Portrait of America's Young Adults: Wary but Optimistic
Generational snapshots sometimes confound us in the ways actual photographs do.
The Unpredictability of Academic Writing
So rather than rehash tired clichés about the jargony nature of academic writing – itself a form of redundancy! – we might also want to consider one of academic writing’s functions: it is there to innovate, not comfort.
What are the Challenges of the City today?
The Urbanization Project recently brought together urban policy scholar Richard Florida, economist Paul Romer, and sociologist Robert Sampson for a panel on "The Challenge of the City" in which they addressed the challenges and potential for cities in the next hundred years.
Beyond the Democratic "Experience" of an Archive
Posted on April 9, 2014
in Infernal Machine
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The democratic culture of the Archivo is one where history, condensed in the archives, is proactively oriented toward justice through acts of exposure, yes, but moreso through the construction of structures of accountability, of justice, even in a political context where those structures are regularly frustrated by corruption, cronyism, and fear.
Globalization and Urban Pollution
Who is to blame when a citizen sues his own city over air pollution? According to Reuters, we will soon find out in China.
Measuring Virtue in the Audit Society
Posted on April 3, 2014
in THR Web Features
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Perhaps the most interesting thing about the conference was the very question of measuring virtue. Who is asking this question and why now?
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