Why are we here, anyway?

The state of the humanities and academia against a strengthening careerist milieu.

DALL-E Generated illustrations of “a college campus in the style of Memphis Design Group”

As Fall 2023 courses were released, I sat in Hotung Café browsing SIS on my laptop, which rested precariously atop our beloved, wobbling tables flanked by Emeco Navy chairs (a military industrial project of its own, designed for use in naval ships and prison interrogation rooms). I…