Recently I posted "Fucking with Friedman," the first of a new type of post that will consist of close readings of short excerpts of texts, for students and anyone who’s interested. The idea is to include short excerpts from sources I’m currently reading—primarily on race, class, gender, decolonialism, capitalism, logistics, infrastructure, cities, and disaster—to share… Continue reading Reading With: A New Series of Posts
Month: February 2020
Influences: Reclaiming
This post is part of my Influences series, which is explained here. Black Star’s song “Astronomy (8th Light)” is especially helpful for thinking about how to repurpose concepts that came before, because it is structured around a reclaiming of negative metaphors of Blackness such as phrases like “black sheep” and associations of Blackness with death,… Continue reading Influences: Reclaiming
Influences: A New Series of Posts
Short Summary When designing my university courses, I’ve always wanted to create a list of sources that embody aspects of the theories we discuss in class. These posts are aimed primarily at students, as well as anyone working with similar themes to those found in my course syllabi, which are available on this website via… Continue reading Influences: A New Series of Posts
Jess Bier 