PinnedOf smells and lines: Subaltern Dystopia in Bong Joon Ho’s ParasiteParasite, the Korean movie that overcame linguistic limitations of the Academy and transcended borders with an evocative and relatable…Oct 19, 2020Oct 19, 2020
Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Desertion and the historical kaleidoscope of coastal East Africa“…there was someone always looking on and adding fragment to someone else’s fragment, until sooner or later everything was found out…”[1]Feb 23, 2022Feb 23, 2022
Very Short Proposition on how to ‘value’ Humanities in relation to its Public[ I wrote this for a class, so it’s short and crisp. References some existing theories and ideas, sometimes not so explicitly.]Nov 8, 2021Nov 8, 2021
Letter to Matthias Matuschik on his 2nd apology to BTSThere are so many problems with this apology that one needs to flesh out to see that even this apology in fact is racist.Feb 27, 2021Feb 27, 2021
To Namjoon : Reply 2021From the end of the earth, I write to you now when my new year just began. Your letter ended my last year, so I begin my new one…Jan 1, 2021Jan 1, 2021
The Eternal Residue of 2020 : Wrapping upWith the new year looming right round the corner (it is 10:45 pm here, PST California), we replenish our dreary and dragged souls with a…Jan 1, 2021Jan 1, 2021
Singing Singularity: BTS and their liminality on music’s mapsAbstract: BTS rebrands itself as liminal to the boundaries of ‘pop’ music. This presentation will examine the politics of this liminality…Oct 17, 2020Oct 17, 2020
