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Fall ’22 Directed Readings, Reflection 3: Economic Poisoning by Adam Romero
In an effort to meaningfully post my way through my PhD, I will be sharing a series of critical response essays to this blog. The first three installments come from a directed readings organized by myself and my colleague Adriana DiSilvestro, along with Dillon Mahmoudi and Dave Lansing. We are meeting every two weeks during… Read more
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Fall ’22 Directed Readings, Reflection 2: Porkopolis by Alex Blanchette
In an effort to meaningfully post my way through my PhD, I will be sharing a series of critical response essays to this blog. The first three installments come from a directed readings organized by myself and my colleague Adriana DiSilvestro, along with Dillon Mahmoudi and Dave Lansing. We are meeting every two weeks during… Read more
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Fall 22 Directed Readings, Reflection 1: Plant Life by Rosetta S. Elkin
In an effort to meaningfully post my way through my PhD, I will be sharing a series of critical response essays to this blog. The first three installments come from a directed readings organized by myself and my colleague Adriana DiSilvestro, along with Dillon Mahmoudi and Dave Lansing. We are meeting every two weeks during… Read more
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Transparency
This is what the inside of your SEPTA Key — and any card that uses MasterCard’s PayWave technology regardless of application — looks like. For me, that a technology that emphasizes its “contactless”-ness and purports to be somehow “smart” contains an actual copper antenna is almost funny. “Contactless” and “smart” imply a kind of ephemerality,… Read more