by F Oliva The so-called ‘llanito language’ has never existed and does not exist today. At best it is a distinguishing patter, a verbal...
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Of late, language or rather the mechanisms and machinations of language have become an incessant obsession. From time immemorial, all tools of language and expression – be it the hieroglyphics of old, Lutheran Pamphlets, censored blank spaces in Pakistani dailies in the 80s, Mahsa Amini’s image, Mahmud Darwish’s lilting poems to dissemination of mal, mis & dis-info through media, these have been means of societal integration, alienation, subversion and oppression. Language as a manifestation of culture, heritage and legacy also plays a systemically structural role when it comes to both oppression and subversion. Indeed physical wars disproportionately garner human suffering, but it is the combatant, unrelenting siege of language that in effect produces the genocidal repression of existence – of […]
by F Oliva The so-called ‘llanito language’ has never existed and does not exist today. At best it is a distinguishing patter, a verbal...
by F Oliva The so-called ‘llanito language’ has never existed and does not exist today. At best it is a distinguishing patter, a verbal...
The solo journey of Delomar, formerly of the duo RDX, has led to the upcoming release of his first solo album, and while he is super excited to unveil...
In an era dominated by social media, few moments capture the collective attention of the internet quite like a viral video. One such instance recently...
In an era dominated by social media, few moments capture the collective attention of the internet quite like a viral video. One such instance recently...
Barker’s latest reimagining of Greek myth feels glaringly compelling and urgent
Barker’s latest reimagining of Greek myth feels glaringly compelling and urgent
The U.S. and many other societies are cycling into situations of toxic polarization today; discussion, let alone consensus, often appears impossible...
The U.S. and many other societies are cycling into situations of toxic polarization today; discussion, let alone consensus, often appears impossible...