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Ann-Sophie Barwich
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Jan 13

Coincidence

The year has begun with a challenge. My resolution had been simple: “More meaning, less bullshit.” When I said this out loud, the comma must have gotten lost. Two weeks into 2023, the theme seems to be “More meaningless bullshit.” What to do? First week of engaging with university busywork…

New Year Resolution

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Coincidence
Coincidence
New Year Resolution

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Jan 2

Choosing Regret

In 2022, I tried to be calmer. My perspective on things and the way I interacted with other people shifted as a result of my newfound commitment to meditation. I still don’t think I take it seriously enough. But meditation made me calmer. It had another effect. I realized it…

Philosophy

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Choosing Regret
Choosing Regret
Philosophy

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Oct 7, 2022

Meditation

When meditation plunged me into depression, I realized that it was actually effective. I was never good at measure. I dove in headfirst, like a couch potato trying powerlifting. It’s been over a year since then. On my way home from walking the dog today, I got a sense of…

Meditation

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Meditation
Meditation
Meditation

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Sep 18, 2022

Twitter’s homogenization of academic scholarship

Twitter has ruined certain parts of modern academia for me. “But you deleted your account over 1.5 years ago,” I hear you say. That’s exactly why. I deleted my account, but Twitter continues to infiltrate my life because far too many academics are overly online on Twitter. …

Twitter

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Twitter’s homogenization of academic scholarship
Twitter’s homogenization of academic scholarship
Twitter

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Jul 25, 2022

A more silent shadow of sound

How do you explain the past to a three-year-old? Over the last few days, I spent some time with my goddaughter. I had hardly seen her in previous years because of the prolonged and non-sensical US travel ban for Europeans during the pandemic. I am a non-immigrant visa worker going…

Diary

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A more silent shadow of sound
A more silent shadow of sound
Diary

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Jul 20, 2022

Story Time — W(h)ither Bullshit History

“And they all came to watch!” The young woman sounded incredulous and, at the same time, most thrilled about her own narration. She pointed at the imagined library ceiling that had burned down in a blazing fire in September 2004. The Anna Amalia library had been in the process of…

History

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Story Time — W(h)ither Bullshit  History
Story Time — W(h)ither Bullshit  History
History

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Jul 14, 2022

Writing as Co-Creation: Connecting with Oliver Sacks

Whenever I read Oliver Sacks, I feel the desire to write myself. What strikes me with each of his sentences is his profound humanity. His essays convey a tone of conversation so strangely abandoned in current times. …

Oliver Sacks

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Writing as Co-Creation: Connecting with Oliver Sacks
Writing as Co-Creation: Connecting with Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks

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Jun 17, 2022

Extended Emotion: Walking the Dog

Where would you say your emotions are located? A year ago, I may have gestured to that rhythmic pounding in my left chest and the sometimes invisible but tense binder around it, the hot flashes in my lower face, or that mild warmth coming from the stomach when the mind…

Dogs

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Extended Emotion: Walking the Dog
Extended Emotion: Walking the Dog
Dogs

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Mar 13, 2022

Life, Virtually

Imagine the science possible In just a few years, we will have conquered The life of mind to make matter Of past a will of the future Imagine the politics possible When your mind is trapped in itself Because we failed to take Thought as relational in its grasp Of other things that are Not yourself but beyond In jars we live, in pictures we speak Imagine humanity impossible

Poetry

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Life, Virtually
Life, Virtually
Poetry

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Dec 14, 2021

The Chemistry Behind Weird Wine Labels

Why does some wine smell like cat piss? Wine reviews often resemble a psychoanalytical character study: “Its dense purple color is followed by an extraordinary scent of charcoal, roasted espresso, blackberries, blueberries and a touch of wood,” wrote the critic Robert Parker of the Château Angélus in 2005. Other wine snobs are even more direct: a leather aroma…

Smells

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The Chemistry Behind Weird Wine Labels
The Chemistry Behind Weird Wine Labels
Smells

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Ann-Sophie Barwich

Ann-Sophie Barwich

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I smell for a living. No, really: http://www.smellosophy.com

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