Thesis progress presentation, CMS Orientation, 26 August 2008
Fifteen minutes of me riffing on the main topics of my master’s thesis from the CMS orientation event. Two semesters to go, my dogs!
As always, you can grip the slides for more digital digging. (Hint: use the arrows to move forward and backward through them or press “a” […]
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August 27th, 2008 academia, cms, hiphop, mit, presentation, scholarship, thesis, todomundo | No Comments »Turning niche practices into cultural norms
December 16th, 2007 america, corruption, culture, freedom, government, independence, lessig, reform, scholarship, todomundo | No Comments »In this excellent lecture, Lessig suggests that the practices of a small group of people with regard to corruption can, over time, challenge and critically change cultural norms. I especially appreciate his thinking about the notion of “independence”. Lessig is focused primarily on government officials yet it reminded me of my revulsion at many […]
