This is the second part of an essay written by cultural report and USC Annenberg student Evelyn McDonnell, being reprinted here with the author’s permission. Image via Wikipedia“Hope” It was into this battleground that Fairey wandered with seemingly noble intentions. Since the mysterious and ambiguous days of the Andre stickers, […]
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One of the many highlights of my first semester in LA was the chance to see and meet Shepard Fairey. who I regard as one of the most significant visual artists of our times and a focal point for debates about the politics/poetics of appropriation and fair use. Fairey spoke […]
(Above, a representative of the Iraqi government presents a concept for a mobile-phone-based child safety reporting program) Since a few weeks have gone by, I thought I’d post some of my thoughts about the MobileActive/UNICEF workshop on Mobile Data Innovations in Amman. Several people, including JD Godchaux of NiJeL and […]
Editor’s note: I’ve cross posted this entry on the Difficult Problems in Cyberlaw blog. Today Google announced that they will slowly withdraw their search functionality from a censored China, or in their words: We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so […]
Editor’s note: This is my last post of 2009. See you in the new year. I am going to take some time off with my family. Much of your discussion centers around the impact of public media on public education. How would you describe the ideal learning environment for the […]