Axess, a magazine for the liberal arts and social sciences
Axess, a magazine for the liberal arts and social sciences: REGULATED SEXUALITY | Some Muslim women feel that the veil provides dignity and protection, but I found it controlling my inner life, even after I stopped wearing one. —— This is an interesting article that posits some of the mental effects of veiling women.
Read Morewhen one realizes the situationist word derive is the same as drift… kristeva makes more sense…
Read MorePush back on my take: Gates…
Push back on my take: Gates…: I got the support issues the first time. Yes. But it#039s not as though those are issues for and only for the $100-laptop crowd. Those are issues for bringing most of the world into network society — or allowing for the creation of network societies for most of the […]
Read MoreINTERNATIONAL LOW-RESIDENCY MFA PROGRAM INVITES APPLICATIONS Transart Institute invites applications to its interdisciplinary MFA in New Media program. Students create their own course of study working on art and research projects off-site with the support of faculty and self-chosen artist mentors. The independent study is complemented by three intensive summer residencies where lectures, critiques, seminars, […]
Read MoreGates Dismissive of $100 Laptop [1] ….
Gates Dismissive of $100 Laptop [1] ….: My take is that it may be both a publicity stunt and also a good project. Because, of course, the support issues wouldn’t go away if every child were given a $1000 laptop, would they? Nor would anyone sit there cranking the $1000 laptop; they’d stare at it […]
Read MoreAlternatives to Endnote and CiteULike?
I use bookends, and it is great for this. it has a notes category and i keep many of my notes in that, much the same way that you mention. But bookends is mac only. http://www.sonnysoftware.com/ . I am happy to trade endnote xml files produced from bookends with other people’s files if they have […]
Read MoreGates Dismissive of $100 Laptop [1]
Gates Dismissive of $100 Laptop [1]: Many technology leaders have praised a nonprofit effort supported by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to build a $100 laptop for schoolchildren in the developing world. But Bill Gates is not among the project’s fans. Mr. Gates, Microsoft’s chairman and chief software architect, was dismissive of the project in […]
Read Morewhatsonwhen.com – Procession of the Unmarried Women
whatsonwhen.com – Procession of the Unmarried Women: Husbandless women eager to tie the knot seek assistance at this annual devotional procession in Palestrina, held in honour of St Anthony of Padua.Admittedly, the practice of segregating all single women in the village, dressing them in white robes and getting them to walk in line through the […]
Read MoreHelen Thomas Makes a Preemptive Attack
Helen Thomas Makes a Preemptive Attack: Q Does the President know that he’s in violation of international law when he advocates preemptive war? The U.N. Charter, Geneva, Nuremberg. We violate international law when we advocate attacking a country that did not attack us. MR. McCLELLAN: Helen, I would just disagree with your assessment. First of […]
Read MoreThe Australian: Muzzling of science [ 08mar06 ]
The Australian: Muzzling of science [ 08mar06 ]: The censorship against which more and more leading Australian scientists are speaking out is both overt and covert. It exists in managerial directives not to communicate, to comment or otherwise share information and scientific conclusions with the public. It exists in the reprimand, the bullying, the sidelining, […]
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