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Week One: Fear in the Shadow of Violence
Lalaie Ameeriar
A PhD does not prepare you for a school shooting. My students are afraid. We are afraid. It’s been almost a week since the tragedy in Isla Vista. A student came into my office Tuesday saying, “Professor, you look hella … Continue reading “Week One: Fear in the Shadow of Violence”
Investing in Whiteness: the UCSB tragedy and Asian America
Lalaie Ameeriar
I went with a colleague to Isla Vista (IV as we call it) on Sunday, thinking that as faculty members we could offer our support to students and community members. We were not prepared for what we encountered. News … Continue reading “Investing in Whiteness: the UCSB tragedy and Asian America”
As the World Turns: Spinning the Idea of the University As We Know It
Susette MinOn March 11, 2014, at around 5:30am, students installed three sets of banners about student debt around the UC Davis campus. Three hours later, one set of banners was taken down, and two hours after that, another set had disappeared. … Continue reading “As the World Turns: Spinning the Idea of the University As We Know It”
NYT Readers Respond to Heather Gautney’s Critique of "School Choice"
Heather GautneyST Collective Member Heather Gautney recently published a letter to the editor in The New York Times critiquing the ideology of “choice” that underwrites the privatization of education and “[exacerbates] the problem of ‘apartheid’ schooling.” From her initial letter: “School choice” … Continue reading “NYT Readers Respond to Heather Gautney’s Critique of "School Choice"”
Photographing Disaster: Typhoon Yolanda
Vicente Rafael
On November 8, 2013, Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name “Haiyan”) made landfall in the Eastern Visayan Islands of the Philippines. With winds of up to 195 mph, it is regarded as the strongest tropical storm of all time. It killed … Continue reading “Photographing Disaster: Typhoon Yolanda”
Revolution in Ukraine: The View from Lviv
Eugene Polyakov and Jason Francisco
These photographs show the Euromaidan revolution in Ukraine from the perspective of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. All photographs were made in Lviv between February 19-23, 2014. The Euromaidan revolution began as a public protest in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on … Continue reading “Revolution in Ukraine: The View from Lviv”
Circuits of Influence
Lisa DugganAmerican Studies Association President-Elect and NYU Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, Lisa Duggan offers background on the “virtual vitriol” that surrounded a recent NYU graduate student conference, “Circuits of Influence: U.S., Israel, Palestine.” Her post appears here in anticipation … Continue reading “Circuits of Influence”
Social Text Condemns New York State Assembly's Attack on Free Speech
Ashley DawsonThe Social Text Collective strongly opposes New York State Assembly Bill 8392. This pending legislation would prohibit colleges and universities in New York State from using state funding to support employees’ participation in academic groups or associations that have passed … Continue reading “Social Text Condemns New York State Assembly's Attack on Free Speech”
From The Cinematic Mode of Production to Computational Capital: An Interview with Jonathan Beller for Kulturpunkt
Jonathan Beller
Social Text Collective Member Jonathan Beller, interviewed for Kulturpunkt by Ante Jeric and Diana Meheik. Re-posted from Kulturpunkt.hr. Thanks to Tanja Vrvilo and Film Mutations. KP: The Cinematic Mode of Production is the term by which you seem to be introducing a … Continue reading “From The Cinematic Mode of Production to Computational Capital: An Interview with Jonathan Beller for Kulturpunkt”
Remembering José Esteban Muñoz
Social Text CollectiveIt is with great sadness that we share the passing of colleague and friend José Esteban Muñoz. Muñoz was a member of the Social Text editorial collective for many years and his contributions to the intellectual and social life of the … Continue reading “Remembering José Esteban Muñoz”
An Interview with Alondra Nelson
Social Text Collective and Alondra NelsonSocial Text Collective Member Alondra Nelson discusses her research on the Black Panther Party’s health activism, criminalization, and public health policy as part of the JustPublics @365 podcast series.
Arab Talk Interview: Neferti Tadiar on Palestine
Social Text Collective and Neferti X. M. TadiarArab Talk recently posted an archived interview with Social Text Collective Member and Co-Editor Neferti X. M. Tadiar about her trip to Palestine in 2012, sponsored by the USACBI. You can also read Tadiar’s article “Why the Question of Palestine … Continue reading “Arab Talk Interview: Neferti Tadiar on Palestine”
An Interview with Ella Shohat
Social Text CollectiveJadaliyya interviews Social Text Collective Member Ella Shohat on partition and the problematics of national belonging for Arab Jews, in “Bodies and Borders.”
Podcast with Ashley Dawson
Social Text Collective and Ashley DawsonSocial Text Web Editor Ashley Dawson discusses his research and activism as part of the Just Publics @365 podcast series.