The legislation passed by the Iraqi parliament gives the reason for the ban as “the negative effects caused by some electronic games on the health, culture, and security of Iraqi society, including societal and moral threats to children and youth.” – Reuters
Tag: 04.17.19
Arts And Science Each Have Their Stereotypes. Time To Rethink
Just as scientists tend to be quiet about the ‘inspiration’ phase of their work, artists are a little cagey about the ‘laboratory’ phase of theirs. – Irish Times
What Does It Mean When We Talk About The “Soul” Of A City?
Often, it’s really about politics, nostalgia, and the fear of community change…
If We’re Living In Peak TV, Why Did TV Production Just Plummet Precipitously In LA?
Amidst a whopping 60.3% decline in pilots from Q1 2018, a single feature that was awarded tax incentives filming in the city, a 15% drop in Commercials and more bad news, overall production is down 9.1% from the stronger than expected results of Q1 2018. – Deadline
Cognitive Science: What We Know About How Fake News Works
Creative people that have a strong ability to associate different words are especially susceptible to false memories. Some people might be more vulnerable than others to believe fake news, but everyone is at risk. – NiemanLab
To Be Returned? Met’s Own Notre-Dame Sculpture Figures in Museum’s Program on the Cathedral
The Met is presenting a free “informal program” about Notre-Dame this coming Monday, but the list of speakers seems unusually high-powered for an informal educational event on a weekday afternoon … – Lee Rosenbaum
In Cognito: We’re Not Just Hardwired To Think The Ways We Do. Culture Plays A Big Role
If we look closely, it’s apparent that evolutionary psychology is due for an overhaul. Rather than hard-wired cognitive instincts, our heads are much more likely to be populated by “cognitive gadgets, tinkered and toyed with over successive generations. Culture is responsible not just for the grist of the mind – what we do and make – but for fabricating its mills, the very way the mind works.” – Aeon
It’s Final: All Of Kafka Archives Will Go To National Library Of Israel (And Who Knows What They’ll Find Inside?)
“A district court in Zurich upheld Israeli verdicts in the case last week, ruling that several safe deposit boxes in the Swiss city could be opened and their contents shipped to Israel’s National Library. … The Swiss ruling would complete the acquisition of nearly all his known works, after years of lengthy legal battles over their rightful owners.” – AP
In Britain, Arts Now Contribute More To GDP Than Agriculture: Report
Research from Arts Council England shows that, in 2016, the arts sector added £10.8 billion to the UK economy, more than farming did. (A similar result in the US was reported last month.) And this happened even as three-quarters of arts organizations were suffering from cuts in government funding. – The Guardian
English National Opera Artistic Director Daniel Kramer Resigns
The American theatre director, now 42, had never run an organization when he took the helm at the then-troubled ENO in 2016. Things appear to have stabilized at the company financially and administratively, but the company’s productions are considered to have veered wildly between brilliant successes and painful disasters — so many are wondering if Kramer’s departure is voluntary. – The Guardian