Crowdsourcing, humor, participation
It’s been good fun hanging out in Barcelona with my fellow speakers, both the wonderful organizers like Juan Freire and Ismael Peña-Lopez and guests like… Read More »Crowdsourcing, humor, participation
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My turn on the soapbox
Forgive my silence this week. There’s a plague heading through the Berkman Center, evidently, a headcold that’s been knocking many of us out of commission,… Read More »My turn on the soapbox
Cultural appropriation of the kick-ass kind
Want to get a Texas high school football team pumped up? Try the haka. It works for New Zealand’s legendary All Blacks rugby squad. And… Read More »Cultural appropriation of the kick-ass kind
Parochialism and cultural export… or why Titanic is France’s best-grossing film
I mentioned a few posts back that I found individual sentences in Paul Starr’s brilliant “Creation of the Media” worth remembering and exploring later. One… Read More »Parochialism and cultural export… or why Titanic is France’s best-grossing film
Media, reality, representation: what are we paying attention to when we pay attention to Darfur?
One of the better conversations I’ve had lately was with an old friend who’s now working in Sudan, reporting on local news and politics as… Read More »Media, reality, representation: what are we paying attention to when we pay attention to Darfur?
A goofy dance, a sweet lullaby
There’s this guy, Matt Harding. He describes himself as “a 31-year-old deadbeat from Connecticut who used to think that all he ever wanted to do… Read More »A goofy dance, a sweet lullaby