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The Podcast for Social ResearchAuthor: The Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
From Plato to quantum physics, Walter Benjamin to experimental poetry, Frantz Fanon to the history of political radicalism, The Podcast for Social Research is a crucial part of our mission to forge new, organic paths for intellectual work in the twenty-first century: an ongoing, interdisciplinary series featuring members of the Institute, and occasional guests, conversing about a wide variety of intellectual issues, some perennial, some newly pressing. Each episode centers on a different topic and is accompanied by a bibliography of annotations and citations that encourages further curiosity and underscores the conversation's place in a larger web of cultural conversations. Language: en Genres: Education, Philosophy, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Faculty Spotlight: Lauren Wolfe, Paige Sweet, and Miranda Trimmier on Writing, Translation, and the Uses of Theory
Friday, 31 July, 2026
In this episode of Faculty Spotlight, Lauren K. Wolfe, Paige Sweet, and Miranda Trimmier sit down to discuss BISR Practicum—the exciting new program they're spearheading this September (Lauren will be leading a Practicum on Literary Translation, Paige and Miranda on Creative-Critical Writing)—and what it means to combine theory and creative practice. The three talk about why literary work is not a solitary pursuit, and where, in the creative process, "theory" comes in. Also discussed: the task of the translator, and when, in the history of translation, its complexity began to be theorized; the reactionary ideal of the perfectly preservable past; the emergence and uses of autotheory; and how writers like Saidiya Hartman, Raquel Gutiérrez, Renee Gladman, and Nuar Alsadir (among others), model, in their works, the integration of theory and lived experience.
