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S/Z

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Francois Lachance

Comparing interests, interesting comparison Drawn from Microsoft Office thesaurus ORGANIsATION ORGANIzATION system of government government administration civil service officialdom establishment association group club society institute union party business Variant spelling leads to adjacent semantic space. And a quick peek at … Continue reading →

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At the Meeting of Three Faculties

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Francois Lachance

Lorne Pierce An Editor’s Creed (Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1960) In the fourth and last section “Respect for the decencies, the individual, the intangibles” appears an anecdote who’s theme is considerably enlarged: At the reception following Convocation at one of our … Continue reading →

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Seared & Cauterized

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Francois Lachance

Jack Kornfield A Path With Heart Sometimes when the demons are most difficult, we can use a variety of temporary practices that function to dispel them and act as antidotes. For desire, one traditional antidote is to reflect on the … Continue reading →

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Scientism of the Dismal Science

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Francois Lachance

Notice how the mention of “worldly philosophers” (and I am assuming an allusion to Robert L. Heilbroner’s book) triggers a contemplation of the consequences of resisting hegemonic discourse. Fellow economists, as you can imagine, get very angry with me when … Continue reading →

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Social Prescriptions and Protopia

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Francois Lachance

The Royal Ontario Museum reports on social prescriptions in action About Social Prescriptions Social prescriptions are a means for healthcare, community, and social service professionals to refer people to non-clinical and non-medical services that, along with existing treatments, can be … Continue reading →

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Kindness – Organization – Resistance

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Francois Lachance

He seems to have a bug-a-boo about online relationships… Christopher Hedges America, The Farewell Tour We have a brilliant peroration close to the end of the CBC Ideas show he quotes from his book and this is what he says … Continue reading →

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Dreams of Vengeance Trap One in Hell

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Francois Lachance

Damn It All Stephen Greenblatt review of The Penguin Book of Hell edited by Scott G. Bruce One of the prime motives of these texts is rage, rage against people occupying positions of exceptional trust and power who lie and … Continue reading →

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traversée du texte traversé de textes

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Francois Lachance

In the Robarts Library copy of Louis Marin Utopiques : Jeux d’spaces (page 182) marginal note in pencil by a previous reader Picture Theory de Brossard Next to this marginal note, this is what is underlined: Ces espaces blancs de … Continue reading →

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Ever Wonder About Looking Up?

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Francois Lachance

A piece of technohistory from a piece of ephemera… SURTITLES™ were first developed and introduced worldwide by the Canadian Opera Company in 1983. From the University of Toronto Faculty of Music program notes to Kurt Weil’s Street Scene. And so … Continue reading →

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Turning “total” to “to all”

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Francois Lachance

Huizinga “Play and War” in Homo Ludens We can only speak of war as a cultural function so long as it is waged within a sphere whose members regard each other as equals or antagonists with equal rights; in other … Continue reading →

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