Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Growth Of The Non-Profit Industrial Complex
Today, they comprise the third largest sector of the U.S. economy: well over 1.5 million nonprofits employ roughly 12.5 million people as of 2017, the latest...
Oh Yes, Medieval Europe Was Chock-a-Block Full Of Conspiracy Theories
This process transformed improbable rumors into seemingly solid facts, backed by evidence from different sources and accepted by political and religious leaders. - Lapham's Quarterly
Why Has Our Aesthetic Choice Been Captured By Algorithms?
Why can it feel as though the entire ecosystem of content that we interact with online has been engineered to influence us in ways...
Do We Overrate Human Intelligence?
We humans are besotted by intelligence, especially our own. And yet “intelligence is not the miracle of evolution we like to think it is. -...
Russian Culture Has Been Canceled In Russia
The Putin regime has dealt Russian culture a crushing blow, just as the Russian state has done to its artists, musicians, and writers so...
We Live In The Age Of The Constant High
We need not consume drugs or get inebriated to be met on a daily basis with sights and behaviours to which the only reasonable...
Experiencing History Of A Place Through Augmented Reality
The project aimed to invite Nottingham’s citizens and tourists to experience and interact with the historical roots of the city through virtual archaeology, using...
So What, Exactly, Is Culture?
To fully understand a culture it’s necessary to get to know the specific patterns of life within it, and these can’t be captured by...
Earthquake: France Eliminates Viewer License Fee For State Broadcasters
Many in France are concerned that broadcasters will now rely on a government grant from VAT receipts instead of a tax levied on households....
The Best New Theatre Building In Years
What makes the Patterson the best new theater I’ve seen in years is the clear prioritization of the theater itself, which sits like a...
Film Music Concerts Have Become Big Business For Symphony Orchestras
They provide an entry point for film enthusiasts to appreciate the power of a live orchestra, which can enhance the emotion and excitement of...
How Did Wellness Become A Commodity For The Wealthy?
For less-privileged others, wellness is an unattainable luxury, gatekept by racism, ableism and fatphobia, and thus cordoned off from those who need it most,...
How The TikTok Remix Brands As Genuine For Gen Zers
Olivia Rodrigo’s brilliance lies in her use of TikTok as a tool to present her celebrity image as authentic to a young, global audience....
The End Of Individual Authorship?
Authorship as we know it — that is, singular, capital-A Authority — will become narratively obsolete. It won’t die, or disappear, but merely get...
Being Cheerful Went Out Of Fashion In The Late 20th Century. How To Get...
In Adorno’s stricken 20th century, ‘any gaiety in art’ implied ‘an avoidance of the pain of history’. Good cheer had withered into a fake...
Digital Concert Programs Are Replacing The Program Book
As anyone who has attended concerts or stage performances over the past year can tell you, digital programs are increasingly sprouting up as the...
What Makes A Great Bookstore (And No, Don’t Smell The Books!)
There is a breed of Homo sapiens that will walk inside, take a deep breath, and say, “Mmm, I just love the smell of old books.”...
Banning Books Is Becoming Subtler (But Still Banning)
Though the publishing industry would never condone book banning, a subtler form of repression is taking place in the literary world, restricting intellectual and...
Report: How Canadians’ Listening Habits Are Changing
The yearly report shows a clear trend away from radio and physical media, led not surprisingly by younger Canadians. - Ludwig Van
Norman Lear At 100
“I think the big secret is never forgetting to wake up in the morning. It starts with getting out of bed,” Lear says. “But...
US Copyright Office Declines To Target Web Aggregators
The U.S. Copyright office, contrary to the approach taken in Europe, has declined to add an ancillary copyright for publishers to protect them from...
A New Hotel That’s All Broadway
All through the hallways and suites and lounges of the Civilian, a new 27-story, 203-room hotel a block from Times Square, guests can face everything...
Why Is San Francisco Opera Presenting An Opera On The Wrong Side Of History?
The idea that “the unborn” are in any sense people has always been an appalling misrepresentation. Today, in the wake of the recent Supreme...
Netflix Is In Trouble
Dreams of the company building a global base of 700 million or even 800 million paid memberships now seem far-fetched, given the company has stalled out...
The Epic Battle For Control Of A Legendary Music Club
This roadhouse drama has pitted neighbor against neighbor in a remote area where lots are the size of baseball fields and police cars seldom...
