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Processes of enclosure and imagining our way out

capitalism

Processes of enclosure and imagining our way out

By limiting the ways we move about our world, we also limit our ability to imagine alternatives. But by remembering how to move differently, we can begin to remember that we can live differently too.

By Schuyler Laparle 03 May 2025
Ideas for sale

capitalism

Ideas for sale

Why maintain a "marketplace" of ideas when you could have a playground? Or perhaps a community garden?

By Schuyler Laparle 17 Mar 2025
What's so "hard" about science?

education

What's so "hard" about science?

When different voices and experiences are included in scientific research, a broadening occurs - we ask new questions and contextualize old facts. Is this "softening" or progress?

By Schuyler Laparle 16 Feb 2025
The Extended Case: Burawoy’s Vision of Sociology in Motion

sociology

The Extended Case: Burawoy’s Vision of Sociology in Motion

Dedicated to Tyler Leeds, a kind friend, colleague, and Michael Burawoy's last student.

By Kelly Jones, Schuyler Laparle 08 Feb 2025
Corporate personhood and corporate people: an analytic addendum

Corporate personhood and corporate people: an analytic addendum

If corporations are people, what type of people are they?

By Schuyler Laparle 02 Feb 2025
Violence by and against corporations

Violence by and against corporations

Shooting someone in the back is violence. But what about denying someone healthcare? In a world where the actions of corporations harm individuals, what counts as "violence" becomes unclear.

By Schuyler Laparle 25 Jan 2025
Old white picket fence with the words "keep going" written in marker on the edge. A person walks away along the sidewalk, toward a setting sun.

Breaking containers and extending our journeys in 2025

Thinking about time as space is one of the most basic and pervasive metaphors out there. As we enter 2025, it is worth thinking about our movements through and in the new year.

By Schuyler Laparle 04 Jan 2025
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