I recently stumbled across the idea of the “Creative City.” It turns out there are urban regions throughout the world that have publicly funded initiatives to encourage artists and creators through grants, conferences, exhibitions, etc., with the idea that it makes for more vibrant public spaces and economies. The idea originated in North America and [...]
Posted on November 30th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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It occurs to me that I haven’t made nearly enough food-related posts here, particularly in light of just how much time I spend thinking about it–so here is the recipe for the greatest chocolate cake in the WORLD. It’s perfectly rich, perfectly moist, and perfectly chocolatey. There is a picture floating around in the digital [...]
Posted on November 26th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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1989 has been reviewed by the Romanian edition of the magazine Esquire, the newspaper Cotidianul.ro and some blogs, including this lovely one, translated as roughly as possible by Google here. Best bit?
“Know a 13 pieces, including “Goldenage” is an ironic song about the glory of a golden era of black fucking black, born in the [...]
Posted on November 25th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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Sarah Palin created a stir with this interview at a turkey slaughterhouse, where the turkeys are being slaughtered right behind her and her coffee cup. Why was she there? To pardon one turkey, a tradition usually carried out by the president. As presumptuous as ever.
I suppose I am incredibly naive, but it seems the height [...]
Posted on November 21st, 2008 by DeepthiW
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Society of the Spectacle is a foundational work from the Situationist movement active in Europe in the 1950s and 60s, written by Guy Debord, founding member and central figure of the group Situationist International. The work applies Adorno and the Frankfurt School’s Marxist theory of the commodification of culture to mass media and society and [...]
Posted on November 20th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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Where else would I discover that even though the Hegelian Dialectical model of philosphical inquiry, where a thesis is proposed, followed by an antithesis and resolved in a synthesis, was named after Hegel, he never employed it himself and in fact denounced it?
Posted on November 19th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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The paper “Youth Culture” defines and situates the term “global youth culture” within the currently dominant theoretical frameworks from cultural and media studies, including the Frankfurt School as well as the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies. The paper also touches upon recent work done in “Post-subcultural Studies” that incorporates the influence of recent new [...]
Posted on November 12th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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This print ad from Kyocera, a Japanese mobile phone company, uses stylish graphics, Japanese symbols, and Western art references to create a powerful visual counterpoint to their message of East meets West. But that’s not all — mobile devices are often marketed as lifestyle products, and the myth underlying this striking image may surprise you.
Posted on November 11th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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The article, presented as a guide for prevention professionals, focuses on differentiating immigrants by legal status, migration experiences, and cultural values and urges prevention professionals to consider all three when designing prevention strategies for individuals. The article is written for service providers in the field of prevention and assumes that readers are familiar with the [...]
Posted on November 10th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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The Culture Industry
Thomas Adorno and Max Horkheimer proposed the concept of “The Culture Industry” in 1944, an idea inspired by Marxist ideologies that has colored our understanding of companies and brands like Disney, Target, and Paramount. The authors described a a direct relationship between entertainment and business, which functions as a tool of social organization [...]
Posted on November 9th, 2008 by DeepthiW
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