Code switching refers to “alternation between one or more languages, dialects, or language registers in the course of discourse between people who have more than one language in common.” Anyone who lives in a multicultural urban area has most likely witnessed this phenomenon. If you are polylingual you have most likely code switched at some [...]
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Urban Environments as Living Organisms
December 22nd, 2009 No Comments
I grew up in a small town and have always thought of buildings and construction as mankind making purposeful changes to their structures, be they houses, barns, irrigation systems or roads. The concept of change in this manner, as I took it, was very methedological and systematic: controlled and orchestrated by man.
Now, as a young [...]
Confusion
August 12th, 2009 No Comments
This picture is silly and cute, and that’s what I’m all about. Actually, this picture got me thinking about the concept of “natural” and what it means in terms of sexuality among other things. Homosexuality, bi-sexuality, and transgenderism are often referred to as being unnatural and this is a reason for them being wrong. The [...]