Anti-Expertism

fallible, contexual, and limited knowledge

Month: February, 2008

This dude gets it (my apologies to Dru).

“I hope today to complicate our notion of cahiers — grievances — and the role they played in the States-General of 1789.” The professors and graduate students at the symposium nod appreciatively. They have heard or read similar justifications untold times before. The author explains that he or she will “complicate” our understanding of some [...]

Christian Pop from the 60s and 70s

BBC radio did an interesting segment on British Christian Pop in the 60s and 70s by, get this, members of the Salvation Army. The freaky thing is its actually really good.
What happened?
The answer is “nothing” until Danielson Famile appeared thirty years later.

Neglect

Neglect is a theme of mine this past week as the picture above quite literally illustrates. Mostly I have been settling into my new/old home and job hunting. The rest of the time I have been mopping up ((I write “mopping up” since others were doing the bulk of the work: Chris Glass designed the [...]