My limen: Traveling north along the California coast
Limen: Latin limin- limen, transverse beam in a door frame, threshold; akin to Latin limus, transverse; since 1895, in experimental…
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In search of Doñana
Secluded and elusive are terms that best capture my overall impressions of Spain’s Parque Nacional de Doñana, a nature preserve…
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La tiranía de Cronos / The Tyranny of Time
For years I have been fascinated by our obsession with making our watches –our instruments of time– fashionable. This impulse…
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Viendo a Lorca con Jessica y Ella (18 mayo 2022)
Aparezco aquí con dos queridísimas alumnas mías, Jessica y Ella (“E-la”). Estamos a punto de entrar en el Teatro Español…
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On privilege and the “class consciousness of frequent travelers”
In his essay “‘Belonging’ in the cosmopolitan imaginary,” Craig Calhoun takes cosmopolitanist theoreticians to task for their general disregard for…
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On tourism and travel in the virtual age
I remember so vividly the moment, a number of years ago, when my friend C. communicated to me his consternation…
