Archive: The Gnovis Blog
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The Mass Amateurization of Academic Publishing: A Look at Graduate Students’ Roles in Knowledge Transmission
[caption id="attachment_6646" align="alignleft" width="214"] This wise owl reads wisely[/caption] The realm of academic publishing is traditionally one in which professors aid graduate - that is, Ma
Categories: 2013, The Gnovis Blog
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Google and its Discontents
Google always makes plenty of headlines. The latest is their finding that government demand for Google user data is increasing, feeding into controversies surrounding Internet freedom. The number of g
Categories: 2013, The Gnovis Blog
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The Politics of Manufacturing
A few weeks after the re-election of President Obama, discussions are now turning to the next four years and what can be done to improve the economy. Politicians are focused on the fiscal cliff and
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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A Conversation on Affirmative Action – Part 3
Note: This is the third blog in a three-blog series. To read Part 1, click here. T read Part 2, click here. [caption id="attachment_6403" align="aligncenter" width="621"] Harvard Law Review Board of
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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Semiotics, Intertextuality, and Alternative Mapping
An appealing aspect of cultural analysis is its interpretive flexibility; many mundane types of media that seem natural to us are worth scrutinizing. Signs, for instance, can be found in many differen
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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A Conversation on Affirmative Action – Part 2
Note: This is the second blog in a three-blog series. To read Part 1, click here. [caption id="attachment_6393" align="aligncenter" width="607"] Harvard Law Review Board of Editors, Volume 72, 1958-1
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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Long Live the Internet
Written by Guest Author Jeremy Pesner Next month, the World Conference on Information Technology (WCIT), sponsored by the United Nations' International Telecommunications Union (ITU), will hold a mee
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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A Conversation on Affirmative Action – Part 1
[caption id="attachment_6395" align="aligncenter" width="607"] Harvard Law Review Board of Editors, Volume 29, 1915-1916. Image from the Harvard Law School Library.[/caption] A friend of mine at Harva
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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Rethinking Art as Data-Based
“After the novel, and subsequently cinema privileged narrative as the key form of cultural expression of the modern age, the computer age introduces its correlate - database. Many new media objects do
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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Politics and Privacy
With the 2012 election finally over, it seems both inevitable and laughable that 2016 is already being mentioned, and not just by Jon Stewart. At the moment I am not at all interested in what lies ah
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog