“In hunter-gatherer societies, [the] strength differential doesn’t allow men to fully dominate women, because they depend on the food that women gather. But … [s]trength gives men an advantage over women once heavy ploughs and large animals become central aspects of food production. With this, men become the sole providers, and women start to depend on men economically. The economic dependency allows men to mistreat women.”
Tag: 02.03.12
Chunky Move’s New Director Slips Into Place
Anouk van Dijk doesn’t officially start her new job – replacing founder Gideon Obarzanek at the helm of Melbourne’s top modern dance company – until July, but she’s already in town off and on, auditioning dancers and making plans.
Report: UK Arts Sector Suffers From Under-Investment In Workers
“Many of these barriers are a consequence of the distinctive structure of the creative labour market – the sector is characterised by a prevalence of SMEs [small and medium enterprises], micro-businesses, start-ups, freelancers and project-based work. This structural feature is responsible for an overall market failure in which there is under-investment in human capital, fewer training opportunities, insufficiently structured career progression and unfair access to jobs and opportunities.”
Imaging The Entire World – A Way Of Visualizing Culture
“I’m interested intellectually and culturally about how the imaged world is being knit together by technologies such as Photosynth. More or less public images on Flickr, they’re all being knit together in this giant quilt. Any place you look has been photographed. Anything you want to see, from the street, from the air, by satellite photo.”
With Departure Of NY City Opera, Lincoln Center Theatre Fills Void With Dance
“The new effort, already under way, presents an opportunity for more dance companies, both local and international, to perform at the prestigious New York address–on a historic stage designed by George Balanchine.”
Will Amazon Open Its Own Physical Bookstores?
“For years, there has been speculation that Amazon will open its own outlets, presumably to sell Amazon-label products. The idea seems farfetched, but before 2001 so was the idea of Apple operating its own stores.”
Do We Still Need Publishers?
“Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not.” And if you are no longer essential to the process, your job just got a lot harder.
Indianapolis Symphony CEO Resigns; Board Chair Says He Wasn’t Asked To Quit
“Simon Crookall’s abrupt departure Thursday from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra was entirely voluntary, the organization insists.” Board chairman John R. Thornburgh “denied that the board had investigated Crookall’s behavior in either his job or his private life.”
Wislawa Szymborska’s Final Poems To Be Published Posthumously
The Nobel laureate “published her last book, Here, in 2008, but she had been working on a collection of poems that an associate said will be published in a book this year.”
Arts Workers Need More Training And Investment, Says UK Government Report
“The creative industries suffer from an ‘under-investment in human capital’, have too few training opportunities and unfair access to jobs, according to a new report … written for the Creative Industries Council, co-chaired by culture secretary Jeremy Hunt and business secretary Vince Cable.”