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ScienceOnline Wrap-Up
I’d like to share some thoughts from a conference I attended earlier this month called ScienceOnline.
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Depicting Development
Over the break I finally managed to read The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz, founder of the Acumen Fund.
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Setting the Arts Scene: Turner Prize 2010
Traditionally a sample of some of today’s forerunning contemporary artists, being nominated for, and especially winning, the Turner Prize is seen as a substantial credential on any artist’s resumé. Hosted annually by the TATE Britain in London, this year’s 2010 exhibition selections struck me as a representation of a particularly thoughtful variety of artists.
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The Grassy Knoll of Mashup Culture
A few months ago I watched a History Channel special devoted to debunking the conspiracy theories surrounding JFK’s assassination. After pointing out the glaring holes in the Grassy Knoll and Magic Bullet hypotheses, the program closed with a spectacular idea: that people need JFK’s death to be more complicated than it (probably) was.
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Shaking it Up: When Competition Meets Cooperation in the Global Marketplace
Every time I pick up a newspaper or turn on the television, recessions, shifting power structures, and potential “shake-ups” in the global economy are the words of the day. New powers are emerging, old powers are faltering, and no one really knows where we are headed as we spin into a new decade of economic uncertainty.
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Gendering the Organs of Expression
Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, famous for penning the novel Don Quixote, was once quoted saying, “The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach.” Here, Cervantes toys with language and a word’s ability to have multiple meanings. In this post I am specifically referring to the way in which we use organs of the body to express a feeling and paint a picture in order to help us conceptualize our “inner” experiences.
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More than Gays and War.
Amid the cheers for equality, some people, particularly high-profile antiwar advocate and mother of fallen soldier Cindy Sheehan, have ranted against the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, not because gays and lesbians shouldn’t fight in wars, but because no one should.
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