“Since the campus will be built over a number of years, it could be shaped less by the technology of labs and more by the collaborative necessity to bend very complex teams to daunting tasks. The campus also exemplifies how much “green” design has permeated the world of technology.”
Category: issues
Notes On Life In The (Artist) Colonies
“I know what you’re thinking: sex! Drugs! Egos! Art! In all those respects, yes and no. A certain number of people turn up at the colonies with an indecorous agenda, but … [for] most artists at a colony, this is the only place to get away from all that.” Alumnus Jan Swafford gives us the goods on Yaddo and MacDowell.
UK Arts Groups Renew BP Sponsorship Despite Protests
“The institutions have faced repeated protests in recent years for taking money from the oil giant. The leaders of all four gathered together in a show of solidarity and said the sponsorship would continue until 2017.”
Irreplaceable Archives Destroyed By Fire In Egyptian Clashes
“The Institute of Egypt was set on fire two days ago and the building is still smouldering. It had housed national archives going back over two centuries and its paper archives have now been largely been destroyed.”
Peru Gets Its Bones (And Jewelry) Back, A Century Later, From Yale
Hundreds of Inca artifacts that weren’t stolen, but weren’t clearly given either, have returned to Peru after a century at Yale, a lawsuit and some angry alumni intervention. “It’s like bringing back the family goods,” says a Yale anthropology professor.
Santa’s More Than A Bit Naughty – And Morally Speaking, He’s Terrifying
“The myth of Santa and the North Pole is one of a morally tone-deaf autocrat who delivers toys to the children of well-off parents rather than life-saving basic goods to the most needy. But, when you think about it, the Santa myth is far worse than even that.”
A Compelling (And Inspiring) Case For Arts Education
“We’re taking kids and giving them a skill and teaching them to make better decisions. If they can just get better grades and get a high school diploma, they provide $1.2 million in taxes over their lifetime. What this program costs, they would pay back to society in just four to six years. I think we’re saving the community lots of money, but we’re also playing a high level of music, and sharing that. We want to have pockets of communities all over the city celebrating their kids.”
The Ugly Caricature At The Heart Of Holland’s Holiday Celebrations
Every year on the eve of St. Nicholas Day, in a televised ceremony, Sinterklaas comes sailing into a Dutch port with a slave servant assistant – or a group of them – called Black Pete and dressed like an escapee from a minstrel show. Complaints about racist caricature are beginning to rise, and some Dutch people are reacting with unusual hostility.
Social Scientist: Germans Increasingly Hostile To Disadvantaged
“Significant segments the elites and higher earners are increasingly withdrawing from a mutually supportive society. They claim the privileges of the establishment, and they fight against a minimum wage, the wealth tax and the inheritance tax, even though the policies of redistribution have been in their favor for years.”
Tate Galleries May Give Up Sponsorship By BP
“The Tate galleries are reviewing their 20-year partnership with BP, after demonstrations by green campaigners. Tate’s director, Sir Nicholas Serota, has said it will decide whether to renew the contract with BP ‘quite soon’.”