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Updating Roman Jakobson’s ‘Poetic Function’ with Vector Semantics
Read more: Updating Roman Jakobson’s ‘Poetic Function’ with Vector SemanticsKurzynski discusses how poetry extends beyond sound and rhythm and taps into a deeper network of meanings.
What is a Sporting Body? (Part 3)
by Holly Thorpe and Joshua Newman Have you read Part 1 and 2? If not, get it here! Part 1 Part 2 The seven articles in the second collection further open new lines of flight for thinking about the relations…
What is a Sporting Body? (Part 1)
by Holly Thorpe and Joshua Newman Sport, it seems, is everywhere. It predominates our mediascapes, commands sizeable outlays of public capital, populates our social media channels, and drapes itself upon our logo-adorning corpuses. It has, in many ways, become the…
An Interview with Warwick Ball, author of The Eurasian Steppe
In this interview, author and archaeologist Warwick Ball discusses his travels and research that led to his new book, The Eurasian Steppe. Can you tell us a bit about The Eurasian Steppe? The book started life many years ago as…
The Burns Supper: A New Field of Study
By Dr Paul Malgrati Over the past 220 years, the Burns Supper has become the quintessential festival of Scottish culture, identity, and gastronomy. Who would have thought, back in 1801 as nine admirers of Robert Burns held a private memorial…
Jean-Luc Nancy and Paragraph
By Peggy Kamuf In tribute to Jean-Luc Nancy, whose death was announced in August, Peggy Kamuf looks back on a landmark special issue of Paragraph (‘On the Work of Jean-Luc Nancy’, Paragraph, Vol. 16, Issue 2) which she edited in…
The destruction of ‘un- Islamic’ edifices by ISIS and the Taliban
by Shivan Mahendrarajah The Taliban are back in power, ushering in renewed fears of destruction of cultural heritages. Their first time in office (1996–2001), the Taliban destroyed edifices on the basis that they were ‘un-Islamic’ and/or ‘beacons’ for polytheists (mushrikin).…
“Potency is important for a real man”: Viagra-spam and the circulation of gendered discourse (Part 1)
by Mie Birk Jensen “Need some love pills? So, why go to your local drugstore? Why waste time and extra money? Why let people know about your intimate life? Evil-wishers are always around to spread rumors. Start a super life…
“Potency is important for a real man”: Viagra-spam and the circulation of gendered discourse (Part 2)
by Mie Birk Jensen Have you read “Potency is important for a real man”: Viagra-spam and the circulation of gendered discourse (Part 1)”? If not, click here! Shipping, shame and sex While spammers have put exaggerated emphasis on the benefits…
Scythian Gold: An Extract from The Eurasian Steppe by Warwick Ball
In this exclusive extract from chapter 6 of The Eurasian Steppe, author and archaeologist Warwick Ball explores the material culture of the nomadic Scythians, a cultural group that flourished in the Eurasian Steppe in the first millennium BC. What has…