Cultural Aesthetics
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Culture’s impact on the whole of society (the australian, sept. 27,2012)
originally posted here Julianne Schultz SEVERAL years ago I was invited to co-chair the Creative Australia stream at the 2020 Summit. The energy was palpable: there was a great sense of possibility, redefining thinking about creativity, the arts and culture in a way that connected with society, the economy and government. The conclusion, that creativity … Continue reading
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- 10 Moments in Digital Art, 2012.
- The Rise of the Internet and the Knowledge Economy in Asia | Fung Global Institute Publications.
- The Information Daily.com - Knowledge economy holds key to Britain’s industrial future says Cable.
- John M. Eger: National Science Foundation Embraces Art Based Learning.
- Slog | Seattle News, Politics, Arts Blog | The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper. A surprising case in the US right now where a young anarchist is being pressured by authorities in a McCarthy style campaign. This is a dangerous precedent and everyone knows it.
- Bright Lines and Golden Rules: Copyright, Fair Use, Critical Pedagogy | Open Education | HYBRID PEDAGOGY.
- T'Suu T'Ina Language August 21 - In the Field - CBC Player.
- The House That Hova Built - The New York Times.
- Canadian Democracy: Death by Pipeline | OnEarth Magazine.
- Bali to host Indonesian coffee festival | The Jakarta Post.
- Move out of traditional mindset, civil servants told - Nation | The Star Online. Is the expansion of the information economy another wave of modernity in the form of neoliberal globalization? Is it necessary to dismiss traditional culture to embrace the knowledge economy?
- Dr. R. Keith Sawyer: Apple Wins Patent Case, Innovation Loses.
- Focus on Process for Knowledge Economy Workers « This Isn't Working.
- New school to foster creative learning | Local | News | Edmonton Examiner.
- Project Based Learning: Explained. - YouTube.
- New agency to give creative industries an infusion of funds | Bangkok Post: business.
- A New Economic Bill Of Rights To Create National Happiness | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation.
- The Dawn Of Social Innovation 3.0 | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation.
- Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and the Tar Sands. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lower Athabasca Plan fails to address the concerns of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations August 24, 2012 Fort McMurray, AB – The Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP) for northeast Alberta was released this week laying out plans for managing cumulative development and conservation but failed to address the staggering number of concerns raised by the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN). Although the plan identifies six new conservation areas and minor restrictions for development in the province the first nation argues its does not adequately protect treaty rights or address how first nation guaranteed rights to continue their cultural livelihood will be included in the plan.
- Knowledge Economy 2.0 | Stanford Social Innovation Review. Even the opening ceremony of the Olympics was built around the idea that we have moved from an agrarian economy through an industrial economy and into a knowledge economy.
- Meet NASA's Stunt Double: An Ad-Supported, Volunteer Space Program | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce. Is space research going to be funded like NASCAR? Will space ships and astronaut suits be covered with logos? or Will NASA be filming ad campains on the moon for the next Super Bowl?
- World Humanitarian Day Campaign Generates One Billion Social Media Messages | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce.
- How to Reinvent Your City, Burning Man Style - Arts & Culture - Utne Reader. On the other hand, instead of tourism as a sustainability practice, another strategy completely! Decentralized and Participant Democracy as a community sustainability strategy. I've discussed this in detail in my dissertation on music festivals. I'm also writing on this strategy as it applies to the Decentralized Dance Party (DDP)
- The Creative Capital of Cities: Interactive Knowledge Creation and the ... - Stefan Krätke - Google Books. Stefan Kratke problematizes the "creative city" discussion illustrating that the "trumpting of the 'creative class' might be best understood as the marketing of misleading terms in order to create a new urban grwoth concept which is based on the self-idealization of particular elites within a nealiberal model of society. Richard Florida's claim that cities are 'cauldrons of creativity' coudl be countered with teh thesis that cities today are more accurately characterized as 'cauldrons of neoliberals' acting in concert to undermine the world economy" . (Introduction pg. 1-2)
- From the Creative Cities Network (post) social economics is evident in each of the categories and as such this list might be read as a support for my argument.
