Lou is absolutely correct about my narrow horizons. I have spent a week
or so in Cuba, under the tutelage of Jim Devine, and a week in Puerto
Rico. Not much, I admit.
> Perhaps we can encourage Michael Perelman to spend a year travelling in
> Africa and Asia.
Actually Sabri wrote me before he came on the list, introducing himself as
an Indonesian. I did not know where he was located.
Like many tenured professors, Michael has a tendency
> not to see beyond his immediate turf. The other day he was not sure where
> you were from. Indonesia was his guess.
> PEN-L--despite the stimulating conversations--is far too North American,
> far too elderly, far too white and far too professorial.
I agree with you on the first 2 counts. I am not sure what professorial
means. I wish that we could gather and develop more information here. I
wish that we could be a source of expertise for less professorial people
who would like to use information as a weapon.
If professorial is a tone of condensation, then, yes, it should be
avoided.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
