The following contribution comes from Richard C. Parks, author of Medical Imperialism of French North Africa: Regenerating the Jewish Community of Colonial Tunis (October 2017). Parks is an academic specialist in the history of science and medicine at Michigan State University. “Us” vs. … Continue reading From the Desk of Richard C. Parks: Us vs. Them
The following is a contribution from Gabriela Zamorano Villarreal, author of Indigenous Media and Political Imaginaries in Contemporary Bolivia (July 2017). Zamorano Villarreal is a professor-researcher at El Colegio de Michoacán, Centro de Estudios Antropológicos in Zamora, Michoacán, México. She is the coeditor … Continue reading From the Desk of Gabriela Zamorano Villarreal: Politics and Media Practices
Sarah M. Robinson is a former sergeant in the U.S. Army and a practiced social worker. She is the co-author of Pirates, Prisoners, and Lepers: Lessons from Life Outside the Law (Potomac Books, 2015). Netflix’s ten-episode documentary Making a Murderer, is great … Continue reading From the desk of Sarah M. Robinson
An excerpt from Playing with the Big Boys: Basketball, American Imperialism, and Subaltern Discourse in the Philippines by Lou Antolihao (May 2015). Tatangkad din ako! (I will grow taller!) was the trademark catchphrase in a series of television advertisements promoting Growee, a … Continue reading EXCERPT: Playing with the Big Boys
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