tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post4738770425185064977..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Peninsular studies in the USJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-71952154266454759782016-06-30T22:58:57.849-05:002016-06-30T22:58:57.849-05:00These things are true.These things are true.Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-82184804754337303782016-06-30T12:28:16.402-05:002016-06-30T12:28:16.402-05:00I think he massively over-estimates the number of ...I think he massively over-estimates the number of departments that even have 50-50 faculty.<br /><br />Another way of approaching this would be to look at MLA job advertisement statistics for the last few years. See how many are identified as in Peninsular and how many in Latin American. That would tell a very different story...el curioso impertinentehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015557020840066635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-51955077925148311132016-06-29T23:45:54.985-05:002016-06-29T23:45:54.985-05:00In addition, Latin American leftist thinkers discu...In addition, Latin American leftist thinkers discuss the importance of Spain at great length. Mignolo, Dussel, people like that will never say Spain is not key to modernity.Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-62264180227352634932016-06-29T21:14:38.310-05:002016-06-29T21:14:38.310-05:00Also, isn't the field itself Eurocentric by na...Also, isn't the field itself Eurocentric by nature? I mean, it is Spanish. Latin America may be Nepantla but much of it is within Western civilization even if it is at the periphery.<br /><br />I think what most bothers me about that article is that it is recommending cutting Spain out of the history of western civilization. Which might be a colonialist topic itself, but it is freakin' Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-7257441170337391292016-06-29T21:07:21.488-05:002016-06-29T21:07:21.488-05:00They are more mutually beneficial to each other th...They are more mutually beneficial to each other than many people want to admit, yes.<br /><br />Also, the anti-Spain argument seems to me to be partly an argument against general knowledge. I flash on a conversation with a colleague from the fanciest local R1, I had just come from Peru and was enthusing about a certain kind of archaelogical site of which I had visited several. Her: why did you Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.com