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Culture

Ramón Saldívar

Stanford English and comparative literature Prof. Ramón Saldívar receives a medal for his exploration of identity along the border separating the United States and Mexico.

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Culture

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is an operating system based on Linux named after a South African philosophical concept : “I am what I am because of who we all are”.

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Culture Politics

Encyclopédie thématique Jean-Jacques Rousseau

2012 will be the 300th anniversary of the birth of writer and philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

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Culture Politics

How to represent/remember war ?

Constructing memories in the wake of crimes against humanity: artistic interventions and the politics of memory – a colloquium organized by HEAD at SGG.

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Culture

Morbleu!

Revue en ligne de philosophie, Morbleu! est une sorte de juron en usage même parmi les gens de bon ton.

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Culture

Celebrating Christmas in San Francisco

The Judah Magnes Museum in Oakland shows some beautiful family photo albums.

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Culture Interactive design

Lisboa

Visit Lisbon.
YDreams is an interactive media design studio based in Lisbon, Portugal.
It is a partner of the 8th international conference on advances in computer entertainment technology (ACE 2011) held there in November. The keynote speaker is Hiroshi Ishii, pioneer in tangible interfaces.

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Culture Interactive design

How technology is changing the museum experience

An excellent article tweeted by Lev Manovich.

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Culture

Louis Fourteen

Lifestyle and luxe from Dubai : Louis Fourteen and Mojeh. A look at Hollywood and the world of celebrities from the Arab world.
Don’t be angry and don’t be shallow. It’s OK to be mad sometimes.

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Cinema Culture

refractory

Refractory: a Journal of Entertainment Media is a refereed, peer-reviewed, e-journal that explores the diverging and intersecting aspects of current and past entertainment media.