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...Light,” one of Chan’s “easy” pieces, shadows projected on the floor float in a triangle of light. Like the bare text of “Godot,” the shadows allow the viewer to access something that cannot be faced straightforwardly. “Some things we simply cannot look at directly,” Chan said, but with shadows, “we learn what it means to not look at something directly and feel it too.”When working in New Orleans, Chan wasn?...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Paul Chan Deals with Difficult Subjects and ‘Three Easy Pieces’ | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...Internet] has changed the way people gain access to information and entertainment, and the actual content and form of information and entertainment,” says Jason A. Kaufman ’93. Kaufman, a Research Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, recently taught a sociology course called “Media and the American Mind,” which studied American society through advertising, telecommunications, regulation, entertainment, and other forms of media. Kaufman says that as an Internet-based digital culture formed over the past couple decades, the schism between high...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard in the Time of New Media | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...about the architect. Weber said he moved to Paris specifically to study Le Corbusier’s personal letters to his mother and friend. “You get to know the person, not judge them,” Weber said, adding that he was the first to gain access to these papers. Weber noted that many of his missives drew the connection between architecture and sexuality. “For Le Corbusier, there were two kinds of erections,” Weber said. Melissa Davenport, the manager of events and publications for the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies...

Author: By Carola A. Cintron-arroyo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Life of Architect Gets a Reading | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...time, grieving parents seemed like an immovable political force. But local authorities began blocking access to the sites of demolished schools where parents and journalists would gather. The government offered compensation to parents--hush money in exchange for a promise to keep quiet. Those that didn't acquiesce faced official intimidation. Lu says police frequently questioned him; the only shop with a fax in his village has been told not to let him send documents. Nevertheless, Lu continues. In late October, he received a statement from Beichuan officials denying any flaws in the building. Lu isn't satisfied. "As long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rising From the Rubble of the Sichuan Quake | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...small wind power, which is defined as turbines that have a capacity of 100 kW or less (though most household turbines will produce 10 kW at most). That's partly because residential wind turbines require space and sky - at least half an acre of open land - to get access to consistent winds. Still, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), some 15 million homes in the U.S. fit that definition - and small turbines, unlike large wind farms, can be productive in weaker breezes, which puts more of the country into play, though the best areas are still windy spots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Got Wind? Turbines for the Green Home | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

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