Archive for the ‘Society and culture’ Category
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
As the Writers' strike continues into a second week, word of an interesting solidarity action as many of the blogs that usually cover the content generated by these writers are 'going dark' for a day to express their support. This at the same time that another group of writers, working ...
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Monday, November 12th, 2007
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers are doing important work across a range of areas. I first came across them in connection with their founding of WCIW, an LPFM station serving farm-workers in Florida.They are also well-known for their work to gain extra income for workers through putting pressure on companies ...
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
Some funferal readers will be aware that one of my sidelines is a radio show I co-present on WRFU, called A Critical Ear. WRFU is currently in the midst of a major fundraising drive to pay for a new permanent tower (it's current mast, on top of the Independent Media Center ...
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Monday, September 24th, 2007
I was sorry to see news, yesterday, of the passing of Marcel Marceau. I was privileged to see him perform while I lived in Dublin, probably around 2000 or 2001. He was in his 70s at that point, and though I was almost sitting with the gods in the upper ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
I recently got a mail calling for proposals for a symposium on "Media | Literacy | Education" to take place 3rd November in Dublin. Proposals are due by 28th September:We are specifically looking for people to contribute to A) parallel breakout sessions and B) general assembly presentations.
The facilitated parallel breakout sessions ...
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
It's always interesting to consider the difference in scale between the costs of radio and television programming. Today the BCI announced €8.7m in funding for television programming, spread across 54 projects (out of 121 applications). With over €150k on average being provided for each project, one of the figures released by ...
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Thursday, March 29th, 2007
I've been rather quiet recently, as I vowed to myself not to post here until I'd finished my dissertation proposal. As always, that took longer than hoped, but I'm finally waiting for feedback on what should be the final version.
In the meantime....
The Twelfth Grassroots Radio Conference is taking place this ...
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Thursday, January 4th, 2007
In talking about the Irish economy to acquaintances in the US, I frequently mention the genealogy industry, and its link to tourism. One issue that hadn't occured to me - dealt with in a new paper in First Monday - is the impact of internet-accessible services on the Irish genealogy ...
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Community radio returns to Brattleboro with the launch of WVEW, serving southern Vermont (this time it's FCC-approved).Chef Ra, long-time WEFT DJ (Champaign, IL), and High Times columnist, has passed away. May he rest in peace.Meanwhile, a year-end review of the activities of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India ...
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Thursday, December 21st, 2006
Another reason to dislike futurists. Of course it's not all their fault - they produce 250 papers, including ones dealing with the fact that the Gulf Stream is going away, which will radically change the climate in the UK and Ireland and the BBC focuses the entire article on the ...
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