Books, Papers, and Stained Coffee Mugs

[ethicsofseeing]

Strolling down the river Stour, Canterbury.

[ethicsofseeing]

Enjoying some sun, Iris Murdoch, and a fair in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield.

[ethicsofseeing]

Wondering around Kelham island today. Beautiful and quiet neighbourhood.

[protoslacker]

“The infrequently read second half of Pasteurization, ‘Irreductions’, contains a striking philosophical set piece: Latour describes driving from Dijon to Gray in 1972 when he is so beset by what he called an ‘overdose of reductionism’ that he is compelled to pull over. Gazing at the blue winter sky like Sartre’s Roquentin at the chestnut tree, ‘for the first time in my life I saw things unreduced and set free’. The lesson he draws is simple: ‘nothing can be reduced to anything else, nothing can be deduced from anything else, everything may be allied to everything else’.”

— Alyssa Battistoni quoting Bruno Latour at Sidecar. Latour’s Metamorphosis

[ethicsofseeing]

Feeling grateful to still have the chance to welcome a good weekend to read, write, and sleep. I’m currently following the lives of four sisters in the changing Japan of the 40s. They left behind their comfort zone in Osaka and started anew in Tokyo. My first Tanizaki.

[academicssay]

[ethicsofseeing]

One of the most brilliant thinkers in the 20th century who now becomes more relevant than ever.

[ethicsofseeing]

Starting my grad student life by doing a FutureLearn course. Feel intimidated at first at seeing so many people are eager to pursue a PhD but also welcome the shared insecurities, fears, and excitement at deciding to start a new journey.

[legogradstudent]

Experiencing a moment of happiness, the grad student is immediately consumed with guilt.