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A little bit of culture - (USA)
A little bit of culture I am really pleased that I was able to finish off the final editing and proof reading for the new book 'Connected Minds, Emerging Cultures' which has now gone to press. A whole host of people have contributed toward the 17 chapters in the volume. The publishers, Information Age, who are based in the USA, Greenwich, Connecticut, are already publicising it on their website, and I have seen some of the cover artwork, so publication is imminent. Here's the blurb (wot I wro
http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2008/10/little-bit-of-culture.html
DAVID BROOKS’ SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY - (USA)
He's everywhere, he's everywhere...5:30 a.m. Wake up alarm music: “Your Body is a Wonderland.”5:31 a.m. Sitting in skivvies, appear via phone on NPR as witty, disarming conservative pundit.6 a.m. Arrange comb-over.7 a.m. Breakfast with Paul Krugman, listening to insufferable crap about Nobel Prize.8 a.m. Cardio workout, with Krugman photo taped to punching bag.9 a.m. Sitting in skivvies, appear via phone on CNN as witty, disarming conservative pundit.10 a.m. Ponder differences between “Starbucks
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/2008/10/david-brooks-schedule-for-friday.html
And Here Is Your 2009 BME Scholarship Winner - (USA)
Initially founded by Darrin Fowler and now run under the supervision of Mark Anstrom , the 2009 BME Scholarship winner has been decided. Here’s Mark’s write-up, followed by the winning essay. Huge thanks to all involved, and congratulations to the winner on an excellent essay! Each year, the IAM community comes together to award $1,000 USD college scholarship to a deserving member of our community. Available to all IAM members worldwide, this year marks the fourth year we’ve been able t
http://news.bmezine.com/2009/07/21/and-here-is-your-2009-bme-scholarship-award-winner/
The Coming Kulturkampf - (USA)
From First Things By Richard John Neuhaus Many who do not embrace the Christian faith nonetheless have a high appreciation of the importance of Christianity to the cultural and social order. Theirs is an instrumental view of religion. Edward Gibbon caught the idea nicely, and in his usual caustic manner, when describing the religious cults of the Roman Empire. He says the common people viewed them as true, the philosophers viewed them as false, and the rulers viewed them as useful. Today’s poli
http://sunlituplands.blogspot.com/2008/11/coming-kulturkampf.html
Academics – the next part of the People section - (USA)
The following is the next part of the People section for chapter 2 of my thesis . The People section was started a week ago with this post . This one takes up the task of saying something about academic staff, subsequent and soon to be completed sections will look at management, academic staff developers and technology staff. While I think some of the stuff in the following is important and overlooked, I just can’t help feeling that it is, not to put to fine a point on it, crap. But hopefull
http://davidtjones.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/academics-the-next-part-of-the-people-section/
Jim Selman: California Rising - (USA)
I spent the weekend in California, hanging out with my children and visiting old friends. I was in both Los Angeles and San Francisco and picked up on the current mood from both ends of the State--at least based on my small sample of conversations. The consensus is that California is a great place to live, but a fiscal and political mess. The deficit is staggering (over 25 billion and rising). The governor has been terminated politically speaking and can't get the politicians or the public to
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-selman/california-rising_b_237628.html
Updates - (USA)
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http://photojournalismlinks.com/2009/08/09/updates/
[Wikipedia] BlackBerry - (USA)
The BlackBerry is a wireless handheld device introduced in 1999 as a two-way pager. The more commonly known smartphone BlackBerry, which supports push e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, internet faxing, web browsing and other wireless information services, was released in 2002. It is an example of a convergent device. Developed by the Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM), it delivers information over the wireless data networks of mobile phone service companies. BlackBerry first made
http://www.playboy-kabel.com/?p=10
Through Eyes From Afar - (USA)
Feed Category: Feed Directory / Society / Subcultures Life, travel and subcultures on and off the internet.
http://www.5z5.com/Feeds/?d0e15f8e68afb75c=
RIP Steven Wells: The Best That Ever Did It. - (USA)
The greatest music writer that ever did it is dead . Load of fucking DICK. Reports the meeja: “Steven Wells died on Tuesday after finally losing his fight against cancer.” Of course, Swells wouldn’t have said that. Writing about his experience with the disease in The Philadelphia Weekly a few years back , he put it like this: “No one ever ‘battles bravely against cancer’. This is utter bullshit. You do your chemo, take your drugs and hang on for dear life.” I fucking love tha
http://www.akirathedon.com/2009/06/rip-steven-wells-the-best-that-ever-did-it/
Coming to Terms with “Contextualization” Part 1-Formative History and Shift to “Cultural Engagement” - (USA)
November 15, 2008 Futures Studies, Missional and Missional Orders, Paradigm Profiling, Paradigm Shifting, Theological Reconstruction, Toxicity vs. Sustainability In my recent post on Finding a Culture’s Quest/tion and Shaping Their Transformative Trajectory (2004), Emily asked, “Is this your way of talking about the contextualization of the gospel without employing words that have become like profanity to some people? Or do you see the two as different (contextualization and questions fo
http://futuristguy.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/coming-to-terms-with-contextualization-part-1/
TheStar.com | Ideas | Can subcultures still thrive in the glare of the digital age? - (USA)
The Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ideas/article/434824
A case for sex-positive education, or just "othering" Japan? - (USA)
(Trigger warning: The referenced article may be triggering in its description of sexual acts with objects-perceived-as-girls.) I'll admit, I struggled to find a way to approach this story , about an outgrowth of the otaku * subcultures in Japan. Fortunately, I'm not alone in this contributor thing, and got some significant help from Liss on this one, so thanks Liss! Errors and omissions may be safely attributed to me, though. (A brief precis of the article, so people don't have to risk bei
http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2009/07/case-for-sex-positive-education-or-just.html
Milk and blood: Visions of St. Harvey - (USA)
By Marke B. This week, as part of our Milk Issue, dedicated to the political memory of Harvey Milk, I take a look at some of the ways Harvey has been transformed into an icon of queer martyrdom -- for good or ill. I cheekily reference the extremely moving 2004 "Saint Harvey: The Life and Afterlife of a Modern Gay Martyr" show at the GLBT Historical Society, which will also open a temporary exhibit about Harvey on the Castro beginning November 26, in conjunction with the nationwide release o
http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/pixel_vision/2008/11/milk_and_blood_visions_of_st_h.html
Tocqueville on the Shores of Titicaca - (USA)
Amid Alexis de Tocqueville’s writings on revolution in France, there is a passage that rings true for those of us who have spent time in the countryside. He observed that however lively affairs of state might seem, it is often hard to get a peasant to take much interest in them. The remote happenings in a national capital rarely seem to have much practical import for one tilling the soil. But propose to run a road past a peasant’s property, Tocqueville added, and he will promptly take a deep
http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=5208
pageblank: In Defence of Hipsterdom - (USA)
http://pageblank.blogspot.com/2007/03/in-defence-of-hipsterdom.html
The “Brüno” Imbrüglio - (USA)
Brüno , Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest mockumentary, has been criticized by gay rights groups like GLAAD for reinforcing stereotypes about gay people and “decreas[ing] the public’s comfort with [them].” The movie’s eponymous main character is a flamboyant, fame-mongering Austrian who throughout the film is shown engaging in a hot tub romp beside his adopted black baby, “O.J.”; tethered to his partner by S&M gear to which he has lost the key; and using a bicycle affixed with a long rod to its whe
http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/07/16/13185
Random Things About Maxi Kim - (USA)
Interview by Richard Marshall. 3:AM: In your Semina novel One Break A Thousand Blows you describe Stewart Home as being ‘a teddy bear.’ How was it working with him on the production of the book? How did he contribute to the creative process with you? You say that 69 Things To Do With A Dead Princess was an important catalyst for your book – can you say something about this? MK: In retrospect I should’ve described Stewart Home as a pussy cat. Prior to meeting him I was nervous;
http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/random-things-about-maxi-kim/
Bro, Did You Kill College Life? - (USA)
Part 1: The Terms Of Engagement By: Brandon J. Mendelson There are many questions about whether or not pop culture killed “college life”. The following are my favorites: Are programs like Undergrads accurate portrayals of students? Is Facebook more popular than campus activities? What happened to the sense of community on campus? Why are students in pop culture portrayed as searching for their identity? Does almost every college production feature an upper-middle class honkey with
http://blogs.timesunion.com/classconflict/?p=1622
California Dreamers - (USA)
Posted by Review-a-Day, July 29th, 2009 No CommentsFiled under:Review-a-Day. Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963 (Americans and the California Dream) by Kevin Starr Reviewed by Benjamin SchwarzThe Atlantic It was a magnificent run. From the end of the Second World War to the mid-1960s, California consolidated its position as an economic and technological colossus and emerged as the country's dominant political, social, and cultural trendsetter. Thanks to wartime and
http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=7439
Society and Culture in the Yahoo! Directory - (USA)
Learn about different cultures and what forms a society's behavior patterns, beliefs, arts, and institutions. Explore sites on varied topics, such as sexuality, spirituality and religion, holidays, relationships, weddings, and food and drink recipes. You
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/
Porn: Just Another Business? - (USA)
On society’s list of most shameful professions, the pornographer would be near the top. What must pornographers think of themselves? They would argue that their industry has joined the mainstream, yet for porn performers, it’s a sordid career fraught with perils of drugs, disease, and in the darker corners of porn, exploitation and abuse. Take the case of a true pervert, Paul Little, who calls himself “Max Hardcore.” The British author Martin Amis submerged himself in the sleaziest subcu
http://catholicexchange.com/2009/07/18/120466/
A Piercing Look At Goth Culture And Fashion - washingtonpost.com - (USA)
Maybe the devil wears Prada in the posh offices of Vogue, but at Gothic Beauty magazine, the devil wears a red miniskirt made of PVC plastic, a strap-up corset, ripped fishnet stockings, knee-high black leather boots with five belts per shin, and a latex bracelet with flying eyeballs, accessorized with a lovely coffin-shaped Demonia handbag....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/22/AR2007012201448.html
Building Communities In Our Homes: Aysha Khanom - (USA)
Building Communities In Our Homes In The Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful We see many youth subcultures being formed, and very diverse ones. Some are the ones which we may see in any given country, the ones which adopt the ‘gangster’ and ‘thug’ image. They carry hostile and ego filled attitude towards others. Some maybe less extreme in their views than others, but the kids seem to be running for their image.. Why is it kids resort to these ideas and this lifestyle? Despi
http://www.suhaibwebb.com/blog/general/building-communities-in-our-homes-aysha-khanom/
"The celebrity economy. The last of this century’s great trends was noted by acute observers in 1996 - (USA)
“ The celebrity economy. The last of this century’s great trends was noted by acute observers in 1996, yet somehow most people failed to appreciate it. Although business gurus were proclaiming the predominance of creativity and innovation over mere routine production, in fact the growing ease with which information could be transmitted and reproduced was making it ever harder for creators to profit from their creations. Today, if you develop a marvelous piece of software, by tomorrow everyone wi
http://trystero.tumblr.com/post/56781573
The Code of the Geeks v3.12 - (USA)
http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html
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