En este trabajo se presenta una lectura de la novela The Plumed Serpent (1926), de D. H. Lawrence, a partir de la construcción de signi ca- do del espacio mexicano en la narración. En esta obra, las descripciones del espacio topográ co no se limitan a mostrar un escenario de trasfondo. Por el contrario, Lawrence inviste de una carga signi ca…[Read more]

This paper focuses on the possibilities and limitations of the contemporary dérive as a form of ethnography in contemporary Delhi. The dérive, which originated as the Surrealist déambulation and subsequently became the Situationist dérive in the late 1950s, has now been re-imagined by walking artists and practitioners. In seeking to locate the Sit…[Read more]

‘There is an economy of narrative, it will be said, an economy of memory. One cannot recount everything,’ wrote Jean-François Augoyard. ‘What can be known about what occurred during a walk?’ (2007: 68) Over the last decade, explorations on foot of New Delhi have erupted as urban practices indicative of global tourism. These range from middle-c…[Read more]

This article discusses the labor on the ground in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas that sustains U.S. bombardment of that region. It argues that the relations on the ground co-constitute with the time-space compression of drone warfare.

The chapter examines the German and Swedish language author Peter Weiss’s linguistic re-orientation in early postwar Sweden. Particular attention is devoted to metaphors of language and intermedial dynamics.

War Studies Primer is an introductory course on the study of war and military history. It is available at http://www.warstudiesprimer.org under a Creative Commons license.

Anne Donlon delves into the history of the British Left after World War I to assert the significance of the Black and feminist interventions of Claude McKay and Sylvia Pankhurst. Donlon centers the publication of “A Black Man Replies,” McKay’s letter to the editor published in Pankhurst’s newspaper The Worker’s Dreadnought, against white supremaci…[Read more]

Anne Donlon delves into the history of the British Left after World War I to assert the significance of the Black and feminist interventions of Claude McKay and Sylvia Pankhurst. Donlon centers the publication of “A Black Man Replies,” McKay’s letter to the editor published in Pankhurst’s newspaper The Worker’s Dreadnought, against white supremaci…[Read more]

In this class, students will engage in a critical examination of environmental transformations that arise from the complex interactions between natural systems and human activities. The pursuit of knowledge about natural resources and ecological systems is a scientific enterprise, yet addressing questions about the production, consumption,…[Read more]