title: Technopoetry, transgression and testimony

authors: Lopez-Fernandez, Laura

subjects: Tecnopoesía

abstract: La incorporación de múltiples sistemas semióticos en un mismo poema es ya un lugar común en la poesía actual. La tendencia a la hibridez y semantización de géneros y medios tecnológicos, apoyada en un uso versátil y creativo de las tecnologías digitales ha generado una escritura multimodal y transgresora que se aleja en muchos aspectos de la poesía discursiva convencional basada en la secuencialidad verbal y una autoría fija. Las nuevas tecnologías tienen la capacidad de fomentar una comunicación colaborativa, de carácter público e interactivo al descentralizarse y emanciparse de los medios físicos tradicionales. Entre otros factores, la transgresión de códigos y la comunicación dinámica y de carácter integral, estimulan a su vez la creación de nuevos paradigmas cognitivos y de lectura. No se debe olvidar que la poesía visual, digital e intermedial emana de varias tradiciones literarias; la tradición clásica verbal, la logocéntrica y la tradición interartística y rupturista de vanguardias que también se nutre del lenguaje visual, sonoro y cinético de la cinematografía. Si a esto le añadimos las posibilidades de las nuevas tecnologías conseguimos una escritura con signos (auto)referenciales que genera silencios e interferencias comunicativas, mensajes metapoéticos, políticos, personales, etc. El lector participa de un nuevo sistema de comunicación intersubjetivo, social y personal que participa de la multimedialidad y de la interacción. Dentro del espectro de lo estrictamente literario como en sus extremos o desviaciones, existe una amplia gama de escrituras poéticas irreverentes y creativas, dignas de estudio, caracterizadas por un alto nivel transgresor, testimonial y que se resisten a cualquier intento de domesticación y clasificación. Que los poetas elijan el exilio de los signos verbales no implica necesariamente un alejamiento de lo poético como se puede ver en la poesía cubana de Francis Sánchez, Carlos A. Aguilera o en la poesía de Fernando Millán, Joan Brossa, Ignacio Gómez de Liaño, J. M. Calleja, entre otros muchos poetas anteriores a la nueva generación milenial (influencers) y a la tuiteratura.

text: Technopoetry, transgression and testimony La incorporación de múltiples sistemas semióticos en un mismo poema es ya un lugar común en la poesía actual. La tendencia a la hibridez y semantización de géneros y medios tecnológicos, apoyada en un uso versátil y creativo de las tecnologías digitales ha generado una escritura multimodal y transgresora que se aleja en muchos aspectos de la poesía discursiva convencional basada en la secuencialidad verbal y una autoría fija. Las nuevas tecnologías tienen la capacidad de fomentar una comunicación colaborativa, de carácter público e interactivo al descentralizarse y emanciparse de los medios físicos tradicionales. Entre otros factores, la transgresión de códigos y la comunicación dinámica y de carácter integral, estimulan a su vez la creación de nuevos paradigmas cognitivos y de lectura. No se debe olvidar que la poesía visual, digital e intermedial emana de varias tradiciones literarias; la tradición clásica verbal, la logocéntrica y la tradición interartística y rupturista de vanguardias que también se nutre del lenguaje visual, sonoro y cinético de la cinematografía. Si a esto le añadimos las posibilidades de las nuevas tecnologías conseguimos una escritura con signos (auto)referenciales que genera silencios e interferencias comunicativas, mensajes metapoéticos, políticos, personales, etc. El lector participa de un nuevo sistema de comunicación intersubjetivo, social y personal que participa de la multimedialidad y de la interacción. Dentro del espectro de lo estrictamente literario como en sus extremos o desviaciones, existe una amplia gama de escrituras poéticas irreverentes y creativas, dignas de estudio, caracterizadas por un alto nivel transgresor, testimonial y que se resisten a cualquier intento de domesticación y clasificación. Que los poetas elijan el exilio de los signos verbales no implica necesariamente un alejamiento de lo poético como se puede ver en la poesía cubana de Francis Sánchez, Carlos A. Aguilera o en la poesía de Fernando Millán, Joan Brossa, Ignacio Gómez de Liaño, J. M. Calleja, entre otros muchos poetas anteriores a la nueva generación milenial (influencers) y a la tuiteratura.

year: 2019

title: The international law gaze: America’s fist and the WTO Appellate Body

authors: Alvarez-Jimenez, Alberto

abstract: Saturn Devouring His Son is a famous and disturbing painting by Francisco Goya that you can see at the Prado Museum in Madrid. (http://www.franciscogoya.com/saturn-devouring-his-son.jsp). It depicts the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus (Saturn), who, fearing to be overthrown by his sons, devoured each of them at birth, save one.  Like Saturn, the United States seems to be attempting to devour the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the jewel of the dispute settlement system of an organization that the United States much helped to give birth to. What is the United States doing? It is blocking the consensus within the WTO for the appointment or reappointment of Appellate Body members to the point that the Appellate Body has been forced to operate with a reduced number of members. You should not dismiss this policy as just a new expression of the tragicomedy that is taking place in Washington since January: the attack on the Appellate Body is one and the very same that the Obama administration put in place in 2016 when it blocked the reappointment of Seung Wha Chang, a South Korean Appellate Body member whom the United States thought of as having views that expanded the authority of the Appellate Body. (Alex Lawson, “US Playing with Fire in WTO Appellate Body Spat” QLAW360. May 24, 2016. https://www.law360.com/articles/799678/us-playing-with-fire-in-wto-appellate-body-spat). The action forced WTO members to elect another candidate, Hyun Chong Kim, at the end of 2016. However, he resigned to become South Korea’s Trade Minister in 2017, thus creating a vacancy again. Two other Appellate Body members, Ricardo Ramirez and Peter Van den Bossche, ended their second terms in 2017. The three vacancies have not been filled, due to the United States’ behaviour.  For an institution of seven members, this situation is already severely affecting its operation

text: The international law gaze: America’s fist and the WTO Appellate Body Saturn Devouring His Son is a famous and disturbing painting by Francisco Goya that you can see at the Prado Museum in Madrid. (http://www.franciscogoya.com/saturn-devouring-his-son.jsp). It depicts the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus (Saturn), who, fearing to be overthrown by his sons, devoured each of them at birth, save one.  Like Saturn, the United States seems to be attempting to devour the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the jewel of the dispute settlement system of an organization that the United States much helped to give birth to. What is the United States doing? It is blocking the consensus within the WTO for the appointment or reappointment of Appellate Body members to the point that the Appellate Body has been forced to operate with a reduced number of members. You should not dismiss this policy as just a new expression of the tragicomedy that is taking place in Washington since January: the attack on the Appellate Body is one and the very same that the Obama administration put in place in 2016 when it blocked the reappointment of Seung Wha Chang, a South Korean Appellate Body member whom the United States thought of as having views that expanded the authority of the Appellate Body. (Alex Lawson, “US Playing with Fire in WTO Appellate Body Spat” QLAW360. May 24, 2016. https://www.law360.com/articles/799678/us-playing-with-fire-in-wto-appellate-body-spat). The action forced WTO members to elect another candidate, Hyun Chong Kim, at the end of 2016. However, he resigned to become South Korea’s Trade Minister in 2017, thus creating a vacancy again. Two other Appellate Body members, Ricardo Ramirez and Peter Van den Bossche, ended their second terms in 2017. The three vacancies have not been filled, due to the United States’ behaviour.  For an institution of seven members, this situation is already severely affecting its operation

year: 2017

title: Feminist geographies in Aotearoa New Zealand: cultural, social and political moments

authors: Adams-Hutcheson, Gail

subjects: Social Sciences

abstract: Aotearoa New Zealand is a nation of promise, potential and enigma: it was the first country in the world where women gained the vote in 1893 and now boasts the youngest woman world leader in 2017. It is also a postcolonial nation where structural racism, homophobia, and sexism persist, yet it has also given legal personhood to a river. Our Country Report foregrounds Aotearoa New Zealand feminist geographic scholarship that responds to, reflects, and sometimes resists such contrasts and contradictions at the national scale. We employ the lens of the 2017 national election to critically engage with current gendered and indigenous politics in the country. Analyzing these politics through three ‘feminist moments,’ our paper highlights the breadth and scope of current Aotearoa New Zealand feminist geographic scholarship and directions.

text: Feminist geographies in Aotearoa New Zealand: cultural, social and political moments Aotearoa New Zealand is a nation of promise, potential and enigma: it was the first country in the world where women gained the vote in 1893 and now boasts the youngest woman world leader in 2017. It is also a postcolonial nation where structural racism, homophobia, and sexism persist, yet it has also given legal personhood to a river. Our Country Report foregrounds Aotearoa New Zealand feminist geographic scholarship that responds to, reflects, and sometimes resists such contrasts and contradictions at the national scale. We employ the lens of the 2017 national election to critically engage with current gendered and indigenous politics in the country. Analyzing these politics through three ‘feminist moments,’ our paper highlights the breadth and scope of current Aotearoa New Zealand feminist geographic scholarship and directions.

year: 2019