Dear Colleagues,

We are not going to make a habit of it, but for obvious reasons  Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (better known as “Bad Bunny”) pops up for the second week in a row in the intro.  You probably had your fair share of analyses of his performance at the Superbowl halftime break by now, so we won’t add to that. In our spare time, however, we also engage a bit in ‘capacity strengthening’ for young (and not so young?) researchers. From that point of view, Steven Nelson  totally nailed it :  “…If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.” : )   On a related note, we do think Latin dance skills should become a compulsory part of a  “GRIPP package fit for our dire polycrisis times”: you never know you end up on a stage at the Superbowl half time event, with only one...