Splitting Skulls

Learning From Footwear

Recently brought to my attention, this preview of the feature, The Shoe, by Saraiva's Cheeky, goes right to the heart of the matter. Long Weekend With André on Nowness.com. On the one hand, shoes seem to slip by our attention, too close to the ground, beneath our consideration. On the other hand, we would be …

Unsold Supper: or I’ll eat my sandal…

If you are in the hood this Saturday, Our Goods—the fine folk who brought you Trade School—is hosting a supper for barter in Union Square. I'll let them explain: HOW IT WORKS 1) Farmers contribute good produce that didn’t sell. 2) We cook a meal using human-powered, community-scale equipment. 3) Everyone maps their HAVES and …

New Article: The Emperor’s New Toes–Fashioning the Modern Stance

I have an "article" in the latest edition—on fashion—of the interdisciplinary journal Ecogradients. It's on shoes. And the big toe. And Modernity. You can read it here...

The Big Toe

Mediated Earth: Footprints & Shoemaking

You are as quick as a spartan hound to pick up the tracks of the argument... —Plato, Parmenides 128b-c The question of footprints, of the traces we leave in our contact with the world, is one that runs through the history of philosophy of education. How do we know where we have been? And what …