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Intuition and Education: The Catch 22 of Improv

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Al Natanagara Freelance

September 15, 2015

as badly as they do because I’m obsessed with intuitive improvisation, where every solo is ... guitar,—when I’m improvising over changes, where does the studied music end and the intuitive music begin? Is ... it possible to separate the two and play on pure creative intuition? I ask that same question of the ...

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Terkel at the Packard

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Cary O'Dell Library of Congress

January 14, 2015

The post was co-curated by Cary O'Dell and Christopher Sterling Though the outside of the Library ... states to Terkel: I’m not mad at this country anymore; I’m very worried about it…. The country doesn’t ...

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On Watching and Seeing: The Limits of Cell Phone Evidence

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Antar Tichavakunda University of Southern California

March 02, 2015

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responded, “No, I’m not saying that at all, I’m saying that he basically rushed towards the officers with his ... weapon out and the officers took action.” Consider two police shootings—one outside of St. Louis, ...

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A familiar scene of pistols: No Country for Old Men’s adaptation of Target Pistol and Man

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Emily Hiltz Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication

October 16, 2015

plotline of past and future violence by suspending visual evidence of Carla Jean’s possible off-screen ... and Man (1980). Labelled a pop culture pairing, both images supply an unsettling taste of possible ... danger that leave audiences pondering the varied moral and physical outcomes of those within, outside ...

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We So Seldom Look on Love in Porn

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Karly-Lynne Scott Northwestern University

March 31, 2015

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possibility of visibilizing and proving love. Watching Wylde and Noir make love, whispering things to one ...

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“With all due respect, I’m far from a slut”, the hidden social justice advocate in Maury Povich

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Anonymous In Media Res Special Category

April 10, 2015

“With all due respect, I’m far from a slut”, the hidden social justice advocate in Maury Povich ... producer then comes to the stage (clearly a very educated person) and said “with all due respect, I’m far ...

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Love, Care, and Comrades

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Zach Campbell Northwestern University

April 01, 2015

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Love, Care, and Comrades radical politics politics love cats care Curator's Note In the conversational book In Praise of Love, Alain Badiou wonders, “what on earth is “fraternity”? No doubt it is related to the issue of differences, of their friendly ...

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Hardcore Historian: The Amateur as Expert

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Andrew J. Salvati Drew University

May 22, 2015

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“outside-the-box” approach to historical storytelling from the academic formalism of “real” historians. While thus ... positioning himself outside professional hierarchies, it was ironic that on June 28, 2014, Carlin appeared as ...

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Colbert and the Talk Show Games

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Ethan Thompson Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

August 31, 2015

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segments and I’m not sure were that far removed from “Heatherball.” But it does seems to me that Colbert is ... top-dollar stars the first week or two of the new Colbert show, I’m looking forward to a few more weeks down ...

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