To reduce a museum experience to the laws of supply and demand devalues not only the art itself but also the curators’ years of education and expertise—connoisseurship on which we rely in institutions that position themselves as cultural arbiters.
We at Common Place over the past year read numerous articles on issues facing our cities and communities. Here are our favorite reads.
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Noteworthy reads from the last week.
What do we know about the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, and the larger issues to which they point?
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I don’t care whether or not Adnan Syed is guilty anymore. For me, if he is guilty, the big question is how long he should be in jail.
Can Big Data be harnessed for the pursuit of thriving urban communities and, if so, how?