I’m contemplating teaching Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death in my Introduction to Humanities class this semester, particularly Chapter 4 (“The Typographic Mind”). I don’t feel like scanning the chapter and I couldn’t find a pdf or doc… Read more
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January 22nd, 2011 | ~LS~ |
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I don’t really have much commentary on Chapter 4. I saw it as a case study in science studies and caring for animals situated within breeding pedigree dogs. Maybe I’m missing something. As for Chapter 3, I struggled with this chapter more than… Read more
I’m reading Donna Haraway’s _When Species Meet_ with Loretta. We had a great discussion of the first chapter over breakfast this morning. The book is a solid choice for us to read because she’s a science-y person and a dog person and I’m a Haraway… Read more
OK. I admit I am vain. Very vain. Why? Well, today I did a vanity search on google and yahoo to see if my name or site would come up. I was very surprised at the number of entries. Which means I am entitled to some vanity :) Anyway, I saw that… Read more