For Project 01, our class was split into thematic groups and given both a group topic and a randomly selected individual topic to research. Our goal was to create a guide to our topic. …
This is a rough draft version of the guide—things are very much in flux! What is your guide? I am creating a tarnschriften-style guide to puppetry (spoiler: it’s actually about installing a puppet government …
Systems Thinking and GMO Foods This week, we're reading Steve Easterbrook's article Systems Thinking and Genetically Modified Food. (As an aside, he appears to be a prof at U of T, so shout out …
This week, we're reading Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. The central thesis seems to be that metaphors are more than linguistic or rhetorical tools. Rather, they suggest metaphors are …
This week, we're reading Chapter 1 of *Unruly Speech* by Saskia Witteborn. Witteborn frames transgression as a way of defining the boundaries of acceptable behaviour. Beyond that, she argues (through those she references) that it is necessary for …
Our summer intensive is over and a new semester begins. Whereas this summer we had five weeks in-person to do and make everything, we’ll be spending 15 weeks on Zoom, going deep. Here in …