one small victory for mel
The essays are in for CCST2220 (well, some of them - the “family crises” appeared on cue towards the end of last week) and for all you Australian Idol fans out there, how’s this for a nice piece of undergraduate cultural studies theorising:
Judith Butler’s theory of performativity indicates that the contestants are in fact [...]
more on protest
The M/C Reviews special issue, ‘Objection or Obstruction? The Culture of Protest in the 21st Century’ has just been posted. It has some interesting reading, including pieces from Graham St John, Brett Neilson, Guy Redden and my new mate Charlotte Craw. The creators of the online game Donkey John, mentioned on this blog some time [...]
Dialogues Across Cultures
Melbourne, I still love you but you are so very cold now that I’m Brisvegan… Having believed the weather lady on Wednesday night I packed rather optimistically and have now caught a sniffle from the Sheraton Towers airconditioning. Why does my body always pack it in after conferences? It’s hardly due to a lack of [...]
all apologies
this site is pretty interesting… a bunch of web enabled types sending a counter-message to the election result in the states. there’s something endearing, if awkward, about the ‘i tried’ appended to many of the apologies. but surely most of ‘the world’ to whom these messages might be addressed don’t have a phone line, let [...]
Parties conference
This sounds great!
INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON PARTIES/SHARED SPACE
University of Southern California
18th Annual AEGS (Association of English Graduate Students) Conference
April 2-3, 2005
Los Angeles, CA
You are invited to submit papers or panels in all disciplines including literature, film, history, psychology, technology studies, anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, and performance studies responding to the conference theme of Parties/Shared Space.
Parties are [...]
avoiding sharp objects
Responding to Kris, I got a bit carried away, so I’m posting it here…
I said ‘our friendship’ on purpose, because usually I never know who ‘them’ or ‘us’ are supposed to be in the kind of formulation you cite (even with a self-imposed blackout on any pro-Democrat commentary after the US election, I’ve heard a [...]
perilous conditions
It’s been a busy weekend - what is it about November? - and I’ve spent it changing clothes often. Brisbane has been inundated with buckets of rain and now I have nothing to wear to the office…
On Friday night Meaghan Morris’ lecture, ‘The Future of Parochialism’, spoke to a lot of issues I’ve been [...]
join the club
“I will need your support, and I will work to earn it. I will do all I can to deserve your trust.” George W. Bush claims victory.
Once Ohio looked shaky, Graham, Josh and I headed to the staff club to drown our sorrows. Woke this morning to hear an interesting discussion between Christopher Hitchens [...]
oh please oh please
at the risk of turning in to one of those blokey bloggers who only talks about politics, ever, (i wonder what their wives do while they’re online? the ironing?) who would you vote for if one candidate had arnold schwarzenegger and a red sox player as their celebrity advocates, the other had bruce springsteen, stevie [...]
protest interview - the answers revealed!
Parts of this interview will soon appear online, so I’ll post it here until then. I’m a bit scared, I avoid talking politics like the plague at the moment, but here goes… Thanks for the help!
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