day two

I was surprisingly productive today. I referred back to my chart on Lefebvre’s spatial triad:
1.    Spatial Practice (Perceived Space)
a.    Seemingly rooted in materialism
b.    Embodies daily and urban realities
c.    The route that the person takes to work
d.    The use of the person’s hands and the function of the organs
e.    Not logically conceived or intellectually worked out
2.    [...]

state of the union

“Our success in this war is measured by the things that did not happen. We cannot know the full extent of the attacks that we and our allies have prevented…”
This might be the statement that makes me the angriest. How does he continue to skate by without accountability? But then to cheer myself up, [...]

Research Plan

this is a sort of beginning for my research/dissertation plan…

considering questions of place, community, performance, education, consumption as i’m
-defining literacy and discussing activism (huge i know)
-looking at movement like…

environmental literacy>>>>>>>environmental activism
environmental education to environmental policy to env. radicalism
media literacy>>>>>>>>>>media activism
know the media to change the media to be the media

-analyzing public & political discourse about [...]

Arundhati Roy: An Ordinary Person’s Part 2

At the end of her collection of essays on empire, she writes:
“We have allowed nonviolent resistance to atrophy into feel-good political theater, which at its most successful is a photo opportunity for the media, and at its least successful is simply ignored.
We need to look up and urgently discuss strategies of resistance, wage real battles, [...]

Arundhati Roy: An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire

I’ve just finished reading An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire, which was perfect for the 13 hour drive from sarasota, fl.
The book is a collection of Roy’s essays–mostly from 2003/2004.
Here are excerpts that I’ve divided into some of my favorite topics:
On Political Language
“Empire is on the move, and Democracy is its sly new war cry. [...]