2009 marks 25 years since the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was linked to the transmission of the retrovirus Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). In these years, HIV/AIDS has become one of the largest human health pandemics in recorded history. An estimated … Lire / Read
The « Refus Global » In Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: A Historical Consideration
To mark the 60th anniversary of the publication of the Refus global manifesto, the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts has organized a survey of fifty-eight paintings and drawings made by some of the manifesto’s signatories and members of Quebec’s artistic … Lire / Read
The Human Cicada
The current global financial crisis has raised questions about the future of capitalism. What is overlooked is how capitalism is related to civilization. In order to delineate this relation and unmask its essence, we must begin with the inverted image … Lire / Read
A Survivor’s Challenge in Colombia
Ingrid Betancourt survived six years of captivity in the middle of the Colombian jungle. When all hope was lost, she was rescued in an extraordinary military operation. With her popularity intact, will she be able to recover her political career? … Lire / Read
Green Fury : Science Fiction / Public Trust
In September 2005 Senator Inhofe invited science fiction author Michael Crichton to Washington to counsel the U.S. Congress on the issue of climate change. Due to his celebrity influence, Crichton’s melding of science fiction with policy recommendations risks hindering the … Lire / Read
Autologue
The expressive freedoms promised by the vanity plate are predicated on an inherently false understanding of their bureaucratic function. The vanity plate eradicates « plagiarism » within its system and promulgates seriality rather than individuality akin to those who affix … Lire / Read
Love Song to the Familiar
Amidst dizzying imagery and language teeming with metaphor, Katia Grubisic’s debut poetry collection, What if Red Ran Out ($16.95), manages to create a space within which to explore the in-between and often overlooked moments of everyday experience.
“What goes on … Lire / Read
Seeing Red : Passion and Identity
An important change is taking place in psychology. A recent direction within psychology called “positive psychology” focused on understanding what makes life of people more fulfilling and worth living. It is believed that the concept of passion is one key … Lire / Read
Cuba : The Change Enigma
This think piece ponders the rhythm of recent Cuban history and seeks to open a space of reflection about how to envision the passage of history. In Cuba, a post-revolution political imaginary often seems to have bound the past to … Lire / Read
Universal Access… Now?
At this year’s International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, there appears to be a disjuncture between research and reality. Resources are being aimed at ‘our’ AIDS problem, a problem which is rooted in small pockets of the developed world’s population; … Lire / Read