Archive: 2011
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(Not) Available for Comment
Late last month, following her debut at the Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl, Chinese pianist Yuja Wang had hearts, and headlines, aflutter. For, during a solo in which she was accompanied by world renown
Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog
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Riches to Rhymes: The Celeb Kid Rap Game
For decades now, rap has been the vehicle for driving a decidedly urban American Dream narrative – a Horatio Algers-esque tale of rags to riches. And, according to Jay-Z, you can be “right next to D
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America's Slow News Summer
Flip through the pages of a magazine, turn on the TV, read one of countless blogs or news websites over the past few weeks, and you may be struck by the thought that we are in a slow-news rut. Howev
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A Play on Innovation
The success behind Shear Madness, America’s longest running play, does not simply lie in its witty dialogue. Nor does it reside in the fact that we are all, to some extent, intrigued by a mystery and
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Through a Cloud, Clearly
In the medical literature, the vocal “cord” is a mere “fold,” a piece of gristle that strives to reach out and touch its twin, thus producing the possibility of sound effects. But I feel that there m
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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Onlookers’ Power: Micro-blog’s Impact in “723 High-Speed Train Crash”
China experienced an uneasy end to July with the “723 high-speed train crash” when two bullet trains derailed and resulted in 40 deaths and more than 200 injured in Wenzhou, struck the heart of the
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Can technology better our interactions with nature?
In anticipation of her eighth album, Björk, the petite, Icelandic artist infamous for a certain swan dress, recently released an album-integrated app for iOS devices called Biophilia. The term Biophi
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Embracing the Digital Platform: Revitalized Multimedia Space
The projects featured currently on this page include projects from previous gnovis staffers that pioneered this format and argumentation style. In the coming months, we will build upon this catalog of
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Savage Beauty: A Reflection
When you think about institutionalized art in the 21st century one unavoidable term comes to mind: The Blockbuster show. Popular for its widespread appeal, the moniker Blockbuster is ascribed to exhib
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Of Improper Grammar-tology: Redux
In an earlier blog entry, I posited that by viewing "Ebonics"—officially dubbed African American Vernacular English (AAVE) by linguists—through the lens of deconstruction, not only can it be more grea
Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog