Articles by Joshua Kurtz
7 articles found.
Planting a Nation
Settler colonialism and the Jewish National Fund
“It was nothing: sand and sand. We are going to bring to the Negev life,” two Israeli men affirm in an …
Electronic Disturbance at the Border
The aestheticization of immigrant rights
Last week, President Trump signed several executive orders that significantly expanded the authority of immigrations officers, banned Muslim immigrants and refugees …
Who Sets the Table?
Food infrastructure and food justice in Rhode Island
A few hundred feet from Brown University’s boathouse in India Point Park is the future site of EatDrinkRI’s Central Market, a …
A Restoration
The telling of history necessitates a well-functioning set of teeth. The thing about teeth is that they are required to collaborate; …
How to Write in the Human Realm
Notes on Ben Lerner and the politics of poetry
In a video that the MacArthur Foundation produced after awarding Ben Lerner a genius Grant last year, Lerner poses the question, …
Caught Between States
Regarding the Persecution of the Rohingya
Last week, President Obama announced that the United States is prepared to lift all remaining sanctions against Myanmar. First imposed after …
Culture Shock
A Short Timeline of Controversial Art
To simply be offensive in one’s artistic practice is to engage in a hollow act of provocation. It is to be, …