“A Louisiana House bill that seeks to limit public funds spent on art for state buildings is getting a lot of attention, but would be unlikely save Louisiana much money for priorities like education and health care.”
Tag: 03.29.16
When The Movies Were Full Of Female Action Stars (Back Before Talkies)
“More than a century ago, before women had even won the right to vote in many countries, actresses headed up some of the U.S’s most popular and successful action movies – even if they performed stunts in skirts that ended only a few inches above their ankles.”
‘Co-Veillance’, ‘Intelligence Amplification’, And ‘Mules’: 20 Terms Every Futurist Should Know
“We live in an era of accelerating change, when scientific and technological advancements are arriving rapidly. As a result, we are developing a new language to describe our civilization as it evolves. Here are 20 terms and concepts that you’ll need to navigate our future.”
Look, We Have Google; Why Would We Still Need Citations?
“Now that we live in a world in which no text need be an island, in which scholarly publications are increasingly delivered digitally and so can be literally interconnected via links and embeds, it is reasonable to ask whether citations are still necessary.”
The Met’s Bid For The Breuer
“If anyone was worried the repurposed building was going to lose its edge, they can rest assured the Met Breuer is still very much the weird old Whitney.”
The Bolsheviks Stole My Great-Grandpa’s Van Gogh, And I Want It Back
“In the early 1900s, Ivan Morozov was a wealthy Russian textile merchant … [who] began making frequent sojourns to Paris, travelling from gallery to gallery and amassing some of the world’s most valuable artworks – then, and now.”
Are These The 100 Best Schools For The Performing Arts In The World?
“This year marks the first time higher education data experts QS have ranked universities by their performing arts capabilities, which they have done for a number of other subjects for the past six years. Ratings were based on the opinion of more than 75,000 academics and nearly 45,000 employers, as well as the analysis of 28.5 million research papers.”
The Bohemian Mystics Of Islam
“On one level, it encompasses much of the popular practice of Muslim religiosity: it is an Islam of saints, miracles, pilgrimages … On another level, it consists of mind-bogglingly complex treatises in philosophical Arabic … [and] an unfathomably rich tradition of poetry written in Arabic, Persian, Urdu and many other languages.”
Weird Foreign Place Names Are Threat To ‘National Dignity,’ China Tells Developers
Who could possibly object to Yuppie International Towers or Merlin Champagne Town? Chinese officialdom does – and it’s demanding that developments have names like “Yellow River” instead.
Do Grammar And Spelling Errors Drive You Nuts? Here’s What Such Pickiness Says About You
“Researchers found that introverts were more likely than extraverts to rate people as poor potential housemates if their spelling or grammar was bad. There were other findings – agreeable people, perhaps unsurprisingly, were easygoing when it came to grammos. Conscientious people tended to see typos as a problem.”