This article quotes Megan Boler, a professor of media studies and philosophy of education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto, who will be speaking at our 2008 conference on "Is the Place for Our Stories Really Shrinking? New Media and Canadian Voices."
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Monday, September 15, 2008
Don't Think of a Maverick!
This article is by George Lakoff, founder of the Rockridge Institute. He will not be coming to the 2008 conference, but his cohort, Joe Brewer, will be.
Despite being about the American presidential election, this article covers some of the concepts of "framing" that Joe will be discussing at the conference.
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Despite being about the American presidential election, this article covers some of the concepts of "framing" that Joe will be discussing at the conference.
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Taking social media to school
One topic of our 2008 conference, The Moral of the Story: Art, Culture, Media and Politics, will be social media.
Although not a conference speaker, rabble.ca columnist, Wayne MacPhail, discusses some of the possibilities in this article.
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Although not a conference speaker, rabble.ca columnist, Wayne MacPhail, discusses some of the possibilities in this article.
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Isabel Allende: Tales of passion
This is a talk given by Isabel Allende to TED. She will not be speaking at our 2008 conference, The Moral of the Story, but we hope our conference will touch upon what she is discussing.
Author and activist Isabel Allende discusses women, creativity, the definition of feminism -- and, of course, passion -- in this talk.
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The Moral of the Story: Art, Culture, Media and Politics
Parkland's 12th Annual Fall Conference
The Moral of the Story: Art, Culture, Media and Politics
November 14-16, 2008
University of Alberta Campus, in Edmonton
Featuring...
Multimedia keynote:
Sol Guy (tentative) - New media cultural storyteller
Closing speaker:
Tariq Ali - Historian, novelist, filmmaker, political campaigner, and commentator
Why do we talk about what we talk about?
* Media
* Language
* Activist Art
* Politics in Fiction
* Alternative Media
What should we be talking about?
* Stories, Myths and Metaphors: Changing the Way We Think
* Knowing How We Think
* The Stories in the Words We Choose
Find out more and to download the ticket/registration form: www.ualberta.ca/parkland
Political change for the common good
The Moral of the Story: Art, Culture, Media and Politics
November 14-16, 2008
University of Alberta Campus, in Edmonton
Featuring...
Multimedia keynote:
Sol Guy (tentative) - New media cultural storyteller
Closing speaker:
Tariq Ali - Historian, novelist, filmmaker, political campaigner, and commentator
Why do we talk about what we talk about?
* Media
* Language
* Activist Art
* Politics in Fiction
* Alternative Media
What should we be talking about?
* Stories, Myths and Metaphors: Changing the Way We Think
* Knowing How We Think
* The Stories in the Words We Choose
Find out more and to download the ticket/registration form: www.ualberta.ca/parkland
Political change for the common good
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