I’m a fan of TorrentFreak, it’s one of those rare blogs that streams interesting news on a very specific subject and openly acknowledges its biases while providing the reader with a ton of information to fend for themselves. In fact, I have come to think of TorrentFreak as one of the outposts in a war [...]
Tag Archive for 'american-studies'
P4P: Universities as techno-corporate thinktanks?
Published by August 25th, 2008 in bitTorrent, edupunk, piracy and politics. 1 CommentAnother gem from the Ubuweb RSS feed.
Dan Graham’s Rock My Religion (1982-84)
1982-84, 55:27 min, b&w and color, sound
Rock My Religion is a provocative thesis on the relation between religion and rock music in contemporary culture. Graham formulates a history that begins with the Shakers, an early religious community who practiced self-denial and ecstatic trance dances. [...]
The Nightgown of the Sullen Moon blog is at it again with this post that includes a propaganda video about the “Japanese Relocation” in the US during WW II. For a little context, this is a post for an Asian American Literature class being taught by Professor Scanlon at UMW. Have I failed to mention [...]
James Farmer and the Great Debaters
Published by October 11th, 2007 in James Farmer, civil rights, politics and video. 5 CommentsJames L. Farmer, Jr. was a major figure in the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 60s. He was a renowned orator, one of the founders of the Congress of Racial Equality ([[CORE]]), organized the first [[sit-ins]], and was a key figure on the [[Freedom Rides]] during the 1960s, a phrase he actually [...]
Wal-Mart, Iraq, and an Inexcusable Silence
Published by October 10th, 2007 in art, museums and politics. 0 CommentsLee Rosenbaum’s article in today’s Wall Street Journal adds another layer to the post I wrote about Randolph College selling off its art collection (inspired by Rosenbaum’s original post here). According to the article, one of the major forces behind struggling institutions auctioning off prized artwork could have something to do with the current market [...]
You may have already heard that the Board of Trustees of [[Randolph College]] (a small, private women’s liberal arts college in Lynchburg, Virginia) made the controversial decision to sell off parts of its celebrated art collection to stay financially viable. The story has already been covered by the NYT, The Washington Post, and even [...]
On a weekly basis I will be posting my thoughts and reflections about the Introduction to Open Education course I am taking online with an international contingent of folks. David Wiley has been kind enough to extend the offer to any and all interested parties, and I figure a little book learnin’ can never [...]
Alex Bitterman has an interesting post about the bridge collapse in Minneapolis earlier today and the state of the American infrastructure. He also includes some aerial footage of this disaster. I particularly connected with Alex’s post because I relate so much of the crumbling infrastructure of this nation he describes with its crumbling [...]
I picked up [[Truman Capote]]’s In Cold Blood for the first time this weekend. I am only a hundred pages in thus far, but I can only begin to suggest how artfully he frames the narrative in the first fifty pages. I have yet to see the film starring [[Robert Blake]], and I am [...]
I have set up a WordPress Multi-User test of CommentPress, a theme brought to you by the fine folks at The Future of the Book (in particular Bob Stein, Jessie Wilbur, and Eddie Tejada). This theme is absolutely sick (a good thing, mind you) because it allows you to literally publish a book online [...]
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