The centrality of archaeology in articulating and espousing the politics of nation states as also erstwhile empires is today undeniable. The history of archaeological research and practice is replete with cases where material culture has been used to produce origin myths, shared imaginaries of communities simultaneous with...
Quo Vadis, Aida? (2021): Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp....
Parasite 기생충 (2019): Ki-taek’s family of four is close, but fully unemployed, with a bleak future ahead of them. The son Ki-woo is recommended by his friend, a student at a prestigious university, for a well-paid tutoring job, spawning hopes of a regular income. Carrying the expectations of all his family, Ki-woo heads...
Parasite 기생충 (2019): Ki-taek’s family of four is close, but fully unemployed, with a bleak future ahead of them. The son Ki-woo is recommended by his friend, a student at a prestigious university, for a well-paid tutoring job, spawning hopes of a regular income. Carrying the expectations of all his family, Ki-woo heads...
I had an interesting thought yesterday. I was pondering, what if some of the archaic literature we relied upon to document past events was actually fictional accounts intended to be read for leisure?...
My review of “Orientalism” (1978) by Edward W. Said (lemmy.ml)
When I asked my friend how she found the book to be, she described it as “a jumble of thoughts that felt familiar.”...
The Historical Awareness of Khairy Al-Zahaby's “The Trap of Names” (2009) (lemmy.ml)
Disclaimer: there is no English translation of this book...
Attack on Titan and existentialism
This post contains spoilers from the finale....
'Our goal is to stop the genocide': Houthi spokesman meets The Grayzone (www.youtube.com)
A Review of Eduardo Galeano's “Soccer in Sun and Shadow” (2013) (lemmy.ml)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/10484701...
Their Civilization—Whose Archaeology? (www.jhiblog.org)
The centrality of archaeology in articulating and espousing the politics of nation states as also erstwhile empires is today undeniable. The history of archaeological research and practice is replete with cases where material culture has been used to produce origin myths, shared imaginaries of communities simultaneous with...
Open source Android video editor, built with Media3 and Jetpack Compose. (github.com)
Deleuze on Palestine: "The Grandeur of Yasser Arafat" and "Stones" (www.youtube.com)
Two of Deleuze’s essays read by Acid Horizon....
Deadly Israeli Attack on Journalists In Lebanon Must be Investigated as a War Crime (2023) [11:22] (www.youtube.com)
Openreads is looking for funding for IOS development. (github.com)
Become a Github sponsor or buy the dev a coffee.
Shoshana Zuboff's The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: A Guide to Fighting Back (www.youtube.com)
The Cod Moratorium - A Masterclass on Mismanagement, Exploitation, and Indecision (www.youtube.com)
Why did the sound vanish from all of my recording devices at the same moment?
I am seeking a scientific explanation behind this phenomenon which is unprecedented to me....
Depictions of and by the Other
Quo Vadis, Aida? (2021): Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp....
Socially Conscious Movies
Parasite 기생충 (2019): Ki-taek’s family of four is close, but fully unemployed, with a bleak future ahead of them. The son Ki-woo is recommended by his friend, a student at a prestigious university, for a well-paid tutoring job, spawning hopes of a regular income. Carrying the expectations of all his family, Ki-woo heads...
Socially conscious films for the comrades
Parasite 기생충 (2019): Ki-taek’s family of four is close, but fully unemployed, with a bleak future ahead of them. The son Ki-woo is recommended by his friend, a student at a prestigious university, for a well-paid tutoring job, spawning hopes of a regular income. Carrying the expectations of all his family, Ki-woo heads...
Muer: An open-source front-end for Youtube Music (github.com)
“United in diversity” :3 (lemmy.ml)
Ancient historical fiction?
I had an interesting thought yesterday. I was pondering, what if some of the archaic literature we relied upon to document past events was actually fictional accounts intended to be read for leisure?...
Lo-Fi Music and Escaping Capitalism: Foucault and Marx Meet Boards of Canada and Daniel Johnston (www.youtube.com)
(Is this on topic?)
Surviving fragment of a 1513 Ottoman world map depicting the new world [449x599] (Original file is 1,964x2,619 pixels). (lemmy.ml)
The map is known by the name of its author, admiral Piri Reis. Only half of the original map survives today....
A Postmodern Nietzsche: The Genealogy of Morality (www.youtube.com)
Why I'm Leaving Academic Philosophy (www.cargilewilliams.com)