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	<title>Cultural Shifts &#187; Cultural Shifts</title>
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		<title>Left Side of the Story: Labour, Welfare, and Workplace</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/332</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The fourth panel of the Institute of Political Economy annual conference.]]></description>
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		<title>From within Canada: Identity and Public Policy</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/325</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panel 3: From within Canada: Identity and Public Policy


Reading Global Genders: Mapping gender-based struggles in the global geographies of local marginality
(view abstract)
Michael A. Lithgow, Mass Communication
Travelling third class: regulating the transport of farm animals in Canada
(view abstract)
Michelle Barrett, Political Economy
National Identity Examined: A Study of the Quebec Nation
(view abstract &#124; view paper)
Rachel Ariey-Jouglard, Political Science
A Prosperous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perilous Light</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/320</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/320#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fuyuki Kurasawa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A public lecture on the visual representation of distant suffering in various parts of the world, and its implications for the production of otherness and vulnerability - this video is part of the Institute of Political Economy lecture series.]]></description>
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		<title>Blurring the Lines: Globalization, Dissent and Democracy</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/302</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/302#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The second panel of the Institute of Political Economy annual conference.]]></description>
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		<title>More new features: Abstracts, Related content, RSS</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/289</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/289#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve made a few additions in terms of functionality and usability:

Abstracts: We&#8217;ve added a section to include abstracts of papers that are in the process of being written, or that are being published elsewhere.
Related content: Under the &#8220;What&#8217;s Related&#8221; at the bottom of every post, you&#8217;ll see a link that reads: &#8220;More: See Related Content [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IP Rights and New Technologies: Pills, Pirates &#038; Sex Dolls</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/296</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/296#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Comments on the first panel of the Institute of Political Economy annual conference.]]></description>
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		<title>Save as PDF and other new features</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/284</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/284#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve made a few more improvements in functionality and layout that should make the site a bit more accessible and user-friendly.

Save as PDF: Each post will now have a  icon, which will automatically generate a PDF version of the post that can be saved to your computer.
Notable Posts: We&#8217;ve revamped this feature to display [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Server migration and co-authors</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/278</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/278#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve migrated Cultural Shifts to a new server with more data capacity and processing power. You shouldn&#8217;t notice any difference in the functioning of the site (but if you do, please contact us). The main purpose of the migration is to make the site a little more future-proof.
We&#8217;ve also been working on implementing a co-authorship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Piracy, Copyright and Entertainment in a Digital Age</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/276</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/276#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking at some of the issues behind the 2008 Digital Entertainment Survey results.]]></description>
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		<title>Questioning Boundaries: A Political Economy Conference</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/272</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/272#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University is holding its 9th annual graduate studies conference this week. In coming weeks, Cultural Shifts will be posting a selection of papers from the event.
If you are in Ottawa, Canada, and would like to attend, the conference details are below. The event is open and free to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money, Debt and the Subprime Crisis</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/259</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/259#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a short animated documentary called Money as Debt worth checking out. The video, which goes through a brief history of monetary and banking systems, raises a number of questions that relate to the US subprime crisis, not to mention the global financial system at large. Moving from a monetary system based on barter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New design launched, new features available</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/252</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/252#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve finally rolled in the revised design of the website. While the change is mainly aesthetic, there are also a few new features:

New Featured articles are positioned prominently on the front page. If you would like to suggest a post for this section, please contact us.
New Recent Posts section at the top of the front [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New tagging system and database restoration</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/241</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/241#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve installed a new tagging system, as described below. We&#8217;ve also had to restore the database from early this morning, so if you see anything amiss, please contact us.
Choosing from all the tags available:

When you create a new post or edit an old one, you&#8217;ll see a &#8220;Display Click Tags&#8221; just above the Save/Publish buttons.
This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More section reworking and new features</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/240</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/240#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been extremely busy working on making the site a better experience for both visitors and contributors.

After much discussion, the Literature &#38; Review section has been separated into Reviews and Poetry &#38; (non-)Fiction. This should give those doing creative forms of writing a more conducive space for their contributions.


In the right column, a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moody&#8217;s: US may lose triple-A credit rating</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/239</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/239#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Financial Times is reporting that the US may lose it&#8217;s triple-A credit rating due to the nation&#8217;s rising healthcare and social security spending. The change would be the first since 1917.
Of course, FT goes on to contend that the triple-A rating doesn&#8217;t mean much these days. Nonetheless, I think the credit rating threat due [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viewing and working with images</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/214</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/214#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 07:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve completely reworked the image handling portion of the site.
Changes for site visitors:

See an example of the new way visitors will view multiple images here.
Use the left/right arrows on the keyboard to move between images.
Open multiple images at once and move them around on the page.

Changes for site contributors and authors:

Images are no longer automatically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Pay or Not to Pay? Selling and Distributing Music Online</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/207</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/207#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

	

Saul Williams&#8217; most recent album, The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust, has been released online in a high-bitrate mp3 format, giving consumers the choice of downloading the album for free, or paying 5$ for it. Which would you choose? The album&#8217;s producer, Trent Reznor, says that out of the 154 449 people that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graffiti/Anti-Graffiti as Art</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/196</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/196#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a great documentary called The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal, which takes a look at the art created out of anti-graffiti campaigns and graffiti removal actions (like buffing). The Web Urbanist looks at the documentary and some of the net culture emerging from it. Also check out this video of reverse graffiti, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Site layout and new sections</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/191</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/191#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been working hard on making the layout more accessible for visitors, and have added some new features:

There will now be a small section on the front page displaying random posts from the top two or three tags (subjects). This should help the visibility of articles that haven&#8217;t been posted recently.
New tabbed section featuring three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Software as a Social Movement</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/194</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of OSDir
Richard Stallman is one of the founders of the Free Software Movement and lead developer of the GNU Operating System. His book is &#8216;Free Software, Free Society&#8217;.
JP: Can you first of all explain the &#8220;Free Software Movement&#8217;.
RMS: The basic idea of the Free Software Movement is that the user of software deserves certain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting notes</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/159</link>
		<comments>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/159#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some interesting things out there today, including the Washington Post&#8217;s analysis of the Ron Paul Revolution in US politics (looks like they can&#8217;t ignore the issue anymore); and the sad fate of Superman.

	Tags: elections, environment, politics, United States
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		<title>Buy Nothing Day</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/158</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cultural Shifts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Friday (November 23rd) was Buy Nothing Day. While I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s effective at curbing spending, I do think that it has its place in the campaign to raise awareness about over-consumption. I can definitely enjoy and appreciate Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping.
&#8220;Piggy&#8221; Adbusters Promo:

&#8220;Stop Shopping&#8221; by the Stop Shopping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accepting new users and contributions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: We&#8217;re pushing back the launch for a bit while we try to reach out to more potential contributors.
The structure and design of the site (both the frontend and the backend) are pretty much complete - apart from a few minor coding tweaks here and there.
Please feel free to post your material at any time. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Realism and Environmental Advocacy</title>
		<link>http://culturalshifts.com/archives/154</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent, separate discussions with Elise and Matt prompted me to think a bit more about epistemology (how we can know things) and debates on the environment. Matt, in a post about a lecture given by Manuel DeLanda on the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze argues that we cannot understand the world outside of our interpretation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British government loses personal data on 25 million citizens</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gordon Brown&#8217;s government is under intense criticism today after acknowledging that it has lost computer discs containing names, addresses, birth dates, national insurance numbers and, in some cases, banking details of nearly half the country&#8217;s population.

	Tags: privacy, technology, United Kingdom
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