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DANCE
IDEAS
- AI Has Become The Next Generation’s Way Into The Film Biz
While it can seem like a daunting time for students to enter an industry grappling with contraction and AI-driven shifts, many educators who have embraced AI remain optimistic. They choose to focus on the emerging opportunities for the next generation of talent. – Los Angeles Times
- The Vatican Has A Huge, Little-Known Collection Of Indigenous Art. Should It All Be Repatriated?
“The Anima Mundi, formerly the Ethnological Museum, (is) home to around 80,000 objects from across the globe, many of which were ‘gifted’ to the Catholic church in Rome by Indigenous peoples at a time when its missionaries were powerful, and sometimes dubious, figures in their far-flung communities.” – The Guardian
- The Worst Thing About Using AI To Write?
Above the chaos is a question: Why did this novel, thematically rote and stylistically bland as it is, receive such acclaim in the first place? – The Atlantic
- Why We Are Not Our Brains
Remember that the brain itself is merely another object in the world. To talk about it at all is to have already accepted a level of objective existence which cannot be reduced to sensory experience. – 3 Quarks Daily
- Rethinking What Biographies Are For
On its face, biography is the genre of the integral subject—a person interacting with others but distinct from them, not dissolving in a sea of substance. For Carlisle, though, the “metaphysical selfishness” of a world composed of discrete human beings “reinforces moral selfishness, and vice versa.” – The New Yorker
ISSUES
- The Vatican Has A Huge, Little-Known Collection Of Indigenous Art. Should It All Be Repatriated?
“The Anima Mundi, formerly the Ethnological Museum, (is) home to around 80,000 objects from across the globe, many of which were ‘gifted’ to the Catholic church in Rome by Indigenous peoples at a time when its missionaries were powerful, and sometimes dubious, figures in their far-flung communities.” – The Guardian
- Scholars Announce Two Caravaggio Rediscoveries In Two Days
One historian announced his authentication of a previously unattributed painting at a conference this past Saturday, while another revealed on Sunday that the original of a painting known only from copies had been located. – Artnet
- The National Mall In DC Is Getting Too Full, And The Reason Why Is Not A Happy One
“The sylvan landscape around the Lincoln Memorial is a mess, and it will only get worse. … A landscape that was meant to symbolize peace and reconciliation after the Civil War is becoming cluttered mainly with memorials devoted to war” — too many to fit in this one place. – The Washington Post (MSN)
- The Louvre’s New Director On The Museum’s Many Challenges
The new challenges in recent weeks come at a time when Mr. Leribault has had to deal with everything in his brief tenure from the threat of staff strikes and a perennial shortage of visitor bathrooms to a whopping funding drive to finance the museum’s planned refurbishment and reorganization. – The Wall Street Journal
- Ancient Petroglyphs In Utah Vandalized, Damage May Be Permanent
“The Bureau of Land Management announced on November 6 that it was investigating vandalism at two ancient rock-art sites near Moab, Utah, where someone carved names into petroglyphs, leaving damage that may be impossible to remove.” – Outside
MEDIA
- Claim: AI Has Made It Almost Impossible To Assess Students
Universities should go back to traditional exams and in-person presentations to grade students after lecturers complained that AI has made it “close to impossible” to assess coursework, according to an investigation by England’s higher education regulator. – The Guardian
- Project To Make Downtown Chicago A “Cultural Stadium” Takes A Step Forward
“Former Michigan state representative Donna Lasinski was announced Wednesday as the initiative’s inaugural president. … The project has been discussed in abstract for years but is now moving from idea to reality with the appointment of Lasinski, who has served as the Cultural Stadium’s senior adviser since April.” – WBEZ (Chicago)
- “Art Is The Great Democrat”
“Art is the great democrat,” wrote Kennedy, “calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color.” He saw art as a means of transcending difference, as both a product of democracy and a contributor to its flourishing. – San Francisco Classical Voice
- Aquaterra: The Vast Lands Of Civilization We’ve Not Yet Explored
To understand where—and what—Aquaterra is, you have to think about how sea levels fall and rise during an ice age. As the planet cools, ocean water becomes locked up in continental ice sheets, and sea levels fall by hundreds of feet. – The Atlantic
- Canada Has New Tax Relief For The Arts And Artists
It’s not 100 percent clear who, exactly, will benefit. “There’s little to no way to know whether, for example, a violin teacher or a filmmaker is more likely to be approved.” – CBC
MUSIC
- The Worst Thing About Using AI To Write?
Above the chaos is a question: Why did this novel, thematically rote and stylistically bland as it is, receive such acclaim in the first place? – The Atlantic
- Rethinking What Biographies Are For
On its face, biography is the genre of the integral subject—a person interacting with others but distinct from them, not dissolving in a sea of substance. For Carlisle, though, the “metaphysical selfishness” of a world composed of discrete human beings “reinforces moral selfishness, and vice versa.” – The New Yorker
- In Default Judgment, Court Orders Pirate Site To Pay Publishers Millions In Damages
“A federal judge in Manhattan has ordered the pirate site WeLib to pay 13 publishers $19.5 million in statutory damages. Judge Victor Marrero also directed the companies that register and host its domains to take it offline, after the site’s operators failed to respond to the publishers’ copyright infringement suit.” – Publishers Weekly
- Canadian Government Announces New Investment In Books
The new budget released by the government of Canada last week permanently increased the Canada Book Fund by CDN $5 million annually. This increase, the first since 2001, will bring the Canada Book Fund’s total annual budget to approximately CDN $43.4 million starting in 2027–28. – Publishers Weekly
- For The First Time, The Booker Prize Goes To A Bona Fide Sci-Fi Novel
“Eighty-one-year-old M John Harrison has won the Booker Prize for The End of Everything, a postapocalyptic novel set on a near-future Kent coast, becoming the oldest winner in the award’s history.” Booker Prize Foundation CEO Gaby Wood called it “the first Booker winner to have emerged from the bona fide SF world.” – The Guardian
PEOPLE
- AI Has Become The Next Generation’s Way Into The Film Biz
While it can seem like a daunting time for students to enter an industry grappling with contraction and AI-driven shifts, many educators who have embraced AI remain optimistic. They choose to focus on the emerging opportunities for the next generation of talent. – Los Angeles Times
- The Vatican Has A Huge, Little-Known Collection Of Indigenous Art. Should It All Be Repatriated?
“The Anima Mundi, formerly the Ethnological Museum, (is) home to around 80,000 objects from across the globe, many of which were ‘gifted’ to the Catholic church in Rome by Indigenous peoples at a time when its missionaries were powerful, and sometimes dubious, figures in their far-flung communities.” – The Guardian
- The Worst Thing About Using AI To Write?
Above the chaos is a question: Why did this novel, thematically rote and stylistically bland as it is, receive such acclaim in the first place? – The Atlantic
- Why We Are Not Our Brains
Remember that the brain itself is merely another object in the world. To talk about it at all is to have already accepted a level of objective existence which cannot be reduced to sensory experience. – 3 Quarks Daily
- Rethinking What Biographies Are For
On its face, biography is the genre of the integral subject—a person interacting with others but distinct from them, not dissolving in a sea of substance. For Carlisle, though, the “metaphysical selfishness” of a world composed of discrete human beings “reinforces moral selfishness, and vice versa.” – The New Yorker
PEOPLE
- AI Has Become The Next Generation’s Way Into The Film Biz
While it can seem like a daunting time for students to enter an industry grappling with contraction and AI-driven shifts, many educators who have embraced AI remain optimistic. They choose to focus on the emerging opportunities for the next generation of talent. – Los Angeles Times
- The Vatican Has A Huge, Little-Known Collection Of Indigenous Art. Should It All Be Repatriated?
“The Anima Mundi, formerly the Ethnological Museum, (is) home to around 80,000 objects from across the globe, many of which were ‘gifted’ to the Catholic church in Rome by Indigenous peoples at a time when its missionaries were powerful, and sometimes dubious, figures in their far-flung communities.” – The Guardian
- The Worst Thing About Using AI To Write?
Above the chaos is a question: Why did this novel, thematically rote and stylistically bland as it is, receive such acclaim in the first place? – The Atlantic
- Why We Are Not Our Brains
Remember that the brain itself is merely another object in the world. To talk about it at all is to have already accepted a level of objective existence which cannot be reduced to sensory experience. – 3 Quarks Daily
- Rethinking What Biographies Are For
On its face, biography is the genre of the integral subject—a person interacting with others but distinct from them, not dissolving in a sea of substance. For Carlisle, though, the “metaphysical selfishness” of a world composed of discrete human beings “reinforces moral selfishness, and vice versa.” – The New Yorker
THEATRE
VISUAL
- Why We Are Not Our Brains
Remember that the brain itself is merely another object in the world. To talk about it at all is to have already accepted a level of objective existence which cannot be reduced to sensory experience. – 3 Quarks Daily
- The Death Of Online Search?
Even Google may not be too big to fail, as pessimism mounts about the possibility of Search ever again working the way it used to. – The New Yorker
- We Need To Change Our Approach To Digital Life
It’s increasingly clear to me that we will not survive as a society without some seismic intervention that separates us from our screens, our algorithms, and our little simulacra of social life. – The New Yorker
- How Did Equality Come To Mean Different Things?
Today, it’s evident that the word ‘equality’ means very different things to different people. What once seemed capable of providing common ground is now just another source of controversy. What explains this shift? – Aeon
- The Ethics Of Entertainment Values
“Is the value of my experience at Disney World undermined by the fact that it is, at the end of the day, a production of the Walt Disney Company? Can I trust a profit-hungry corporation to teach my children universal values? – Psyche