#SerdarKadakal is a(nother) victim of excessive pepper gas usage… #OccupyTurkey

Serdar had a heart condition and when exposed to excessive pepper gas in Kadıköy during the last 2 days, he lost his life… God bless Serdar and shame on government motivated police violence… Serdar Kadakal’ın kalbi biber gazına dayanamadı VAGUS.TV ? 9/14/13 ? Kadıköy’de günlerdir yoğun polis gazına maruz kalan Serdar Kadakal dün gece kalp krizi geçirerek … Read more

A literati roundup: Noam Chomsky to Postmoderns: Over-Inflated ?Polysyllabic Truisms?…

Noam Chomsky Calls Postmodern Critiques of Science Over-Inflated ?Polysyllabic Truisms? To the delight and satisfaction of hundreds of our readers, we recently featured an interview in which Noam Chomsky slams postmodernist intellectuals like Slavoj Zizek and Jacques Lacan as ?charlatans? and posers. The turn against postmodernism has been long in coming, a backlash the political … Read more

a series from John Postill: “Democracy in the age of viral reality” and a roundup academicus

Democracy in the age of viral reality (and 5) from media/anthropology by John Postill Continued from Democracy in the age of viral reality (4) Postmodernism as Rigorous Science from Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology ? A Group Blog by Rex My field methods seminar is wrapping up today and something happened in it … Read more