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How to understand interracial intimacies in a colonial context, when they mainly developed "under the administrative radar," thus leaving few traces? Following the trajectory of one such family in New Caledonia with ethnographic and archival work, Adrian Muckle and Benoît Trépied reflect on the possibilities and limits of such intimate relationships, whose invisibility reveals tells us much about the limitations of colonial control.

▶️ Adrian MUCKLE & Benoît TRÉPIED, Under the Colonial Radar? The History and Memory of an “Invisible” Mixed-Race Household in New Caledonia
👉 doi.org/10.1017/ahsse.2024.20

#AnnalesinEnglish #annaleshss #histodons @histodons #newcaledonia #frenchempire #colonialism #interracial #intimacy #anthropology

@histodons

Cambridge CoreUnder the Colonial Radar? | Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales - English Edition | Cambridge CoreUnder the Colonial Radar?

"We’re building relationships with code" 🤯

Blimey! And no-one is worried about this? 😱

"Having compelling AI companions for work, to support mental health issues or as a romantic partner throws up some tricky ethical issues"

Andy Spence's blog post 👉🏻 wrk3.substack.com/p/the-emotio is quite a read, although perhaps not as poignant as this other one 👉🏻 rollingstone.com/culture/cultu

Seriously, where is the limit? What's wrong with us? 😤

Work3 - The Future of Work · The Emotional Economy: When AI Becomes a FriendBy Andy Spence
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François #Bayrou is the current Prime Minister of #France.

In 1996, violence was denounced in the elite catholic school of his constituency. He made an official visit as both the then Minister of National Education and a member of the National Assembly for a seat in Béarn (the province of the school). He told the regional press: "The people of Béarn felt these attacks with a sense of pain and a sense of injustice. […] All the checks were favourable and positive."

#EstelleSays 🧶

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"What happens when we put love and intimacy at the center of our understanding of privacy, and what are the consequences of their disavowal, in favor of a more familiar technocratic definition of privacy-as-absense? What role does our deep desire for love and belonging, and our concomitant fear of shame and rejection, have to do with the (mis)direction of tech capital and the current, warped shape of the tech industry and its products?"

Enjoy the clarity of 40 minutes with @Mer__edith: media.ccc.de/v/38c3-feelings-a

This class is about making things happen. It's about writing dynamic scenes that move the plot & reveal character. Many writers swear by conflict, but positive moments of interpersonal connection or intimacy can do the same work. We'll practice both ways.

8 weeks, Wednesdays, 1/22/25 - 3/12/25, 10am-12pm CST, Online (live meetings)

#WritingCommunity #WritingClass #AmWriting #WritingConversations #DynamicScenes #Intimacy&Conflict #WritingCraft

bit.ly/3ZEW64y

bit.lyIntimacy and Conflict: Creating a Scene in Fiction | The Loft Literary Center