I noticed at Philament they have a XXX call for papers theme. Do you reckon anyone else would want to write on Vin Diesel‘s sick movie? Probably not. I am very tempted to submit something, just a short 3000 word paper, not on the movie per se, but on the Pontiac GTO which plays a […]
Monthly Archives: April 2005
Rudy Koshar paper
Just found an essential article for anyone thinking of writing any scholarly work on cars: Koshar, R. (2001). “On the History of the Automobile in Everyday Life.” Contemporary European History 10(1): 143-154. It is a review article and it does a pretty bloody good job of introducing the scholarship on the history of the automobile […]
On politics: Neoliberalism in Action
#1 Paul Wolfowitz interview on Jim Lehrer’s News Hour: JIM LEHRER: Much has been made, of course, always that you are a “political conservative.” How does that relate to this, to being president of the World Bank? PAUL WOLFOWITZ: Well, I could argue whether I fit into any cubbyhole or not– JIM LEHRER: Sure. PAUL […]
The Subcultural Event
Mel Gregg posted a call for papers to the CSAA list for the next antiTHESIS conference and journal volume. The conference is on: “The Event, Culture and Contingency” From the possible themes, my paper will relate to these: – Hype, spectacle and the production of pseudo-events – Complexity, contingency, causality, creativity – Anticipation, expectation, hindsight […]