Lewis Hyde: Throwing Down Encroachments
Lewis Hyde is a fellow at the Berkman Center, and is a professor of creative writing at Kenyon College. He’s probably best known for his… Read More »Lewis Hyde: Throwing Down Encroachments
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
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MediaShift Idea Lab . Anonymous vs. Scientology: A Case Study of Digital Media | PBS How did an anonymous online community manage to mobilize 6000… Read More »links for 2008-02-19
Steve Bloomfield breaks new ground in Somalia reporting
There’s fierce competition for the title of the “worst crisis in Africa”. Most Africa-watchers will list Darfur, eastern Chad, northern Uganda, eastern DRC, noting in… Read More »Steve Bloomfield breaks new ground in Somalia reporting
Teju Cole: Every Day is for The Thief
One of the loveliest blogs of the past few years was Teju Cole’s, a literary and photographic journey from New York to Lagos and back.… Read More »Teju Cole: Every Day is for The Thief
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Wired 8.05: Talking to Strangers Excellent story on the state of the art of machine translation in the late 1990s… not so far from the… Read More »links for 2008-02-17
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Gestalten mit digitalen Medien fascinating idea – a project to transmit unveiled photos of women wearing burkha and chador, allowing transgression of local norms via… Read More »links for 2008-02-16