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moma: What does a media conservator do? MoMA’s Kate Lewis explains. [Isaac Julien. Ten Thousand Waves. 2010]
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creative-cap: Lynn Hershman Leeson has been probing the idea of what it means to be a cybernetic organism since the 1960s. This line of inquiry is laid bare in “Origins of the Species,” a solo exhibition of Hershman Leeson’s work that inaugurates Bridget Donahue’s new gallery space in New York.Continue reading > Read kerrydoran‘s review…
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Scrum is a popular Agile process, so why not use its terminology? First, there are plain English words that already mean the same things. “Iteration” is a perfectly fine word and is actually closer to the intended meaning than “sprint.” Second, Scrum terminology directly contradicts the stated principles of Agile development. For example: Agile processes…
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mrbigcheese: Mondrian Composition Business Edition
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997: Ur Kerman Samarra Isfahan Babilonia Iazd Gerico Ninive Mari Ettore Sottsass’ Antiche Ceramiche 1989 A series of 13 ceramics, in 1989 for his friend Alessio Sarri, a master ceramicist with whom he had worked with previously. Named after ancient cities and mythic empires, these bright and seductive works reference unknown, mysterious architectures. At the same…
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alexainslie: SciFi
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In other words: technology’s not the problem. It’s the context. Just ask Plato about writing, or Gutenburg about books, or Dante about Italian, or painters about photography, or record company executives about sampling … The Liberal Arts Are Dead — The Synapse — Medium
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By denying students the use of technology in the classroom, we send the message that technology is a distraction from real learning. I find this perspective increasingly untenable. Gerald R. Lucas, The Liberal Arts Are Dead — The Synapse — Medium
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This system creates students, first, then functionaries upon graduation that learn the “official angle” and cannot operate without the hierarchy of control. Imagination and creativity only get in the way of the obedience necessary to function successfully in those bureaucracies. The problem is, Sterling observed in 2000, that the stable roles (jobs) this system used…