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1/11 Art: Ai Wei Wei’s installation ‘he xie’
Ai Wei Wei’s ground-bound installation ‘he xie’ collects the forms of hundreds porcelain crabs situated in a heap in the main exhibition space. The work is saturated in social symbolism; ‘he xie’ translates to ‘river crab’ but sounds very similar to the mandarin word meaning ‘harmonization’, the state’s euphemism suggesting censorship. The political double meaning […]
The Practical University
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/opinion/Brooks-The-Practical-University.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss This was from about 3 weeks ago and I think David Brooks does a nice job of forecasting the future of education.. As an urban studies graduate I spent a lot of time in classes that discussed education. Its amazing how fast technology shifts perspective. As a 2011 graduate of Penn we rarely discussed […]
12/10 Destination: Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque), Istanbul, Turkey
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Practice Life Patiently, and All Is Coming
With smart phones in our hands and our laptops in close range, every answer to every question is right at our fingertips. We consume great amounts of food, but participation in growing is not something we have time for. We want prolific stock returns, yet we are unwilling to do even basic accounting. In today’s […]