I’ll be presenting at the 10th annual Critical Themes in Media Studies conference at the New School on April 17th. As you’ll see, I’m working with ideas from Benedict Anderson, Jean Baudrillard, Arjun Appadurai, Bernadette Wegenstein (who is coincidentally our closing keynote speaker), Manfred Steger, and a few more like Maurice Agulhon and Pierre Nora [...]
Posted on April 4th, 2010 by DeepthiW
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In 2005, the Center for Strategic and International Studies published a report looking at information and communication technologies (ICT) and national identity politics. The research was initiated by the National Intelligence Council, a think tank within the US government. Written by Sandra Braman, a Professor of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the report aims [...]
Posted on April 3rd, 2010 by DeepthiW
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“At the heart of evolutionary biology, since Darwin, has been the idea that any genetic traits and behaviors that outfit an animal with an advantage — that help the animal make lots of offspring — will remain in a species, while ones that don’t will vanish. In short, evolution gradually optimizes every animal toward a [...]
Posted on April 1st, 2010 by DeepthiW
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