Work for Hire and Oxford University Press

Steven Shaviro recently posted about pulling out of an Oxford University Press collection because they wanted to define his contribution as “work for hire.” This is objectionable for lots of reasons, but in particular because academics should retain the right to be associated with the ideas we produce, and so long as we’re above board …

Projection: A Word for Future-Orientation with “Project” In It

Although I’m not doing any classroom teaching this term* (I am, however, doing plenty of teaching), it somehow started off with a sprint. It’s taken me until week two to get together a plan for the term. Maybe others are more organized in thought and action, but I always have a moment after completing major …

Not blacked out, but I won’t post on anything else until tomorrow

I realize I should say something in support of the internet blackout going on today. You can learn more at Wikipedia. Yes, we should be terrified of these initiatives, which place a few companies in the position of judge and jury, and further enshrines the profit motive as the first principle of public policy on …