phoenix airport. very sleepy. reading academic articles, coutesy of zoe, to keep myself awake until the delayed flight to detroit boards. this, from a discussion of movement and class in the 1947 partition migration of hindus and sikhs from pakistan to india:
"The different modes of transport that command greater speed point to how the world is experienced when organized on the fast-changing time-space-speed vectors. Space is conquered with the acceleration technology and the distances are measured on the basis of speed and not in spacial terms. In other words, the distance between two given points is measured by how fast one can reach a point rather than by the actual spatial distance. The speed at which we cover the distance--on foot, motor vehicle, train, and airplane--determines how we experience and remember the landscape en route, witness ordinary minute happenings, and interact with the people inhabiting those landscapes."
-ravinda kaur, "the last journey: exploring social class in the 1947 partition migration"
martes, diciembre 30, 2008
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good quote.
academic articles keep you awake? I have my doubts, but an interesting story never the less.
ditto on that... academic articles to KEEP you awake? there's something wrong there. but oh, wait, you're not currently a student, so that (sadly) makes some sense! :-/
can't wait to read your updates from delhi!
it was said with *some* irony, but yes, not currently having student status gives them some extra appeal...or you guys are right and i'm a freak :P
You know I love this. Especially the last bit.
"It is amazing what one sees when simply putting one foot in front of the other."
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