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  Re: Spore 1.1.

  Individuals, corporations, and the nation

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  Lauren Klein The Graduate Center and Macaulay Honors College, CUNY

  Wednesday, June 22, 2011 — 2:50 pm

  certain political models, and on which side Home Depot in fact aligns itself. Is a corporation a large ...
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  Spore 1.1.

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  Team FAU Florida Atlantic University

  June 22, 2011

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  of questions about the role of art in practices of sustainability. Is it possible that we could ...
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  Re: Daily Double-Take: the Friendly "Face" of AI

  Watson

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  Lisa Swanstrom Florida Atlantic University

  Tuesday, June 21, 2011 — 1:08 am

  terms of how we have historically imagined AIs.   Putting Watson side-by-side with human players, as ...
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  Daily Double-Take: the Friendly "Face" of AI

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  Christine Mitchell McGill University

  June 20, 2011

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  side silently delivering move instructions. While chess served its purpose in '97, this ancient ...
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  Beyond the World’s End: Post-Credits Stingers in the Pirates of the Caribbean Movies

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  Wilson Koh National University of Singapore

  June 17, 2011

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  figure in the background. In effect, the family’s actual reunion is deferred at this last possible ...
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  Re: Re-envisioning our Possible Past(s): Alternative Histories in Contemporary Summer Blockbusters

  Transmediating history?

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  Bob Rehak Swarthmore College

  Thursday, June 16, 2011 — 3:06 am

  Daniel Craig Casino Royale was put into production, the possibility of a 60s-set James Bond was a subject ...
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  Re: Does the Costume Make the Superhero?

  What about Batman?

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  Katheryn Wright Champlain College

  Wednesday, June 15, 2011 — 11:54 pm

  /*-->*/ Hi Matt- I enjoyed your post on summer previews, too!  I’m glad you brought Batman up. ...
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  Does the Costume Make the Superhero?

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  Katheryn Wright Champlain College

  June 15, 2011

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  Does the Costume Make the Superhero? Green Lantern Iron Man screen summer blockbuster superhero Curator's Note That one-of-a-kind costume is common to many a superhero’s wardrobe. In Spider-Man (2002), the spidey suit hides Peter Parker’s identity an ...
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  Re: Re-envisioning our Possible Past(s): Alternative Histories in Contemporary Summer Blockbusters

  Over at Slate, Tom Shone made

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  Matt Thomas University of Iowa

  Tuesday, June 14, 2011 — 10:57 pm

  the future is becoming increasingly difficult to imagine, so it’s easier to think about the past. I’m ...
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  Re-envisioning our Possible Past(s): Alternative Histories in Contemporary Summer Blockbusters

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  Michael S. Duffy Department of Electronic Media and Film, Towson University

  June 14, 2011

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  Re-envisioning our Possible Past(s): Alternative Histories in Contemporary Summer Blockbusters ...

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