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Kári Driscoll

@kdriscoll.bsky.social

Asst. Prof. Comp. Lit. Utrecht University | Editor-in-Chief, Humanimalia | zoopoetics, reading zoos, more-than-human communities | he / him

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 7mo ago

Cecilia Giménez, famed for ‘Monkey Christ’ mural mishap, dies at 94

Cecilia Giménez, famed for ‘Monkey Christ’ mural mishap, dies at 94

Spanish woman’s attempted restoration of church artwork was widely mocked but became lucrative tourist attraction Cecilia Giménez, the woman who achieved unwanted international fame for her botched “Monkey Christ” restoration of a 19th-century mural in Borja, north-east Spain, has died aged 94. In 2012, Giménez, an amateur artist, decided to restore Ecce Homo, a mural by a local artist, Elías García Martínez, that hung in the Santuario de Misericordia church in Borja. However, her talent as an artist was not equal to her good intentions and she produced what was described as the worst restoration in history. Continue reading...

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James Crane@jamescrane.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Adorno & Horkheimer get a lot of shit for supposedly identifying liberals & fascists in their 30s/40s work, but where they really start is: of course there’s a difference, but don’t you think it’s strange that so often right when the difference should matter—it doesn’t at all?

Dana Stevens@thehighsign.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.

Quote from a story on changes at the U of Chicago that notes they are "pausing" doctoral eduction in Classics, Comp Lit, Germanic studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Romance languages and literatures, and South Asian Studies.
Holly Guise ❄️@hollyguise.bsky.social · 2y ago

Global Western colonialism is so infused in media that this DealBook article frames Greenland as a “deal” to “approach.” Capitalism involves assessing and quantifying land while removing the people- Inuit are mentioned nowhere in these media articles. 1/

The New York Times Newsletter DealBook caption “How Much Would Buying Greenland Cost?” President-elect Donald Trump wants to buy the territory from Denmark, which says it’s not for sale. DealBook asked experts how they’d approach the deal.”
Dan Hassler-Forest@danhf.bsky.social · 2y ago

In 2010, anti-copyright activist Aaron Swartz hanged himself after being prosecuted to the full extent of the law for making copyrighted academic publications freely available. Today, academic publishers are insisting those copyrights be lifted to feed the corporate AI slop machine.

Please Follow the Official Guardian Account@guardian-world-rss.bsky.social · 3y ago

‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says

Kári Driscoll@kdriscoll.bsky.social · 2y ago

This was a new one for me: a predatory journal stipulating that submitted articles can only be 15% plagiarised and have to be within the scope of the journal! Whatever will they think of next?

Dear Professor | Scientist | Scholar, Greetings! I hope that you are healthy and doing well. You are invited to submit original research article (s) based on your research expertise. Article (s) can be submitted from the journal website by using the “Article Submission System” throughout the year if: The plagiarism of the article is less than 15%, including references. The article is within the scope of the journal. The article is original and result-oriented. For more detailed information, please visit ‘editorial and publishing policies’.
Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 2y ago

Holding a grudge – is it a petty character flaw or a desire for justice in an unjust world? | First Dog on the Moon

Holding a grudge – is it a petty character flaw or a desire for justice in an unjust world? | First Dog on the Moon

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