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In Praise of Failure
In Praise of Failure youmightfindyourself: By COSTICA BRADATANNY Times, Dec 15, 2013 If there was ever a time to think seriously about failure, it is now. We are firmly in an era of accelerated progress. We are witness to advancements in science, the arts, technology, medicine and nearly all forms of human achievement at a…
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The Other Conquest (1999)
The Other Conquest (1999) medievalpoc: aguavodka submitted: There was a very compelling Mexican feature film called The Other Conquest (1999) that touched on the codices and the traditional knowledge that either transformed or went underground with the arrival of the Spanish. The film focuses on a Mexica scribe named Topiltzin (Damian Delgado) who witnesses the violence…
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I first heard of ‘Magiciens de la Terre’ when one of the adjunct curators asked me if I could suggest Native American artists as the exhibition organizers had realized, rather belatedly, that they hadn’t yet considered this constituency. I submitted a shortlist of names that included Jimmie Durham; however, the curators ignored these artists, providing…
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Hasbro: Let’s make a new MLP cartoon for all the little girls to enjoy! College Age Guys: Hey, this show is pretty cool! Hasbro: Wow, you guys weren’t our intended demographic, but that’s cool! We’ll just throw in some references that will make you feel more included and here, have some cool merchandise we know…
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Who Ain’t a Slave?
Who Ain’t a Slave? azspot: On a late February day in 1805 in the South Pacific, Amasa Delano, master of the Perseverance, a sealer out of Boston, boarded a distressed Spanish ship carrying about 70 West African men, women, and children. Delano spent about nine hours on the vessel, called the Tryal. He talked with its sailors, who were…
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Paul Dini explains why execs don’t want girls watching their superhero shows [feedly]
Shared via feedly // published on Boing Boing // visit site Paul Dini explains why execs don’t want girls watching their superhero shows Comics creator Paul Dini did a guest appearance on Kevin Smith’s podcast “Fatman on Batman” podcast, and talked, in part, about the gender considerations of execs in new animation/superhero kids’ show design,…
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The SIGGRAPH Art Papers category is a new, exciting, and prestigious way to publish work, theory, experiments, and ideas at the intersections of art, design, and technology. You are encouraged to submit a paper and to distribute this Call For Papers: http://s2014.siggraph.org/submitters/art-papers The deadline is Tuesday, 21 January 2014, 22:00 UTC/GMT. Following the success of…