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  Hottentot Venus 2.0?: Still Gawking at the Black Woman's Buttocks

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  Alfred Martin University of Texas at Austin

  March 23, 2011

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  "sisters" in black stereotypes are present: Sapphire is there with a side order of Jezebel.) What almost ...
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  Yellow Voice and the Chinese International Student: Ricky Wong in "We Can Be Heroes"

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  Jane Chi Hyun Park University of Sydney

  March 24, 2011

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  side to the famous sacred site of Uluru; police officer Phil Olivetti who rescued children from an ...
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  Calling the Working South Asian: American Accents and Outsourced

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  Shilpa Davé University of Virginia

  March 25, 2011

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  Calling the Working South Asian: American Accents and Outsourced television South Asians South Asian racial performance Outsourced India comedy Asian Americans Accent Curator's Note In the 2010 season, NBC launched a situation comedy, Outsourced, tha ...
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  Karolina Sobecka's WILDLIFE

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  Deke Weaver School of Art & Design, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

  March 28, 2011

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  Karolina Sobecka's WILDLIFE wildlife New Media Art mobile projection DIY Curator's Note I'm a sucker for spectacle.   I used to work near Times Square.   They wrapped videoscreens completely around 745 Seventh Avenue.   Imaginary Forces des ...
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  The Big Toe on the Obelisk; or, the problematic of the Perverse in public art

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  Anneka Herre Urban Video Project and Syracuse University

  March 29, 2011

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  monolithic structures (50’) situated on either side of a black granite reflecting pool. Faces appear on LED ... as public art is an open question.  In some ways, I’m delighted by how effectively it sets up an ...
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  Re: The Big Toe on the Obelisk; or, the problematic of the Perverse in public art

  i meant it as a compliment (sort of)

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  Anneka Herre Urban Video Project and Syracuse University

  Tuesday, March 29, 2011 — 10:22 pm

  My concern isn’t really with prudishness. Or if so, in a very abstract way. As far as I’m ...
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  The medium is not the only message: making a case for the importance of content (and context) in media as public art

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  Micah Stansell Contributor

  March 30, 2011

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  massive images on the side of a building is not enough.  Commercial displays, will most always be bigger, ...
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  Re: Karolina Sobecka's WILDLIFE

  Virtual Spectacle

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  Kaitlin Sweetman NYU

  Thursday, March 31, 2011 — 4:34 am

  a possible critique of the direct-to-consumer spectacle that Twitter is a platform for, as the cobra's ...
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  Gaming on the Spectrum: Autism and Xbox Live

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  Steven Boyer University of Glasgow

  April 04, 2011

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  Gaming on the Spectrum: Autism and Xbox Live video games Media Literacy autism Curator's Note  In January, a  local news story  about an eleven-year-old autistic boy's punishment on the  Xbox Live  gaming service caused an internet uproar. The i ...
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  Re: Gaming on the Spectrum: Autism and Xbox Live

  Perils of Xbox Live

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  Steven Boyer University of Glasgow

  Monday, April 4, 2011 — 8:50 pm

  restricting communication in this way eliminates the possibility for positive social experiences with other ... side effect. You're also right that online gaming offer new difficulties in matching social ... meaning it is more difficult to assess what is appropriate. One possibility is to follow the lead of other ...

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