Category Archives: cultural studies

shifting the lens…

When you ACTUALLY truly shift the lens of benefit to look at issues of sustainable livelihoods, accessible democratic practices and sharing of resources with future generations…… THEN what would we think of a progress? I keep thinking of the senior citizen who asked about why we were not improving our (US) railways – and why we always [...]

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Call for Papers: Edited Collection on Digital Embodiment, Performativity and Globalization

PLEASE SUBMIT ABSTRACTS ASAP  (deadline is still tentative – so if you are working on something relevant email me anyway with a query).  Title: Everyday 3D Lives: Digital Embodiment, Performativity and GlobalizationEditor : Radhika Gajjala[ http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik ](Lexington Press is interested and I am discussing this collection with them)  In the recent past, there has been much [...]

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Everyday 3D Lives: Digital Embodiment, Performativity and Globalization

DEADLINE EXTENDED:
PLEASE SUBMIT ABSTRACTS BY DECEMBER 1, 2007.
Title: Everyday 3D Lives: Digital Embodiment, Performativity and Globalization
Editor : Radhika Gajjala
[ http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik ]
In the recent past, there has been much talk of “web 2.0 “ and “web 3D” as new media. Educators and researchers all over the world are debating the pros and cons of such environments. [...]

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Research paradigms, IRBs, Epistemologies of online research…

There is a very interesting discussion going on on the AIR-L list that I am trying not to get drawn into replying to posts on. Too much stuff to do here with Grad step week and all (and last week the Digital Mirror and New Faculty presentation as well as prep for Grad step week [...]

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conceptual Quilting

to find out more about what it means to “quilt conceptually” according to rad Zabibha (born in 2006) and Cyb Tabla (born in 2004)
go to http://slurl.com/secondlife/Brouwer/172/149/42
work in-progress – always
considering also linking to Diva’s earlier moo projects – at least those that are still accessible

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found రవీంద్ర నోట్సు

it goes…
మేము ఇక్కడనుంచి 9 మంది రాజవోలు వర్క్షాప్పుకు వెళ్ళాము…
so now I have to piece together based on all these notes since I cant seem to locate the tapes…

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Protected: Looking at connections – livestock, small ruminant, large ruminant, women, dalits…

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” things are
made to look the same only when we fail to examine them too closely” – Nancy Cartwright, 1983

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how may you be made ready to hear the voice(s) you ask me/us to reveal to you?
why do you want us to reveal that “authentic” voice to you?
who decided that if I put something in quotes it becomes his authentic voice?
how may you be made ready to hear the voices you think you will hear [...]

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Protected: journeying back to Rajavolu…

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