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about me
I'm a graduate student in Philosophy at York University near Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I'm a Canadian citizen. I'm a card carrying member of the Afternoon Tea Society, a proud alumni of the UBC Foundations program.
My thinking at the present time asks the question of identity and its relation to community and nationality, questions the relation of nationality to state. I'm a Heideggarian phenomenologist, which means that I think our experience as humans is experience of the world filtered through catagories which are determined by our world-historical position, not set in stone, and not of our own willing. I think natives and conquistadors live on the same earth, but see a different world. For this reason their epistomologies are commensurable, and the violence is inexcusable.
Diagnosing Feminist Discourse
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My title is deliberatively controversial (incite-full?) because I think the issue should be on fire. At the international women's day event at Rhizome which I attended accidentally, the feminist-anti poverty discourse seems to have coalesced like ...
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Found Tribe again
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I seemed to have just plumb forgotten about this website. Well, I'm back now. Some cool people on here, that's for certain.
Zizek Talk
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Yesterday I had the good fortune of seeing a talk by Slavoj Zizek, celebrated professor of Philosophy/English/Cultural studies. The talk was brilliant and clear, instantiating a height of nihilism which is no doubt neccesary. All of his arguments ...
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The work of art (bicycle mechanics and technology as art)
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Suppose for a moment that we can dispense with hundred of years of aesthetic theory and revert to a child' comprehension of art as exemplary being, art - are - to be. What i it about the work, creation, that excites us so much? To tak hyle, (l...
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Tofino
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So I have made my first visit to the famed retreat of both Vancouver millionaires and pennyless hippies. The first thing is, it is not that difficult to get to. Less than three hours drive from the Nanimo ferry terminal. (actually, 2.5 hrs to be ...
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My title is deliberatively controversial (incite-full?) because I think the issue should be on fire. At the international women's day event at Rhizome which I attended accidentally, the feminist-anti poverty discourse seems to have coalesced like this: (this is written from the perspective of the 1st person speaker enunciating the position of feminist anti poverty discourse. No one person laid this out, it's a combination of agreed upon points from the entire evening)
a) The state is absol...
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I seemed to have just plumb forgotten about this website. Well, I'm back now. Some cool people on here, that's for certain.
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Yesterday I had the good fortune of seeing a talk by Slavoj Zizek, celebrated professor of Philosophy/English/Cultural studies. The talk was brilliant and clear, instantiating a height of nihilism which is no doubt neccesary. All of his arguments were completely spot on, it's just that a few of his horizons are set in such a way as he reaches the wrong conclusions. I don't often make serious blog posts anymore, but in this one I will outline a few points of his argument that I think many peop...
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Suppose for a moment that we can dispense with hundred of years of aesthetic theory and revert to a child' comprehension of art as exemplary being, art - are - to be. What i it about the work, creation, that excites us so much? To tak hyle, (latin=matter) and bring it farther into being, into being a artifact. To take an old Sekine racing frame and boxes of parts 13$ worth of cables from the local bike store, and begin to bring it into being as fully functioning racebike (now with high...
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So I have made my first visit to the famed retreat of both Vancouver millionaires and pennyless hippies. The first thing is, it is not that difficult to get to. Less than three hours drive from the Nanimo ferry terminal. (actually, 2.5 hrs to be precise, significantly faster than the 3hr Tofino 'express bus'). But enough stories about driving fast - Tofino is actually a place of quiet retreat. Most of the sound comes from the ocean at Long Beach (which is not very long). Lovekin rock brings ...
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