Over spring break I read The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas by Gal Beckerman (Crown, 2022), a new book offering an …
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Narrative and the Social Construction of Reality: An evolving annotated bibliography
I've been thinking about the role of narrative in constructing our shared world. With our contemporary epistemological crisis fueled by the …
The Trouble with Reality
Journalist Brooke Gladstone's new book, The Trouble with Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time, is a little gem of a book …
Some quotes on documentary, cinema, and art that don’t fit in a tweet
Several years ago when I was working on my MFA at MassArt I began collecting quotes related to my thesis work, and here are some of my …
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Seven Macro Trends (RioSeminars 2011 Presentation)
I promised during my keynote presentation on Monday, October 10, 2011 at RioSeminars 2011 that I would post my slides and some notes before Sunday at midnight, so here there are along with some notes that go with the slides.[Read more...] about Seven Macro Trends (RioSeminars 2011 Presentation)
Ten glimpses into the crystal ball: the future of documentary
I've been contemplating the evolution of the documentary this summer and I was delighted to see that The MediaGuardian's recent Sheffield …
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