Last updated April 2019
I edit broadly on topics in the arts, humanities, and education, some topics by interest and others by circumstance. What follows is a general, brief introduction to my work, for those curious.
I have contributed over 1100 print-equivalent pages of content to Wikipedia and the public domain since 2013.
Hamidou Maiga, Malian studio photographer among the region's pioneers in the craft during the postcolonial period Mali
Idia masks, ivory, ritual masks, the most famous masterpieces from the Benin Empire, iconic of the looting of Benin and the campaign for restitution Benin
God's Choice (1986), a late 1970s, 18-month ethnographic study of a Baptist fundamentalist day school in Illinois that teaches God's will as singular truth and subordination before God
Stolen Childhood (1995), history of nineteenth century slave children in America, it began the scholarship of slave childhood as the first book on the subject
[[Centuries of Childhood|Centuries of Childhood]] (1960), Philippe Ariès's best-known history of childhood, known for its now-refuted argument that the concept of "childhood" is a modern development • [[Medieval Children|Medieval Children]] (2001), history of English children throughout the Middle Ages, directly refutes Ariès's thesis • [[Education for Extinction|Education for Extinction]] (1995) • [[The Elusive Ideal|The Elusive Ideal]] • [[The Emergence of the American University|The Emergence of the American University]] • [[The End of College|The End of College]] • [[Excellent Sheep|Excellent Sheep]] • [[Huck's Raft|Huck's Raft]] • [[The Importance of Being Little|The Importance of Being Little]] • [[The Modern School Movement (book)|The Modern School Movement (book)]] • [[Official Knowledge|Official Knowledge]] • [[The Strike That Changed New York|The Strike That Changed New York]], on the Oceanhill-Brownsville strike • [[The Ignorant Schoolmaster|The Ignorant Schoolmaster]], Rancière on the role of the teacher and individual towards individual liberation • [[The Hemlock Cup|The Hemlock Cup]] • [[The Golden Passport|The Golden Passport]] • [[The Transformation of the School|The Transformation of the School]] • [[Tinkering toward Utopia|Tinkering toward Utopia]] • [[An Elusive Science|An Elusive Science]] • [[The End of American Childhood|The End of American Childhood]] • [[The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860–1935|The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860–1935]]
books on anarchism
Bibliographies for some 40-odd books on and related to contemporary anarchism (Paul Avrich, David Graeber, Paul Goodman, etc.)
e.g.
Avrich: [[The Russian Anarchists|The Russian Anarchists]] (1967) • [[Kronstadt, 1921|Kronstadt, 1921]] (1970) • [[Russian Rebels, 1600–1800|Russian Rebels, 1600–1800]] (1972) • [[The Anarchists in the Russian Revolution|The Anarchists in the Russian Revolution]] (1973) • [[An American Anarchist: The Life of Voltairine de Cleyre|An American Anarchist: The Life of Voltairine de Cleyre]] (1978) • [[The Modern School Movement (book)|The Modern School Movement (book)]] (1980) • [[The Haymarket Tragedy|The Haymarket Tragedy]] (1984) • [[Anarchist Portraits|Anarchist Portraits]] (1988) • [[Sacco and Vanzetti: The Anarchist Background|Sacco and Vanzetti: The Anarchist Background]] (1991) • [[Anarchist Voices|Anarchist Voices]] (1995) • [[Sasha and Emma|Sasha and Emma]] (2012)
Histories [[The Anarchists (book)|The Anarchists (book)]] (1964), [[Partisans of Freedom|Partisans of Freedom]] (1976)
[[The American as Anarchist|The American as Anarchist]], [[The Anarchist Prince|The Anarchist Prince]], [[For Anarchism|For Anarchism]], [[The Haymarket Conspiracy|The Haymarket Conspiracy]], [[Rebel Alliances|Rebel Alliances]], [[Two Cheers for Anarchism|Two Cheers for Anarchism]], [[Weapons of the Weak|Weapons of the Weak]]
[[free school movement|free school movement]]
Schools run by democratic meeting: [[Albany Free School|Albany Free School]] and [[Brooklyn Free School|Brooklyn Free School]]
Books: [[A. S. Neill|A. S. Neill]]'s [[Summerhill School|Summerhill School]] and by [[Paul Goodman|Paul Goodman]] mentioned above. Also [[The Lives of Children|The Lives of Children]] • [[Our Children Are Dying|Our Children Are Dying]]
And others: [[Blast Corps|Blast Corps]] (1997), [[Killer Instinct Gold|Killer Instinct Gold]] (1996), [[Battletoads Arcade|Battletoads Arcade]] (1994), [[Kameo|Kameo]] (2005), [[Slalom (video game)|Slalom]] (1986), [[Cobra Triangle|Cobra Triangle]] (1989), [[R.C. Pro-Am II|R.C. Pro-Am II]] (1992), the slogs [[Viva Piñata (video game)|Viva Piñata]] (2006) + [[Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise|Trouble in Paradise]] (2008) ( [[Viva Piñata|series]]), and the cherry on top, [[Rare Replay|Rare Replay]] (2015). Also see [[Stamper brothers|Stamper brothers]], the founders.
indie game media: over 1,500 files released by request under free use license, including:
[[Fez (video game)|Fez]] (2012), a platformer in which the player rotates between the four 2D sides of a 3D cube, known as an "underdog darling of the indie game scene" for its [[Development of Fez|protracted development]] and outspoken creator, [[Phil Fish|Phil Fish]] (also influenced [[Monument Valley (video game)|Monument Valley]] and [[Secrets of Rætikon|Secrets of Rætikon]])
works by game artist and designer [[Greg Wohlwend|Greg Wohlwend]], best known for [[Threes|Threes]] (2014), [[Ridiculous Fishing|Ridiculous Fishing]] (2013), and [[TumbleSeed|TumbleSeed]] (2017), but also [[Puzzlejuice|Puzzlejuice]] (2012, with [[Asher Vollmer|Asher Vollmer]]), [[Solipskier|Solipskier]] (2010), [[Gasketball|Gasketball]] (2012), and [[TouchTone|TouchTone]] (2015) as [[Mikengreg|Mikengreg]], and [[Hundreds (video game)|Hundreds (video game)]] (2013)
[[Videoball|Videoball]] (2016), [[Tim Rogers (journalist)|Tim Rogers]]'s "one-button StarCraft" eSport of basic geometry and bright colors. See also [[Action Button Entertainment|Action Button Entertainment]] and [[Ziggurat (video game)|Ziggurat]] (2012).
[[Leonard's Bakery|Leonard's Bakery]], Honolulu bakery, popularized the malasada
[[Libor Michálek|Libor Michálek]] (b. 1968), Czech economist and whistleblower, the first Pirate Party candidate elected to national office, my first reviewed article
[[Patio 29|Patio 29]], a potter's field burial ground within Chile's capital General Cemetery, used for burying victims of Pinochet's 1973 military coup, my second reviewed article
[[Jura Federation|Jura Federation]], the anarchist, Bakuninist faction of the First International during the anti-statist split from the organization
[[Salvador Puig Antich|Salvador Puig Antich]], a Catalan revolutionary, militant anarchist whose unpopular execution under Spain's Franco regime made him a cause célèbre for Catalan autonomists and anarchists
Every Student Succeeds Act, American national public education policy since 2015 •
[[National Council on Teacher Quality|National Council on Teacher Quality]], a D.C. think tank that lambasted American teacher prep programs in a 2013 report •
[[Progressive Education Association|Progressive Education Association]], group dedicated to the spread of progressive education in American public schools (1919–1955) •
[[Henry Caldwell Cook|Henry Caldwell Cook]], British educator whose 1917 magnum opus The Play Way contended that youth study through play •
[[Alice Davis Menken|Alice Davis Menken]], known for work with female Jewish immigrant juvenile delinquency •
[[Algo Henderson|Algo Henderson]], president of Antioch College credited with their model of shared governance •
[[History of Education Society|History of Education Society]], professional organization for American historians of education, founded in 1960 •
[[Carl Kaestle|Carl Kaestle]], historian of education, author of [[Pillars of the Republic|Pillars of the Republic]], the standard-bearer history of America's common schools •
[[Herbartianism|Herbartianism]], educational movement based on German educator Johann Friedrich Herbart's philosophy, influential on American school pedagogy in the late 1800s •
[[Lorenzo Luzuriaga|Lorenzo Luzuriaga]], brought John Dewey to Argentina •
[[John Davis Pierce|John Davis Pierce]], America's first state (Michigan's) superintendent of public schools •
[[Arnold Ross|Arnold Ross]], mathematician who founded a noted number theory summer program for talented high school students, one of my first subjects •
Indian school chain [[Shemrock and Shemford|Shemrock and Shemford]] •
[[University of Wisconsin Experimental College|University of Wisconsin Experimental College]], Meiklejohn's great books program in the late 1920s • its critic, administrator [[George Sellery|George Sellery]] • its supporter, Wisconsin president (1925–1937) [[Glenn Frank|Glenn Frank]] • [[John Hanson Twombly|John Hanson Twombly]], Wisconsin president (1871–1874) and co-ed advocate • [[Teaching Assistants Association|Teaching Assistants Association]], Wisconsin's graduate student labor union, nation's first • [[Helen C. White|Helen C. White]], Wisconsin English prof and first woman to lead the AAUP • [[Sifting and winnowing|Sifting and winnowing]], metaphor for the academic pursuit of truth at Wisconsin • [[Sara Goldrick-Rab|Sara Goldrick-Rab]], sociologist of education • new Yale residential colleges, Franklin and Murray
art
[[User:Czar/drafts/Artsy|Artsy]] • [[Cheryl Donegan|Cheryl Donegan]], American conceptual and video artist •
[[Quentin Jones|Quentin Jones]] •
[[Marta Kuzma|Marta Kuzma]] •
[[Christine Macel|Christine Macel]] •
[[Met Breuer|Met Breuer]], the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new modern art gallery •
[[Cai_Guo-Qiang#Personal_life|Cai Guo-Qiang § Gehry house]] •
Adrian Piper, American conceptual artist •
[[Punta della Dogana|Punta della Dogana]], Venetian contemporary art museum • [[Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA|Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA]], major Latin American art show in Southern California, 2017–2018 • books [[Better Living Through Criticism|Better Living Through Criticism]], [[The Craftsman (book)|The Craftsman]]
intellectual history
[[Age of Fracture|Age of Fracture]] •
[[The Age of the Crisis of Man|The Age of the Crisis of Man]] •
[[American Nietzsche|American Nietzsche]] •
[[Backroads Pragmatists|Backroads Pragmatists]] •
[[The Black Atlantic|The Black Atlantic]] •
[[Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer|Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer]] •
[[Forgotten Prophet|Forgotten Prophet]] •
[[History's Memory|History's Memory]] •
[[I Am Dynamite!|I Am Dynamite!]] •
Georg Iggers •
[[Late Modernism (book)|Late Modernism (book)]] •
[[No Place of Grace|No Place of Grace]] •
[[Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewess|Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewess]] •
[[Sidetracks: Explorations of a Romantic Biographer|Sidetracks: Explorations of a Romantic Biographer]] •
[[This Long Pursuit|This Long Pursuit]] •
[[Word by Word|Word by Word]] •
[[A World Not to Come|A World Not to Come]] •
[[Di Yunge|Di Yunge]], the first major literary movement of Yiddish poets in America (early 20th c.) •
[[Estadio Chile (poem)|Estadio Chile (poem)]] (also the poet's wife, [[Joan Jara|Joan Jara]]) •
My Struggle (Knausgård novels)
music
[[Jamie Stewart (musician)|Jamie Stewart]] of [[Xiu Xiu|Xiu Xiu]]'s [[Nina (Xiu Xiu album)|Nina]] (2013) and Angel Guts, related: [[Greg Saunier|Greg Saunier]]
[[La Gatta Cenerentola|La Gatta Cenerentola]] (1976), an Italian musical based on Basile's Cinderella fable
Jewish anarchists [[Marie Goldsmith|Marie Goldsmith]], [[Abba Gordin|Abba Gordin]] (but not [[Yehuda Leib Gordin|his father, the rebbe]])
The leak-related Panama Papers and [[Sarah Harrison (journalist)|Sarah Harrison (journalist)]]
[[Hillary Victory Fund|Hillary Victory Fund]], joint fundraising committee for the 2016 Hillary campaign
[[Kim dynasty (North Korea)|Kim dynasty (North Korea)]], the three-generation lineage of North Korean leaders
[[Narin Afrin|Narin Afrin]], Kurdish leader in the 2014–2015 Kobanî siege
Tampon tax, when feminine hygiene products used to absorb menstrual flow are not tax exempt alongside similar medical and sexual health products
Weinstein effect, late 2017 global wave of sexual misconduct allegations following the Weinstein case
Susan Fowler, software engineer whose bellwether story changed how Silicon Valley treats sexual harassment
[[Diamond Tooth Lil|Diamond Tooth Lil]], early 20th c. American cultural icon of wealth and libertine burlesque, ✝ Allen3
[[Another Day in the Death of America|Another Day in the Death of America]] (2016) • Between the World and Me (2015) • Bro (subculture) • Hillbilly Elegy (2016) • [[The Mind at Work|The Mind at Work]] (2004) • [[You Could Look It Up (2016 book)|You Could Look It Up]] (2016) • [[User:Czar/drafts/Distinction (book)|Distinction]]
science
[[Muthu Alagappan|Muthu Alagappan]] (b. c. 1990), med student known for his professional basketball analytics
[[Gloria Long Anderson|Gloria Long Anderson]] (b. 1938), chemistry prof known for studies of fluorine-19 and solid rocket propellants
[[Blanche Wheeler Williams|Blanche Wheeler Williams]] (1870–1936), archaeologist involved in the ancient Minoan discovery at Gournia
[[Josiah Zayner|Josiah Zayner]] (b. c. 1982), biohacker known for his crowdfunded campaign to provide genetic engineering kits to the general public
[[Triboniophorus aff. graeffei|Triboniophorus aff. graeffei]], hot pink land slug
National Museum of African Art collaboration since 2016_%E2%80%93_Nadia_Kaabi-Linke.jpg)
[[The Elusive Ideal|The Elusive Ideal]] • 
