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"Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. There are now nearly 600 maps."
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middle east riddim relick, 4 years after the fact :: apparently, the ME (or an imagination/orientalization thereof) still sexy inna JA :: arab money, seen
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west indies (antigua/barbuda) remixes of "a milli"
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up-to-the-time dancehall mix (h/t blentwell)
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fascinating "distorted" / skewed photos of the world map based on various statistical data :: the ones dealing w/ war, HIV, & wealth are really striking :: this one, #15, is, for me, the most stark
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"NML is a research initiative within MIT's Comparative Media Studies program. According to a 2007 study from the Pew Center for Internet & American Life, more than half of all teens have created media content and roughly a third of teens online have shared content they produced with others. In many cases, these teens are actively involved in what we are calling participatory culture. … Participatory culture stresses the role of teens as creators, circulators, connectors, and collaborators–rather than simply consumers–of media. Young people participate in the creation and circulation of media content within social networks that extend from their circle of face-to-face friends to a larger virtual community around the world." :: don't miss the white paper
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nice piece (from 2 years ago) tracing out what participatory culture is all about
videyoga :: kitsch-hop edition