNpkM7E39UpBxofjpVwSXemAXgIzXg6WQnklrLyIK7zdr6PK7IjG/s1000/alt_malas_logo1.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><p></p>William A. 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The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_Ju5Jli14SeUYVp4IlMgMQatHRO9f1-cYh3Wzs3zSuRPcrgRdETeVWxqrCnBb7TUPwy_01koCcB7qEkYSB0tg_oTImgSkfaeggWiHAspos9nS3zEojJDfem8aUDlPLJTOVIVISQuHzmTCgt0TA8850tJ6bhtR_2LX-5D-e2Y5sF5tDgoRgGbQ7yR-15H/s1933/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-10%20at%208.48.10%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1933" data-original-width="1407" height="660" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_Ju5Jli14SeUYVp4IlMgMQatHRO9f1-cYh3Wzs3zSuRPcrgRdETeVWxqrCnBb7TUPwy_01koCcB7qEkYSB0tg_oTImgSkfaeggWiHAspos9nS3zEojJDfem8aUDlPLJTOVIVISQuHzmTCgt0TA8850tJ6bhtR_2LX-5D-e2Y5sF5tDgoRgGbQ7yR-15H/w480-h660/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-10%20at%208.48.10%20AM.png" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">click to enlarge</div><br /> <p></p>William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585995132511395716.post-12813636972073505032023-10-03T05:30:00.001-07:002023-10-03T13:54:46.283-07:00How to be a Successful MALAS Graduate Student and MAYBE Have a Shot at a TAship!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>updated 3, October 2023</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAH-hFFMUCNa9Jhun7nhpvN5_rQUf5iveWyZzwywUQSaDa7LtySr6C3x9-Jdj-TyyTwchzwOj-BLMIN0rAC5q_6pwjDKuDc1av8omLgrfqVi_-MgJY4c7iTPn_8aLN8lJH0bU-yXfjQaUorEgllxhQOJRM3521jzAYG63H5g-slgvpwWjbPLTx-884PIQ/s760/web-ta-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="760" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAH-hFFMUCNa9Jhun7nhpvN5_rQUf5iveWyZzwywUQSaDa7LtySr6C3x9-Jdj-TyyTwchzwOj-BLMIN0rAC5q_6pwjDKuDc1av8omLgrfqVi_-MgJY4c7iTPn_8aLN8lJH0bU-yXfjQaUorEgllxhQOJRM3521jzAYG63H5g-slgvpwWjbPLTx-884PIQ/w442-h294/web-ta-1.jpg" width="442" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>How to be a Successful MALAS Graduate Student and MAYBE Have a Shot at a TAship!!!!</b></span><br />
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Ah, the life of an interdisciplinary student!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We lucky MALASheads have the university as
our intellectual smorgasbord, feeding our insatiable curiosities by sampling
from the courses that are offered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
this blessing might also be a bit of a curse for those who wish to pursue a
future in teaching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Arguably, having
experience as a Graduate Teaching Assistant is a fine addition to any CV for
those who wish to one day become a professor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Traditionally, the Graduate TA works with undergraduates from the same
discipline, and usually there is a “department” associated with that discipline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>MALAS does not have a corresponding
undergraduate program where a MALAS head can TA, which raises the
question:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>what options are there for
those of us MALAScriados who wish to gain teaching experience?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fortunately, there <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">are</i>
options out there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, there
are a few programs on campus which have the opposite problem, that is to say
they lack a graduate component.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can
potentially befriend the faculty from that department and, over time,
demonstrate your ability to be a capable TA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a bit more difficult in that they would likely have to justify
the creation of the TA position, not an impossible task but certainly not a
very straightforward one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
departments to consider include: American Indian Studies, Africana Studies, Religious Studies, Chicana/o Studies, and Classics & Humanities.<br />
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Let me tell you about the path I chose to take…<o:p></o:p></div>
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There is a department on campus that has an ongoing need for
graduate TA’s and accepts applications from across the disciplines (and you
don’t get much more “across the disciplines” than MALAS):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Rhetoric and Writing Studies Department!<br />
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Almost every incoming freshman is required to take a developmental writing
course at SDSU.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That typically is RWS
100 one semester, followed by RWS 200 the next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many of these classes are taught by graduate student Teaching Assistants
(TAs). The TAs are limited to a class size of 25.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you consider the amount of incoming freshmen
at SDSU in any given year (approximately 3,700), you’ll understand why there is
a need for so many TAs to teach these required classes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each TA is assigned a class of no more than
25 students.<br />
<br />
So, how do you become a TA?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is an
application process! But before we get to that…<br />
<br />
There is also a required class, RWS 609, Theory and Practice of Teaching
Composition, in which you must enroll before you will be offered TA contract.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can enroll in this class during the same
timeframe that you intend to apply for a TA position (for the next
semester).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is to say, you don’t
have to take the class and wait until the following semester to apply – which
would result in you waiting for nearly a whole year (although if that’s what
you want to do, you can).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To clarify
what I am saying, let me share the application deadlines from this year:<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->October 26 (to apply to teach in Spring)<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->March 01 (to apply to teach in Fall)<o:p></o:p></div>
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So it is completely possible for an incoming, first year MALAS
student to take RWS 609 during their first fall semester, apply during that
semester while still taking the course, and teach an RWS 100 class in the
spring semester (assuming their application is accepted).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<br />
Here’s the catch:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>taking the class does
not necessarily guarantee that you will be brought on as a TA, so it is a
gamble in that you will have potentially “wasted” 3 units, and the money to pay
for those 3 units.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bear that in mind,
but do not let it discourage you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Also, there is a greater demand for RWS 100 TAs in the fall
semester, than there are in the spring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are fewer RWS 100 classes offered in the spring, typically for
those who had to take the non-credit bearing RWS 92A, and some of the TAs who
have already been offered contracts may opt to teach two classes during their
second semester.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore, it may make
more sense for an incoming MALAS student to take RWS 609 and apply during their
spring semester, which is precisely what I did.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now, back to the application process…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Once you have enrolled in RWS 609, the next step will be to
prepare your application. You will need
to submit the following:</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">An application form</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Transcripts</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Three current letters of recommendation that
will be sent directly to the DRWS office.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">A statement of purpose</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">A writing sample of about five pages of
expository prose</span></li>
</ul>
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The application process is straightforward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see it here: <a href="https://rhetoric.sdsu.edu/internships-and-employment/ta-program">https://rhetoric.sdsu.edu/internships-and-employment/ta-program</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></div>
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Transcripts are rather self-explanatory as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, yes, they do include your undergraduate
record. They do not require formal transcripts – a print out from the SDSU Web
Portal was sufficient for their needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Fortunately (for me), the transcripts themselves do not appear to be a
heavily weighted determining factor in the application process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s just say that my undergraduate
performance a few decades back was less than ideal. However, my performance in
graduate school, which is of course far more recent, had to be above the 3.0
threshold that they require of TAs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I will say this about the letters of recommendation:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>do not wait until the last minute to request
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And if it is at all possible, seek
them from professors on campus who have had an opportunity to get to know you
and your writing abilities, and of course have a favorable view of both you and
your skills.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Your statement of purpose relates why you want to teach RWS
100, not why you want to teach in general. I’ll say it again: this is about WHY
you are so passionate about teaching the RWS 100 developmental writing class,
and NOT about why you’d like to teach, in general.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The writing sample must be expository in nature. It cannot
be that amazing sonnet you wrote nor an excerpt from the Great American Novel
you’ve been working.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would recommend
that you use a paper that you wrote at SDSU for which you earned an A.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also recommend that you request one of your
letters of recommendation from the professor for who you wrote the paper.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</div>William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585995132511395716.post-73589258291727283892023-09-27T11:58:00.001-07:002023-10-02T12:00:21.595-07:00MALAS Programming is Taking Off: “Legalize Positivity”: Comics, the Prison Industrial Complex, and HIV/AIDS Education <p><span style="font-family: Oswald;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: Oswald; font-size: x-large;">“Legalize Positivity”: Comics, the Prison Industrial Complex, and HIV/AIDS Education </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oswald;">Clio Reese Sady and Inés Ixierda </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oswald;">Bread and Roses Speakers Series on “Abolition Feminism” </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oswald;">Thursday, September 28 4-5:30pm Arts and Letters 104 </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oswald;">Clio Reese Sady (AKA Thatcher) is a cartoonist and former tattoo artist living on unceded Ramaytush Ohlone land in San Francisco, California. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Oswald;">Inés Ixierda is a queer Mestisx interdisciplinary visual artist and media maker in Oakland, California, unceded Ohlone Territory. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqXZ9GfQXN3e8cKCHXN0Hutu2s9apJy4UYY1VsqpVyEvv59C1p7PcSMGJhEvMF_j7fMbWDFdkSRUeRWutPjHPpzC0XGYQyL4BCEnNXKqoSMmm4a7Vf4qtNenJE4fw1mWYQohXYQO5IDwAV3xtAwizMRNORHj_1JkV0nuYpWGjlGDQnLDBYg8p6M_9SeC2/s2364/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-02%20at%2011.56.30%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2364" data-original-width="1818" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqXZ9GfQXN3e8cKCHXN0Hutu2s9apJy4UYY1VsqpVyEvv59C1p7PcSMGJhEvMF_j7fMbWDFdkSRUeRWutPjHPpzC0XGYQyL4BCEnNXKqoSMmm4a7Vf4qtNenJE4fw1mWYQohXYQO5IDwAV3xtAwizMRNORHj_1JkV0nuYpWGjlGDQnLDBYg8p6M_9SeC2/w490-h638/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-02%20at%2011.56.30%20AM.png" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">click to enlarge</div><br /><p><br /></p>William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585995132511395716.post-4814874294530856932023-09-27T10:20:00.003-07:002023-09-27T10:20:38.551-07:00Roger Rosenblatt at SDSU!<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsandiegostateuniversitypress%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0YBdwTh3n6RdFKoPFj4EbozQL4WcHnbszYMSpGu5vGoaDvbVeiCFjj5CNk9X53h6vl&show_text=true&width=500" width="500" height="717" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe>William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585995132511395716.post-31681777314035166092023-08-02T23:58:00.000-07:002023-08-02T23:58:05.728-07:00Late Added MALAS Buddhism Class,<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2tcIU5btgopuKSeQOIPS8fMY2O-p7VUrmJfeyINWgAEPPxYO0XbCwHHcAin3PlH39oP-DlbYfAXwsSdcmGaX45QQgPdUgVL1fp1Dcc8RVAKD6KsnP4w0wg7fPVOpioMJkrF-0S5tzGk5OwHSjqj3ybcuu8CG01T_LsQqXkqtHPGf78RjD6fx8kuFGQbF/s286/IMG_4192.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="286" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2tcIU5btgopuKSeQOIPS8fMY2O-p7VUrmJfeyINWgAEPPxYO0XbCwHHcAin3PlH39oP-DlbYfAXwsSdcmGaX45QQgPdUgVL1fp1Dcc8RVAKD6KsnP4w0wg7fPVOpioMJkrF-0S5tzGk5OwHSjqj3ybcuu8CG01T_LsQqXkqtHPGf78RjD6fx8kuFGQbF/s1600/IMG_4192.jpeg" width="286" /></a></div><br /><p></p><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(144, 144, 144) rgb(144, 144, 144) rgb(144, 144, 144) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; color: #909090; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.799999px; font-style: italic; margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 1ex; width: 544px; word-spacing: 1px;"><div dir="ltr" style="border-color: rgb(144, 144, 144);"><ul style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><li style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); margin-left: 15px;"><em style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><strong data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 0.875rem;">PHIL 555 / Empirical Perspectives of Buddhism</strong></em></li><li style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); margin-left: 15px;"><em style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><strong data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 0.875rem;">Class# (Schedule#): 12745</strong></em></li><li style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); margin-left: 15px;"><em style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><strong data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 0.875rem;">Meetings: Tuesday/Thursday 11:00-12:15</strong></em></li><li style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); margin-left: 15px;"><em style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><strong data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 0.875rem;">Instructor: Dr. Sandra A. Wawrytko (<a data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" href="mailto:wawrytko@sdsu.edu" style="border-color: rgb(17, 85, 204); color: #1155cc; font-size: 0.875rem; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">wawrytko@sdsu.edu</a>)</strong></em></li></ul><p style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 1em 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><em style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><strong data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 0.875rem;">Description:</strong></em></p><p style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 1em 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><em data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 0.875rem;">An exploration of twenty-five hundred years of Buddhist scholarship and practice in relation to contemporary empirical perspectives, including comparative analyses of epistemological methodology, the conundrum of consciousness, and contemplative science.</em></p><p style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 1em 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><em style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><strong data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 0.875rem;">How real is the reality we perceive and conceive?</strong></em></p><p style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 1em 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><em data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 0.875rem;">Philosopher and neuroscientist Joshua Greene speaks of “Supervenience” to explain our shifting perceptions of reality: “Imagine a picture on a computer screen of a dog sitting in a rowboat. It can be described as a picture of a dog, but at a different level it can be described as an arrangement of pixels and colors. The relationship between the two levels is asymmetric. The same image can be displayed at different sizes with different pixels. The high-level properties (dogness) supervene the low-level properties (pixels).” </em></p><p style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 1em 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><em data-originalcomputedfontsize="14" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 0.875rem;">Buddhist epistemology describes these cognitive shifts in terms of the Twofold Truth—we fixate on the picture of the dog, the tip of the iceberg of reality or provisional truth, because it is most obvious to us, unaware of the pixels’ complexity, the deep reality or transcendental truth. Neuroscientists study a corresponding shift between two attentional networks in the brain—task-driven dorsal attention and stimulus-driven ventral attention, yielding egocentric and allocentric awareness respectively. </em></p><div class="gmail_signature" dir="ltr" style="border-color: rgb(144, 144, 144);"><div dir="ltr" style="border-color: rgb(144, 144, 144);"><div dir="ltr" style="border-color: rgb(144, 144, 144);"><div dir="ltr" style="border-color: rgb(144, 144, 144);"><div style="border-color: rgb(144, 144, 144);"><em data-originalcomputedfontsize="16.799999" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(144, 144, 144); font-size: 1.05rem;">Chair, graduate adviser, Philosophy Department</em></div><div style="border-color: rgb(144, 144, 144);"><em data-originalcomputedfontsize="16.799999" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(144, 144, 144); font-size: 1.05rem;">San Diego State University</em></div><div style="border-color: rgb(144, 144, 144);"><em data-originalcomputedfontsize="16.799999" data-removefontsize="true" style="border-color: rgb(144, 144, 144); font-size: 1.05rem;">San Diego, CA 92104-6044</em></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); caret-color: rgb(225, 225, 226); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; word-spacing: 1px;"> </div>William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585995132511395716.post-4998669195222138002023-07-23T11:10:00.003-07:002023-07-23T11:10:55.333-07:00Congratulations Abby Prohaska and Ivan Fernandez! MALAS Superstars!<p> </p>
<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwilliam.nericcio%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0otjvmzw55P4BUPzUCk8aGQwkFXtet3uSUMAdfjyzCLWz5UBzmWMQy9Hcnixy56sol&show_text=true&width=500" width="500" height="796" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe>William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585995132511395716.post-27390778624304096152023-07-06T15:30:00.001-07:002023-07-06T15:30:04.813-07:00Welcome Some of Our New Fall 2023 MALAS Cohort Superstars!<p> </p>
<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmalas.sdsu%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02Spn66ibHop6L7Yi3JX5qLV6zsfXEbdKhQVxDebK7QyrXE5Agy3mx6UjTBGb9ohNBl&show_text=true&width=500" width="500" height="654" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe>William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585995132511395716.post-74081543128874681322023-07-06T14:40:00.009-07:002023-07-06T14:42:50.141-07:00New MALAS Seminar, Fall 2023! Queering Comics with Jess Whatcott!<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXZQk2VFQNOPh5tEvr89jgRs8TbE5BFPCRtZ1H3bVYlXUjb82gVoIyIQdApcWAQpKGKdvRrC67vTlG3pI9J0XGadLk3OZKdnHgJF09xoVp4CcP4nh7ha8szzdLwCuiOEBr60gu21gLgQ669J6T1CgyPJ-dhQwHP0dNgxEyNTlgootn0W7YubEkT26Ys-jd/s2054/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-06%20at%202.39.38%20PM.png" style="font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="2054" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXZQk2VFQNOPh5tEvr89jgRs8TbE5BFPCRtZ1H3bVYlXUjb82gVoIyIQdApcWAQpKGKdvRrC67vTlG3pI9J0XGadLk3OZKdnHgJF09xoVp4CcP4nh7ha8szzdLwCuiOEBr60gu21gLgQ669J6T1CgyPJ-dhQwHP0dNgxEyNTlgootn0W7YubEkT26Ys-jd/w521-h202/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-06%20at%202.39.38%20PM.png" width="521" /></a></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: x-large;"><b>LGBT 550/MALAS 600A - Queering Comics </b></span></p><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;">Professor </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-size: 16px;">Jess Whatcott</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: "Roboto Condensed";"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Queering Comics” is an exploration of LGBTQ+ culture, ideas, aesthetics, relationships, identity, and politics through the prism of sequential art. We will use the medium of comics to explore the politics of representation, assessing both the consequences of the absence of complex queer and trans characters, and conversely the stereotypes that are reproduced when queer and trans people do appear. We will also explore how queer and trans people have practiced disidentifying with comics, teaching themselves to locate queerness even in narratives not intentionally created as queer. We will encounter creators who have used comics and graphic narratives to communicate queer ideas, express queer sexuality, and build queer community, sometimes subversively when queer identities are politically suppressed. We will evaluate the backlash against queer and trans comics, the politics of censorship, and the banning of queer visual narratives as sexually explicit content. Finally, we will celebrate the joyful struggle to continue to create and distribute queer and trans graphic narratives. More here: <a href="https://comics.sdsu.edu/grants/neh-hsi/courses/whatcott">https://comics.sdsu.edu/grants/neh-hsi/courses/whatcott</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 16px;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdH0uqd50dyAiMmTQaRGZzqni0eMB8DB4UsGyQAbK4Q1IIfEqYw0coMKJ5CMH3Cg0OUpJDkQZl-HCoQL2yvA_SQ9yUSD43tInLUZvQvIq_XF9mbl-rAeFitnEoRU_CVrY_O0m4RqMP_zH0zlabg3dJxcWwX2b5M9kCAs_DvJ-TykNBvRDAxRXkLl3-yi7J/s6000/unnamed-1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdH0uqd50dyAiMmTQaRGZzqni0eMB8DB4UsGyQAbK4Q1IIfEqYw0coMKJ5CMH3Cg0OUpJDkQZl-HCoQL2yvA_SQ9yUSD43tInLUZvQvIq_XF9mbl-rAeFitnEoRU_CVrY_O0m4RqMP_zH0zlabg3dJxcWwX2b5M9kCAs_DvJ-TykNBvRDAxRXkLl3-yi7J/w314-h209/unnamed-1.jpg" width="314" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;">Jess Whatcott (<a href="mailto:jwhatcott@sdsu.edu" style="color: blue; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">they/them</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">) is Assistant Professor of gender, women’s, and sexuality studies. Their forthcoming book from Duke University Press revisits the eugenics practice of segregation -- the mass confinement of disability in early twentieth century California. The book also connects this history to on-going reproductive and social control in today’s state institutions. Their research on eugenics, carcerality, and speculative fiction appears in </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black;">Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society</span></i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">; </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">Feminist Formations</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">; </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">Politics, Groups & Identities</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">; </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">Lateral; </i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">and edited book collections. Dr. Whatcott is affiliated with the SDSU Center for Comics Studies, and you can find them at Comic Con International presenting on "Comic Justice."</span></span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSg9hlWdGueA3U02RRN9mfJAB98Y4PlqhyOnzVm22BeNWM5CaoVcccW_17oisZ8J2Sd4LLU97XlLkBPBiIFmB5lT9oeYqNm0qpN3Zni0vtXQxZ_6d57h9pLN11HGaiXigul_MSKsqLmzi7UM3kzuzuEM1v_AA_0cov9h_bdjONLpNJP6oobBYQDZoMywT/s2216/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-06%20at%202.42.02%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="2216" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSg9hlWdGueA3U02RRN9mfJAB98Y4PlqhyOnzVm22BeNWM5CaoVcccW_17oisZ8J2Sd4LLU97XlLkBPBiIFmB5lT9oeYqNm0qpN3Zni0vtXQxZ_6d57h9pLN11HGaiXigul_MSKsqLmzi7UM3kzuzuEM1v_AA_0cov9h_bdjONLpNJP6oobBYQDZoMywT/w473-h219/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-06%20at%202.42.02%20PM.png" width="473" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div>William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585995132511395716.post-39810987845149330342023-07-06T14:30:00.002-07:002023-07-06T14:30:17.478-07:00New Fall 2023 Seminar with SDSU History Professor Eve Kornfeld: History 582/ MALAS 600 20th Century Intellectuals and Society <span style="color: red; font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: large;"><b> History 582/ MALAS 600A</b></span><div><span style="color: red; font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: large;"><b>20th Century Intellectuals and Society </b></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: large;"><b>Professor Kornfeld </b></span><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYs2531cTJVfpMBDOaFhPaM9QGU5AlziX2WD1EoSVTDbnW46SrQjlefYKhhmweGQtZ5S0lA6LCPfes4qgV_W9ImIxXrAfdWWWR3dBk5dq0O6NeSaowTOuUnoHMatAD__nILt5toyI-aAPkQ_i9NgCjNgukuGFZZ98H9d2PlnzfDJJN_cBxsketrmW3IKY/s797/Picasso%20painting%20Guernica%201937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="797" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYs2531cTJVfpMBDOaFhPaM9QGU5AlziX2WD1EoSVTDbnW46SrQjlefYKhhmweGQtZ5S0lA6LCPfes4qgV_W9ImIxXrAfdWWWR3dBk5dq0O6NeSaowTOuUnoHMatAD__nILt5toyI-aAPkQ_i9NgCjNgukuGFZZ98H9d2PlnzfDJJN_cBxsketrmW3IKY/w466-h300/Picasso%20painting%20Guernica%201937.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: medium;">How can a thinking individual act in a world of political rupture, virulent nationalism, economic crisis, lies, and violence? In a seminar format, we will explore the dramatically changing responses of 20th-century intellectuals to challenges strikingly similar to our own. Three principal postures will be examined in detail: an initial desire of intellectuals to turn inward, manifested in the development of psychology and “modernism” between 1890 and World War I; a period between the wars of social and political activism by “engaged” intellectuals; and, finally, the search by intellectuals after World War II for a synthetic stance between isolation and cooptation. We will compare formulations of these roles in a variety of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, physics, art, architecture, music, drama, and fiction. The seminar will culminate with individual research and group presentations on intellectuals and the Cold War, and intellectuals and post-colonialism around the world in the late 20th and 21st centuries. Requirements include active participation in seminar discussions, group presentations, and an individual research paper on an intellectual of your choice from anywhere in the post-WWII world. There are no prerequisites for the seminar, beyond a willingness to read/view and discuss some of the most exciting works of the twentieth century.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><br /></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCp3mM3cO6pQzy7z0uq3BXdc_AUIUJi-lcnW5Kyjdntp9TSMOZKfx_WfHULcj0NqIpmAfVR0e1kiicnzLtgsHpWZxCsBkxVg7YKsXsuZLj4ZoYMZfp57z-90h1MaImVGRV7AuyJW6WfC2RZ4FwgrK5twr3JwyWmI5D1q3L-9jnAXiFBwZhxJh585G85Yh_/s212/Dr.%20Eve%20Kornfeld.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="197" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCp3mM3cO6pQzy7z0uq3BXdc_AUIUJi-lcnW5Kyjdntp9TSMOZKfx_WfHULcj0NqIpmAfVR0e1kiicnzLtgsHpWZxCsBkxVg7YKsXsuZLj4ZoYMZfp57z-90h1MaImVGRV7AuyJW6WfC2RZ4FwgrK5twr3JwyWmI5D1q3L-9jnAXiFBwZhxJh585G85Yh_/s1600/Dr.%20Eve%20Kornfeld.jpg" width="197" />\</a></span></div><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;">Dr. Eve Kornfeld is Senate Distinguished Professor and Professor of History at San Diego State University. She earned her B.A. at Princeton University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in History at Harvard University, and has taught in Harvard’s History and Literature concentration, Princeton’s History and European Cultural Studies departments, and SDSU’s History, MALAS, Honors, and Arts Alive Collaborative programs. Her teaching and scholarship are interdisciplinary, transnational, polyphonic, and informed by post-colonial, post-structural, gender and critical race theory. Her books were published in the Bedford Series in History and Culture of St. Martin’s Press, and her articles appeared in the <i>William and Mary Quarterly, Journal of the Early Republic, Journal of American Studies, Canadian Review of American Studies, New England Journal of History, Pennsylvania History, History Teacher, </i>and the <i>Journal of American Culture</i>. She served on the governing board of the American Culture Association. She received SDSU’s Excellence in Teaching Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences in 2017, the Senate Excellence in Teaching Award in 2018, the Exceptional Service Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences in 2021, and the Darlene Shiley Honors Faculty Fellowship Award in 2023.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKal4e8_ioRApsc_Rq7_gnvw1d6O0ZjONrXYh-Cuv56c5knSWx4KNHxw9xPB6BDzTdHPKYpWynnkfRVZerfGafU-ahjKsX3Rka7GTXCR1tDYDpTvzz6zS_ZaJGo554o4_Y9I7GZwPwSkaM6rphme9yT991pkpB_YIyHFx8Uj5NCrwWJAD2l1j8uhUGZjUI/s2256/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-06%20at%202.29.27%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="2256" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKal4e8_ioRApsc_Rq7_gnvw1d6O0ZjONrXYh-Cuv56c5knSWx4KNHxw9xPB6BDzTdHPKYpWynnkfRVZerfGafU-ahjKsX3Rka7GTXCR1tDYDpTvzz6zS_ZaJGo554o4_Y9I7GZwPwSkaM6rphme9yT991pkpB_YIyHFx8Uj5NCrwWJAD2l1j8uhUGZjUI/w515-h209/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-06%20at%202.29.27%20PM.png" width="515" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><br /></div></div>William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585995132511395716.post-13746607053545316972023-07-06T14:05:00.010-07:002023-07-06T14:32:26.194-07:00New Fall 2023 MALAS Seminar! --> SEMINAR IN DAOIST PHILOSOPHIES: PAST AND PRESENT PHIL600_MALAS600C, Sandra A. Wawrytko, Ph.D<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><b style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68000030517578px;"></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: left;"><b style="color: red; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68000030517578px;">SEMINAR IN </span></b><b style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68000030517578px;">DAOIST PHILOSOPHIES: </span></b><b style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68000030517578px;">PAST AND PRESENT</span></b></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;">PHIL600_MALAS600C, Fall, 2023 W 2-4:45, AL 422 </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;">Sandra A. Wawrytko, Ph.D</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;">“a morality which encourages man to detach himself from his animal origins <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;">and to regard all nature as subject to him does not offer our best hopes for the future”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;">Joseph W. Meeker, <i>The Comedy of Survival; Studies in Literary Ecology</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRRUuAZsmKUCiIzZ2xRzLws9nQ5E2bJWdGZdYTOgu4rl61_C27KpqckCENae2xQ73soY8zNusoln_u5eaveUpIKaWCzZR_lX3NTsMM0JK3r5v4_7wJSB6iJxHn6jIL50Mn6MnnV_tANli_ORyyEGzO6UXu7Gp4u2kh_lZmHVUbWeTbRVf5xUUb5aWEU5g/s1024/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-06%20at%202.00.25%20PM.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="716" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRRUuAZsmKUCiIzZ2xRzLws9nQ5E2bJWdGZdYTOgu4rl61_C27KpqckCENae2xQ73soY8zNusoln_u5eaveUpIKaWCzZR_lX3NTsMM0JK3r5v4_7wJSB6iJxHn6jIL50Mn6MnnV_tANli_ORyyEGzO6UXu7Gp4u2kh_lZmHVUbWeTbRVf5xUUb5aWEU5g/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-06%20at%202.00.25%20PM.png" width="224" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Grounded in Naturalism, Daoist philosophies emphasize our deep connection with Nature in terms of the yin of Dao—the way of reality. It also questions the viability of human civilization, which estranges us from Dao and its life-affirming virtuosity. We will examine the claims and strategies of Daoist philosophers set forth over thousands of years to evaluate their potential contributions to reversing the toxic effects of yang’s “cunning intellect.” </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -86.25pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 86.25pt; text-indent: -86.25pt;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">primary texts Lao Zi, <i>Dao De Jing; </i>Zhuang Zi, <i>Zhuang Zi; </i>Sun Zi, <i>Bing Fa</i> (Methods of Warfare); Neo-Daoist Sun Bu-er (female master), poems; </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">Masanobu Fukuoka, <i>The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 86.25pt; text-indent: -86.25pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;">commentaries Lao Zi and Spinoza; Daoist Metaphysics and Heidegger; Zhuang Zi and Nietzsche<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">applications ecology, conflict resolution, leadership, military strategy</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwcv5uazKKhIFmRVzMOn-v1vOXZ5CM735ad0sGObRov9ZHXYDVQIOHiNGoSlg8xdQGs57WHATH3_1yn0FIKEjO0QXVemSFkradfCjvqpxWNmptUd7NxIue6XHUHE2FxGVrD_u9siUGCHOonbefruKM6k-SnLSsvbJiSDd_wtxvkiP9OwoMVfLz-ej980gf/s150/wawrytko.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="150" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwcv5uazKKhIFmRVzMOn-v1vOXZ5CM735ad0sGObRov9ZHXYDVQIOHiNGoSlg8xdQGs57WHATH3_1yn0FIKEjO0QXVemSFkradfCjvqpxWNmptUd7NxIue6XHUHE2FxGVrD_u9siUGCHOonbefruKM6k-SnLSsvbJiSDd_wtxvkiP9OwoMVfLz-ej980gf/w83-h83/wawrytko.jpg" width="83" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;">Sandra A. Wawrytko, Ph.D., (Washington University in St. Louis, Philosophy) is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at San Diego State University; former Director of the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies (2014-2021). Research areas—Buddhist and Daoist epistemology and aesthetics in the context of neuroscience; Global Aesthetics; Globalizing Philosophy. More than thirty years teaching intensive summer classes on Buddhism at Tsung Lin University, Taiwan. Author/editor of eight books, twenty book chapters, more than thirty journal articles, with sixty-two presentations at national and international conferences. Recent publications include “Murasaki’s Epistemological Awakening: Buddhist Philosophical Roots of <i>The Tale of Genji</i>” (<i>Journal of Chinese Philosophy</i> 2022), “Lessons in Non-Dualism from World Philosophies” (<i>Journal of World Philosophies</i> 2021), “Murasaki Shikibu of Japan” and “Sun Bu’er of China” in <i>Women Philosophers from Non-Western Traditions: The First Four Thousand Years</i> (Springer, 2023).</span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFmYSMyE2CoXRKoNJhGzsadX-w74ZGjDzy66vVMRqRWzW8VwbPBpBfaw8VN9DFaZJ1M-F5FwC427lAm5bOk7RilwLgWNSE4TxJHA0SpoFbQcNwjtInTH5hZE9qU6vExFtIWdaUEk199wzoMTPWhWiledNsMKaJhr68ONDWNJTlamjOZZ8WIUuJnwr32JC/s2214/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-06%20at%202.31.48%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="2214" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFmYSMyE2CoXRKoNJhGzsadX-w74ZGjDzy66vVMRqRWzW8VwbPBpBfaw8VN9DFaZJ1M-F5FwC427lAm5bOk7RilwLgWNSE4TxJHA0SpoFbQcNwjtInTH5hZE9qU6vExFtIWdaUEk199wzoMTPWhWiledNsMKaJhr68ONDWNJTlamjOZZ8WIUuJnwr32JC/w501-h213/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-06%20at%202.31.48%20PM.png" width="501" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.1200008392334px;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><br /></span></span><p></p>William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585995132511395716.post-21622234120266745242023-07-02T15:29:00.000-07:002023-07-21T18:57:10.349-07:00New Fall 2023 Visual Cultural Studies Seminar at SDSU with MALAS: #nakedsouls24: Comics, Animation, Psychoanalysis<p><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><b>ECL 157: Comics and History | MALAS 600D Naked Souls </b></span></p><p><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: x-large;">#nakedsouls24: Comics, Animation, Psychoanalysis</span></b></p><p><b style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: "Roboto Condensed";"><a href="https://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2023/nakedsouls/nakedsouls_nericcio_fall23_sdsu.jpg" moz-do-not-send="true">T/Th 11-12:15 GMCS 333</a>; <a href="https://literature.sdsu.edu/people/nericcio" moz-do-not-send="true">Professor William Nericcio</a></b></p><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start;"></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b><img align="left" alt="" height="133" moz-do-not-send="true" src="https://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2023/nakedsouls/letter_h_medieval.jpg" width="117" /><i>old onto your hats (and iphones!) as we bravely go where no one has gone before... </i>Ok, so you know that’s hype: a total and spectacular exaggeration, the ravings (potentially) of a madman or a bonkers professor! But maybe, just maybe, we can actually do it? Imagine exploring the world of comics, streaming animation, digital storytelling, and AI-designed narrative in a course with the Department of English and Comparative Literature, now known as ECL at SDSU! <br /><span style="color: #990000;"><i><br /></i><i>“Holy Robot Algorithms, Batman!” “Holy #nakedsouls23, Robin.” </i></span> <br /><br />In this class, we will peruse worlds illustrated and cinematic, literary and philosophical, as we sample some of the most outrageous storytelling from the 20th and 21st centuries</b>.<br /><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><div align="center" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><a href="file:///Users/borges/Desktop/1343-2133-985538942.png"><img alt="" border="2" height="257" moz-do-not-send="true" src="https://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2023/nakedsouls/1343-2133-985538942.png" width="427" /></a><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; text-align: start;" /></span></div><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br />And while we will be concerned with "history" and "comics" throughout the term, this class will not strictly be a history of comics, a survey of the evolution of men in tights and women in spandex! We are more concerned with the souls of this characters, the naked contours of what we can call the mind or the psyche!<br /><br />The souls we meet will be “naked,” not naked as in the “clothing optional sense” (though there will be a little of that) but naked in the original sense of the word, that speaks ... <br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><blockquote style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">“of things, ‘without the usual or customary covering,’ from Old English. Applied to qualities, actions, etc., ‘mere, pure, open to view, unconcealed,’ from c. 1200; phrase <i>the naked truth</i>, from early 15c...” </span></b><br /></span></blockquote><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><b>For the stories we read and the characters we meet will be very much <span style="color: #990000;">unconcealed</span>, revealing the secrets of their lives and their souls as can only be found in Literature, comics included. <br /><br />We will learn that "Literature" is the antithesis of the world of bullshit we are presently immersed in on television and social media, where fake news and filters are the name of the game. Our naked souls will be raw, eccentric, controversial, and neurotic. The required works are still being nailed down, but will include the singular amazingness of comics and art by <a href="https://www.moma.org/artists/3692" moz-do-not-send="true">Rene Magritte</a>, <a href="https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/feiffer.htm" moz-do-not-send="true">Jules Feiffer</a>, <a href="https://www.barclayagency.com/speakers/art-spiegelman" moz-do-not-send="true">Art Spiegelman</a>, <a href="https://theslingsandarrows.com/batman-year-one/" moz-do-not-send="true">Frank Miller & David Mazzucelli</a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2012/05/18/152828601/a-conversation-with-carlos-fuentes" moz-do-not-send="true">Carlos Fuentes</a>, and <a href="https://www.anxioustoddlers.com/help-teens-with-ocd/" moz-do-not-send="true">Jason Adam Katzenstein</a>, among others!</b></span><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><b><br /></b></span></span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: x-small;"><i><b><span style="color: #222222;"></span></b></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: x-small;"><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nBWLugz_lOczwWP9B3XwYoCNwXtMaXO_vCjB3veiBRtBBauIAvOM3SuipE96mXk2ZF9C8UDjZZPzWKWQDxuStrTf2rk5F1xdd_u5E-OiDxNrMqVvH3SrC9yCGPtTOlhVxU77b93cvB_L2suXZeRvJSdFErAkA6ZxtTeBAhRx_YhvTTR0zJ2xTg2uKytX/s757/54517458_10157224212498653_4403426417203740672_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="757" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nBWLugz_lOczwWP9B3XwYoCNwXtMaXO_vCjB3veiBRtBBauIAvOM3SuipE96mXk2ZF9C8UDjZZPzWKWQDxuStrTf2rk5F1xdd_u5E-OiDxNrMqVvH3SrC9yCGPtTOlhVxU77b93cvB_L2suXZeRvJSdFErAkA6ZxtTeBAhRx_YhvTTR0zJ2xTg2uKytX/w246-h195/54517458_10157224212498653_4403426417203740672_n.jpg" width="246" /></a></b></i></span></div><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>William "Memo" Nericcio</b><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">, a Tejano Cultural Studies Professor from Laredo, Texas, began his career as a Latin Americanist focused on novels of the 20th century by Carlos Fuentes, Rosario Castellanos, Julio Cortázar, and Gabriel García Márquez. From his first Assistant Professorship at the University of Connecticut he moved to SDSU in 1991, where his work has expanded into critical studies of film, mass culture, television, and cutting-edge Latinx fiction. With a BA in English from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Cornell University, Nericcio presently directs the MALAS Cultural Studies MA @SDSU and also runs SDSU Press, the oldest independent scholarly press in the California State University system. His latest book, co-authored with Frederick Luis Aldama, </span><span style="color: #222222;">Talking #browntv: Latinas and Latinos on the Screen</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">, appears December 2019 from the Ohio State University Press.</span></i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: x-small;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdx_HJYWAqSNYD-drWiKhoKFfx6_byXkthf9-TvIzWY-eoDE_8g4sbC8Ft3az2vrT0BmPP_3q8lVq0_gRX0OJybp8tIWGJv8L1dpkinXZ3gKYvs4Q__rf8DWJAE5pe_hpfQJOPCCRoQlEk2QqNOrwTaIN-kacW6An8pzMVxPuJqyhRfJ5W5Go6UiKZi-V3/s763/600d_nericcio.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="763" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdx_HJYWAqSNYD-drWiKhoKFfx6_byXkthf9-TvIzWY-eoDE_8g4sbC8Ft3az2vrT0BmPP_3q8lVq0_gRX0OJybp8tIWGJv8L1dpkinXZ3gKYvs4Q__rf8DWJAE5pe_hpfQJOPCCRoQlEk2QqNOrwTaIN-kacW6An8pzMVxPuJqyhRfJ5W5Go6UiKZi-V3/w449-h177/600d_nericcio.png" width="449" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></i></span><p></p></div></div>William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585995132511395716.post-20479752762542308402023-07-01T15:27:00.000-07:002023-07-21T18:56:19.113-07:00New Fall 2023 MALAS Seminar! African Civilization I with Professor Taharka Adé<p><span style="color: red; font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">Unfortunately, this course was cancelled by the College of Arts and Letters Dean's Office, Friday, July 21, 2023 owing to low enrollment.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*q5bVZma8Mve9R-jgxArGpw@2x.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="720" height="414" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*q5bVZma8Mve9R-jgxArGpw@2x.jpeg" width="535" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: medium;"><b>(AFRAS 520 & MALAS 600c) AFRICAN CIVILIZATION I </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: medium;">New Course open to Juniors, Seniors, and Graduate Students | Mondays 4:00-6:40 PM </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: medium;">Professor Taharka Adé </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: large;">This course is an intensive investigation into the rise and fall of several major ancient African civilizations. Several civilizations will be covered, including the classical cultures of Kush, Kemet, and Axum, as well as a survey of the early history of the Sudanic empires. Emphasis will be placed on African agency, showing the evolution of the peoples, nations, and their civilizations across space and time within the long history of Africa. </span><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFn854ZG2-RSNSo1CBoulQ1RHJzFfb9NzqZKVYUVwhYGNek5y1fEXGXimEL13vVO2kRpBP7EdC-viAbyQQnT1lRYSPqY4G_GOvflRl9tFBMLn-n-tyJO7ic3uYIlsLvyYC547A7CrGTDhqJ69wSnRSEJawn2tPY6Nxry8SZc_sZn1UZ-Zl54Z0rp0yrLZ/s3016/0.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2104" data-original-width="3016" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFn854ZG2-RSNSo1CBoulQ1RHJzFfb9NzqZKVYUVwhYGNek5y1fEXGXimEL13vVO2kRpBP7EdC-viAbyQQnT1lRYSPqY4G_GOvflRl9tFBMLn-n-tyJO7ic3uYIlsLvyYC547A7CrGTDhqJ69wSnRSEJawn2tPY6Nxry8SZc_sZn1UZ-Zl54Z0rp0yrLZ/s320/0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed; font-size: medium;"><br />Bio: Dr. Taharka Adé is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Africana Studies. Adé obtained both his Ph.D in Africology from Temple University. His primary research interest is the investigation of various African and African diaspora cultural phenomena and the development of methods of comparative analyses between such phenomena. Adé is the author of W.E.B. Du Bois’ Africa: Scrambling for a New Africa. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><i>Taharka Adé, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Africana Studies Office: AL-371 O: 619.594.3888 San Diego State University | SDSU.edu 5500 Campanile Drive | San Diego, CA 92182</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMWUiQhu3qIz1E8A5P6SjjPwmE7CF88jisHcNtkwj1oAZ-bUGKguABDl1bCLOT1rWPRL9nyN36_GaiSmcL1SfwIWZk2GBQMls_mbcUcLLqgltcEiCdruBzXNRYQ2IJyi0qwIG9gjR-Pa36XY20Ry7VYnmtxjZkIBK7FNiIt3NWdCFuisZHAnXBwNXBlKW/s860/malas600c3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="860" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMWUiQhu3qIz1E8A5P6SjjPwmE7CF88jisHcNtkwj1oAZ-bUGKguABDl1bCLOT1rWPRL9nyN36_GaiSmcL1SfwIWZk2GBQMls_mbcUcLLqgltcEiCdruBzXNRYQ2IJyi0qwIG9gjR-Pa36XY20Ry7VYnmtxjZkIBK7FNiIt3NWdCFuisZHAnXBwNXBlKW/w547-h207/malas600c3.jpeg" width="547" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p>William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585995132511395716.post-18605922304496910442023-04-12T11:14:00.007-07:002023-04-12T11:14:58.969-07:00Mark Dery Speaking on JG Ballard and More at San Diego State University! Sponsored by MALAS, SDSU Press, and Cool Kids in #papermirror23<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><b>click images to enlarge!</b></span></span></div><div><a href="https://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2023/papermirrors/derybycrothers.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img align="right" alt="" border="2" height="311" moz-do-not-send="true" src="https://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2023/papermirrors/derybycrothers.png" width="210" /></a><span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">11am to 12:15pm </span></div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Thursday, April 13, 2023</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">SDSU Main Campus, Physics 147</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;">MARK DERY</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Lobster;">“Earth is the Alien Planet</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">” </span><i style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Concrete Island</i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">, Abject Landscapes, Posthuman Fictions</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: red;">An Illustrated Lecture</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIAjlhMZBrAoGGPDg5ixf8sJ837p1PR55jTU5jI4qmgMD7e3d8Rcg8I0FAns-mY4eXXAB1Yy9lNTEmEurrPt7yVGmpoeNTvl7SZqt4A9qPcPVKaE3YdtwwEvHgULzrpKwNPkqBtHt5uOWfj5D1B9eNLgi6vbkUcjFK8VqYNz13fSk1uIVcDjMjS42BA/s2048/340099083_1533901683800626_987457919983970722_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></span></div></span></b><b><span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9sdGxRqq3C_kEqFArK03KsHLTm9BHAiatrIpWLblosL-S4uzN21Ieqi7zOSVhAsnbO8BuEmUCZ2ypnPOMnHj8RX4cB7bSsne6WQIV0rdPio9LhV5y5a4RXw3eqzB6CpdL7MK3dTKa6Lpey-syFR_MWv6BiZBlQ9CsgRT2WeenQ9ZzV3nPduMAlhF9Q/s1722/340491863_1247253372863792_5578457984495443493_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1722" data-original-width="1076" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9sdGxRqq3C_kEqFArK03KsHLTm9BHAiatrIpWLblosL-S4uzN21Ieqi7zOSVhAsnbO8BuEmUCZ2ypnPOMnHj8RX4cB7bSsne6WQIV0rdPio9LhV5y5a4RXw3eqzB6CpdL7MK3dTKa6Lpey-syFR_MWv6BiZBlQ9CsgRT2WeenQ9ZzV3nPduMAlhF9Q/s320/340491863_1247253372863792_5578457984495443493_n.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>In the Late Anthropocene, we’re all castaways on a soon-to-be-desert island earth. Global weirding is here to stay, eco-pocalypse looms, existential dread is the new normal, and philosophy has taken a “nonhuman turn,” away from the anthropocentric worldview of classic humanism. Philosophers like Eugene Thacker and writers of weird eco-fiction like Jeff Vandermeer conjure an anti-anthropocentric, even post-anthropocentric worldview: a mythology of the world without us. </span></span></b></span><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: medium;"> J.G. Ballard got there first. In his short novel Concrete Island, he relocates Robinson Crusoe to the abject landscapes of postwar London. His tale of a car-crash survivor marooned on a traffic island maps a new, posthuman psychology that de-centers not only the self but the species, too, in preparation for the day, not long off, when as Nietzsche puts it in Human, All Too Human, the earth is but the “gleaming and floating gravesite of humanity.” In “Earth is the Alien Planet,” Dery considers the ways in which Ballard problematizes “the human” and humanism, auguring a post-anthropocentric fiction for a post-Anthropocene planet, a World Without Us that neither he nor any of us will inhabit. </span></b></div><div><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfV83Q4sQwXHfqh0hobPN4E-QCX2Ma-fWxKRgcCx1vuYFyL2bRypGGDE-mCJV85hwgDUx0C4jqc7x4o5-jfu5tqlhYJdE5SbFLeZTZie1WF3IdNQ9EogQ-1SBkdD4uF9FzS0Zbb4cqThX4Bw2PqTPi6Uq3H0bvmEG90HdBRWM338cVW3JLO25ZU1DlQ/s2048/340099083_1533901683800626_987457919983970722_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfV83Q4sQwXHfqh0hobPN4E-QCX2Ma-fWxKRgcCx1vuYFyL2bRypGGDE-mCJV85hwgDUx0C4jqc7x4o5-jfu5tqlhYJdE5SbFLeZTZie1WF3IdNQ9EogQ-1SBkdD4uF9FzS0Zbb4cqThX4Bw2PqTPi6Uq3H0bvmEG90HdBRWM338cVW3JLO25ZU1DlQ/s320/340099083_1533901683800626_987457919983970722_n.jpg" width="244" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Oswald; font-size: medium;">About the Author:</span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(105, 105, 105); color: dimgrey; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">Mark Dery is a cultural critic, essayist, and the author of four books: <a href="https://markdery.com/books/escape-velocity/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e4573d; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Escape Velocity</em></a>, a critique of the libertarian-bro ideology that dominated the Digital Revolution of the ‘90s; two studies of American mythologies (and pathologies) <a href="https://markdery.com/books/the-pyrotechnic-insanitarium/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e4573d; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium: American Culture on the Brink</em></a><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </em>and the essay collection <a href="https://markdery.com/books/i-must-not-think-bad-thoughts/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e4573d; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts</em></a>, and, most recently, the biography <a href="https://markdery.com/books/born-to-be-posthumous-the-eccentric-genius-and-mysterious-life-of-edward-gorey/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e4573d; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Born To Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey</em></a>. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(105, 105, 105); color: dimgrey; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">He has taught journalism at NYU and “dark aesthetics” at the Yale School of Art; been a Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellow at UC Irvine, a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy in Rome, and a Poynter Journalism Fellow at Yale. His byline has appeared in a broad range of publications, including <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">New York</em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The</em> <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">New York Times Magazine</em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Rolling Stone</em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Elle, Bookforum</em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Boing Boing</em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Cabinet</em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Daily Beast</em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Hyperallergic</em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Salon</em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Wired</em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Washington Post</em>, and <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The LA Review of Books</em>. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(105, 105, 105); color: dimgrey; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Oswald;">He popularized the concept of “<a href="https://markdery.com/books/culture-jamming-hacking-slashing-and-sniping-in-the-empire-of-signs-2/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e4573d; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;">culture jamming</a>” and, in his 1993 essay, “Black to the Future,” coined the term “Afrofuturism.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 153); color: #000099; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc33cc;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #cc33cc;"><span style="color: #000099;"><b></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></p></span></b></span></div>William A. 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