February 2012
In Venezuela, Uplift Through Classical Music →
El Sistema, Venezuela’s youth music program, has received more attention over the last few years thanks to the meteoric rise of its most famous product, Gustavo Dudamel.
Walk You Home: Librarians as Agents of Democracy →
walkyouhome:
“As agents of democracy, librarians uphold, strengthen and promote the democratic ideals of our society. This is possible because libraries are the only institutions that make knowledge, ideas and information freely available to citizens.” Accordingly, this paper lists those characteristics or…
January 2012
Michel Foucault Audio Archive →
chikuwaq:
Available in English and French. Youpi.
Black History Album: The Way We Were: Picturing... →
blackhistoryalbum:
Believing that images are one of the most effective and powerful ways to recognize and validate the diversity and accomplishments of African Americans, over the next few weeks the editors of Black History Album will share some of their best picks of inspirational books of African American…
Unabashed Gearhead Gnarlyness →
“Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control, — in prison...”
– legal scholar Michelle Alexander. On Monday’s Fresh Air, Alexander talks about how the mass incarceration of African-Americans in the War on Drugs has undermined many of the gains of the Civil Rights movement. (via nprfreshair)
oranc:
Dvořák: Symphony No.9 in E minor op. 95...
Berg Publishers presents Africa « Africa Fashion... →
An Interview with Professor Robert Darnton →
butterflyhunt:
by Rhys Tranter, a PhD candidate at Cardiff University
Black Webseries to be the Trend on the Web This... →
Black Webseries to be the Trend on the Web This Year http://t.co/sfTjZkpl
â Angela Benton (ABenton) http://twitter.com/ABenton/status/154313376040878081
“Santorum singles out Blacks for entitlement reform” - CBS News Video http://t.co/gwWW2eHw
curiosity counts - New Year’s resolutions by... →
I love, love, love these typographic New Yearâs resolutions by designer @theresawozniak http://t.co/2LByjgoZ
â Maria Popova (brainpicker) http://twitter.com/brainpicker/status/153676899091095552
“The question of repetition is very important. It is important because there is...”
– Gertrude Stein cf. the science of linguistics cf. “A failure is a project that doesn’t work, an initiative that teaches you something at the same time the outcome doesn’t move you directly closer to your goal. A mistake is either a failure repeated, doing something for the second time when you...
Favorite Graphic Novels of 2011 →
December 2011
Surrealism and Haiti http://t.co/4HMGgvCD via @public_archive (HT @Soccerpolitics)
“Lucrative Skills African Talent Should Acquire in 2012” @appfrica http://t.co/7snQ3Q2C | Could apply to anyone interested in ICT & the web.
BBC News - Top economists reveal their graphs of... →
2011 in graphs from the world’s top economists http://t.co/vtEzcTVd
â Maria Popova (brainpicker) http://twitter.com/brainpicker/status/152177187183804416
Got to love my Mom … She’s in the kitchen frying up a chicken for me to take back to Maryland. Hitting the road shortly.
Expanding Internet Domains - NYTimes.com →
RT @Liberationtech: New York Times editorial vs ICANN’s gTLD expansion plans http://t.co/t8L9Henf
Literary history of word processing per @mkirschenbaum (NYT) (HT @fraistat) http://t.co/mvUxpDI7
Subpug - The news feed and RSS reader with... →
Ooh! “Subpug - The new RSS reader with comments, filters and shared subscriptions”: http://t.co/koqDqMpI
â Dan Zambonini (zambonini) http://twitter.com/zambonini/status/151068770008449025
‘Pariah’ Reveals Another Side of Being Black in the U.S. http://t.co/DOci9GBU (NYT) by @nelsongeorge
About the Foundation - MacArthur Foundation →
MacArthur Foundation #Chicago #Job Opportunity: Research Assistant (part-time) http://t.co/DTQly5Rb
â MacArthur Foundation (macfound) http://twitter.com/macfound/status/150621824479272960
As many problems as I have with the South … It’s always good to be reminded of true and genuine Southern hospitality.