It’s summer fiesta season here in Spain and in today’s Camino a Ítaca we look one of the most widely extended fiestas takes place, the Fiesta of Futility, the ‘oposiciones’. Click over to read the originally published piece in Spanish in the HOY the originally published piece in Spanish in the HOY or read the…
In this week’s Camino a ÍtacaCamino a Ítaca a look at how a hard, rightwing shift in UK politics robbed me of a democratic right. Click over to read the original version published in Spanish in HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) It was a proto neofascist that took away…
In this week’s Camino a ÍtacaCamino a Ítaca a look at the recent Fascist Fest in Madrid, where the Spanish capital was momentarily converted into Neofascism ground zero. Click over to read the original version in Spanish in the HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) The only pictures that were…
In this week’s Camino a Ítaca, a look at a piece of Spain that is in flux. Not-so-slight shifts in social contexts, yet some adherence to the norm. Click over to read the originally published version in Spanish in el HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) Personally, I miss the…
In this week’s Camino a Ítaca, a rebranding of the global icon, the dragon slayer, with an eye on a population that desperately needs someone’s help, anyone’s help. Even a mythical knight. Click over to read the originally published version in Spanish in el HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo)…
In this week’s Camino a Ítaca leaps of faith, both physically and metaphorically. Anthropology in action as people create their own faith. Click over to read the original version in Spanish in el HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) The bonfire was lit in a way that seemed entirely fitting…
In this week’s Camino a Ítaca a look at an endemic wrong. An ongoing robbery from the people that now looks like it’s only going to get worse. Click over to read the original article in Spanish published in the HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) I’ve always had an…
In this week’s Camino a Ítaca a look at the agricultural protests that have been taking place across Spain and indeed Europe. Swayed by the siren song of the ultra right, farmers just may be delivering themselves into the hands of the very people who support the neoliberal policies that make their lives difficult. Click…
A surprising Pop Star twist in this week’s Camino a Ítaca. Taylor Swift now rules the world. I’m only wondering if her message will settle among everyone. Click over to read the originally published article in Spanish in the HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) There are few things that…
Elvis (or Franco) is not dead The growth of forgetfulness, or willingly not remembering, in this week’s Camino a Ìtaca. Revisionism on the right of some of the past’s worst atrocities and what they may lead to. Click over to read the originally published version in Spanish in el HOY or read the English translation…