(Some initial thoughts on a planned research project. (c) 2012 Pamela Joy M. Mariano-Capistrano)
Most of the existing literature about indigenous peoples (IPs) and the politics of recognition focus on the North American situation—a situation where the locus of one’s indigeneity is in one’s embodiment. The body is the most tangible identification of indigeneity as a Native American, and one’s blood determines one’s tribal membership. This constant, tangible reminder of indigeneity also highlights how the politics of recognition of IPs in N. America is one of reparation, the bodily difference in skin color and physical features being a constant reminder of Native American otherness and white colonial oppression.
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Dinner tonight: onion, olive, and balsamic vinegar pasta.
Am migrating some of my Facebook notes to here. Carry on!
James Tully, Public Philosophy in a New Key Volume I: Democracy and Civic Freedom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Just taking down some notes as I read. Haven’t felt like this about a book since Taylor’s Sources of the Self.
(Thank you mahal for giving me this for my birthday. It’s priceless.)
Have had a nerd crush on Elizabeth Warren ever since I saw her in Capitalism: A Love Story
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I’m not talking about blind optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. I’m not talking about the wishful idealism that allows us to just sit on the sidelines or shirk from a fight.
I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting.
” — Barack Obama, presidential acceptance speech, 2012Go Bangladesh! (AKA There is hope for the Philippines yet!) -
“Bangladesh has dysfunctional politics and a stunted private sector. Yet it has been surprisingly good at improving the lives of its poor.” Yun yun eh.
just gorgeous.
(Source: ummhello)
Kimchi Mac and Cheese
In a saucepan, melt butter. Once butter has melted, stir in flour to make a roux. Add milk and stir gently until thickened into a bechamel sauce. Once sauce has thickened, add cheddar and stir until cheese has melted and integrated smoothly into the sauce. Once cheese has melted into the sauce, add the chopped kimchi. Season with salt if you desire (personally I don’t anymore because we use really salty, aged cheddar.) Stir the sauce well and let it simmer for 2 minutes. After simmering, add the cooked pasta, toss thoroughly, and serve.
Serves 2.
I love this tumblog, and am a bit sad that it’s not active now.
I’m Christopher Long, Professor of Philosophy and Classics and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State. My work focuses on Ancient Greek philosophy and 20th century continental philosophy.
This is a picture of me with my daughters on the “Scrambler” at Idlewild Park in Ligonier, PA. It reminds me to be present to the moment and, whenever possible, to play.