Small Groups as Complex Systems, Holly Arrow, Joseph McGrath, Jennifer Berdahl Four forces of Formation 1. concocted (external, planned) 2. [...]
Paradoxes
Moral Sentiments and Material Interests, Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles, Robert Boyd, and Ernst Fehr Some interesting conclusions from the various [...]
Olson, Durkheim, & Searle: A Social Fact
The Life and Death of Jesse James: An internet love mystery, Josh Olson Olson’s story is fascinating and disturbing. And [...]
Interventionists
1. The idea of artwork providing opportunity is excellent (13). It rests on the premise that the spectator is activated [...]
DeLillo’s Valparaiso and Miwon Kwon
Miwon Kwon’s discussion of DeLillo’s Valparaiso helped me better understand the play, though I’m still not convinced it would succeed [...]
Crary and Manovich
In addition to his discussion of the political role of spectacle, I found most interesting Crary’s reference to Debord’s view [...]
John Cage: Silence
Some thoughts on reading Silence. 1. This text started as a lecture and only as an afterthought was it printed. [...]
sitespecificART: Suderburg, Kaye, Wodiczko
Erika Suderburg’s Space, Site, Intervention: Situating Installation Art Nike Kaye’s Site-specific Art Krysztof Wodiczko’s Designing for the City of Strangers [...]
