Monthly Archives: February 2011

Youth workshops

Posted on February 27, 2011 by

Twice in this past month, as part of the Digital Natives project, I helped run workshops for Aboriginal youth, along with Phillip Djwa and Kristin Kozuback. Phil and Kris each have been doing this kind of thing for over ten … Continue reading →

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unpacking the tweeting process

Posted on February 26, 2011 by

this project helps me to imagine what i would want to see on a billboard instead of ads…  i mulled over possible tweets…  i’ve been thinking a lot with & through water, how it materializes relationships between human & nonhuman … Continue reading →

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Distance is not an evil that should be abolished. It is the normal condition of any communication.

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

These words of Jacques Rancière’s have been taken from a speech entitled “The Emancipated Spectator” that he originally addressed to the 5th International Summer Academy in Frankfurt, Germany on 20 August 2004, and which has since been compiled as part … Continue reading →

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Learning through translation

Posted on February 21, 2011 by lornabrown

I’m so grateful to Marianne and Gloria Nicolson for their work in translating some of the Digital Natives messages to Kwak’wala. We had a fascinating email exchange about how to convey the meaning of several of the messages in English, … Continue reading →

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