In Tribute to Norm

Abstract

Only the actions of the just

Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust . . . (James Shirley)

Dear Norm,

For some, Death is such a final marker or closure. Some say, like James Shirley, it levels us all. But for those of us who care, there is always a way to retrieve from the departed’s past its stirrings into the present, traces of a usable, exemplary life, a vibrance of being, and intellect that echoes across the divide that Death might seek to mark. And in this sense, Dear Norman, “Death will not find us thinking that you die!” (Martin Carter).

Footnotes

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Author Biography

Cameron McCarthy is University Scholar and Communication Scholar in the Department of Educational Policy, Leadership and Organization (EPOL) and in the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the former Director and Divisional Coordinator of the Global Studies in Education Program at the University of Illinois. Professor McCarthy teaches courses in globalization studies, postcolonialism, mass communications theory and cultural studies at his university. His latest books include the co-edited and co-authored volumes: Spaces of New Colonialism (Peter Lang, 2020) and Class Choreographies, Elite Schools and Globalization (Palgrave, 2018).