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I read with gusto Randy Malamud¡¯s piece, particularly the suggestion of nudologia (boredology) as the new disciplinary descriptor (¡°One big yawn? The academics bewitched by boredom¡±, Features, 14 July). In Italian the word ¡°nudo¡±, contrary to Polish, is not related to nausea but translates as ¡°naked¡±. Perhaps the term is apt to capture Heidegger¡¯s view of boredom as facilitating ¡°a journey towards authenticity¡±. Alternatively, nudology as reflective of the endless forms of the bare human body might be the best antidote to boredom. I would suggest that scholarship¡¯s ¡°dirty¡± secret has nothing to do with celebrating dullness, as argued in the piece ¨C quite the opposite!

Anna Notaro
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee

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