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International Errorist Movement

Practitioner:
Colectivo Etcétera, International Errorist Movement

Date:
Nov 14 2005

errare humanum est Augustine of Hippo, Sermones Capitalism is the most insidious error that has been successfully dissimulated. The International Errorist Manifesto The IV Summit of the Americas took place in Mar del Plata, Argentina on the first days of…

Sima Qian: China’s ‘grand historian’

Practitioner:
Carrie Gracie, Chinese historians

Date:
Nov 14 2005

Sima Qian: China’s ‘grand historian’ By Carrie Gracie BBC News, Beijing Speaking truth to power has always been a high-risk strategy in China. Its rulers tend to prefer flattery, and writers who forget this do so at their peril. China’s…

Animal Man Comics

Practitioner:
Jeff Lemire

Date:
Nov 14 2005

By Mariann Sullivan Neither of us is a true comic book aficionado, but both Jasmin and I just did a double take when we heard about Animal Man. This is an old character with a new life, as author Jeff…

JEREMIAH’S VANISHING NEW YORK

Practitioner:
JEREMIAH MOSS

Date:
Nov 14 2005

This blogger documents all the cool things that are on their way to extinction in New York. A mix of preserving history and nostalgia through old school photography and new media. This website creates a nostalgic internet record of pre-internet New…

#ProjectTMI

Practitioner:
Facebookers

Date:
Nov 14 2005

Project TMI: The Feminist Humor Defense Against the Assault on Our Bodies by Ramey Connelly, Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project t’s a strange sensation to start something as a joke, expecting that only your friends on Facebook will see it, and then…

Seventeen Says Thanks But No Thanks To Teen’s Photoshop Petition

Practitioner:
Julia Bluhm

Date:
Nov 14 2005

Seventeen editor Ann Shoket met yesterday with Julia Bluhm, the 14-year-old reader who started an online petition to ask the magazine to curb its use of Photoshop. Although the magazine accepted the petition and its nearly 25,000 signatures when Bluhm went to deliver it in…

Alternative News Agency: revolution’s visual narratives revisited

Practitioner:
Alternative News Agency

Date:
Nov 14 2005

from ahramonlineby Sara Elkamel An indelible link has materialised between artistic expression and revolution. Maybe it is the features they share: freedom, deviance and fluidity, which bring them so close together. In any case, Egypt’s January 25 Revolution undeniably led…

Overlooked New York

Practitioner:
Zina Saunders

Date:
Nov 14 2005

“To discover the seemingly endless variety of enthusiasms pursued by New Yorkers, whether they were carried from immigrants’ cultures from overseas or indigenous to the city landscape. These are real New Yorkers who have found fascinating ways to unleash their…

Interview with an Undercover Investigator

Practitioner:
Green is the New Red

Date:
Nov 14 2005

By Will Potter Multiple states have considered “Ag Gag” bills that criminalize investigators who document animal welfare abuses on factory farms. Iowa and Utah are the latest to approve them. These bills, lobbied for by Big Ag groups, are part…

Critical Engeneering Manifesto

Practitioner:
Julian Oliver

Date:
Nov 14 2005

The Critical Engineering ManifestoThe Critical Engineer considers Engineering to be the most transformative language of our time, shaping the way we move, communicate and think. It is the work of the Critical Engineer to study and exploit this language, exposing…