Cultural Shifts
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Left Side of the Story: Labour, Welfare, and Workplace, April 10th, 2008
The fourth panel of the Institute of Political Economy annual conference. (no comments, posted in Reviews)
From within Canada: Identity and Public Policy, April 1st, 2008
Panel 3: From within Canada: Identity and Public Policy
Reading Global Genders: Mapping gender-based struggles in the global geographies of local marginality
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Michael A. Lithgow, Mass Communication
Travelling third class: regulating the transport of farm animals in Canada
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Michelle Barrett, Political Economy
National Identity Examined: A Study of the Quebec Nation
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Perilous Light, April 1st, 2008
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. (5 comments, posted in Audio & Visual Studies, Editorials & Interviews, X-Featured)
Blurring the Lines: Globalization, Dissent and Democracy, March 22nd, 2008
The second panel of the Institute of Political Economy annual conference. (no comments, posted in Reviews)
More new features: Abstracts, Related content, RSS, March 18th, 2008
We’ve made a few additions in terms of functionality and usability:
Abstracts: We’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 “What’s Related” at the bottom of every post, you’ll see a link that reads: “More: See Related …(no comments, posted in X-Internal News)
IP Rights and New Technologies: Pills, Pirates & Sex Dolls, March 18th, 2008
Comments on the first panel of the Institute of Political Economy annual conference. (no comments, posted in Reviews)
Save as PDF and other new features, March 15th, 2008
We’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 …(no comments, posted in X-Internal News)
Server migration and co-authors, March 8th, 2008
We’ve migrated Cultural Shifts to a new server with more data capacity and processing power. You shouldn’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’ve also been working on implementing a …(no comments, posted in X-Internal News)
Piracy, Copyright and Entertainment in a Digital Age, March 5th, 2008
Looking at some of the issues behind the 2008 Digital Entertainment Survey results. (1 comment, posted in Editorials & Interviews)
Questioning Boundaries: A Political Economy Conference, February 26th, 2008
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 …(3 comments, posted in Notes & Asides)
Money, Debt and the Subprime Crisis, January 27th, 2008
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 …(3 comments, posted in Notes & Asides)
New design launched, new features available, January 21st, 2008
We’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 …(no comments, posted in X-Internal News)
New tagging system and database restoration, January 17th, 2008
We’ve installed a new tagging system, as described below. We’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’ll see a “Display Click Tags” just above the …(no comments, posted in X-Internal News)
More section reworking and new features, January 16th, 2008
We’ve been extremely busy working on making the site a better experience for both visitors and contributors.
After much discussion, the Literature & Review section has been separated into Reviews and Poetry & (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 …(no comments, posted in X-Internal News)
Moody’s: US may lose triple-A credit rating, January 12th, 2008
The Financial Times is reporting that the US may lose it’s triple-A credit rating due to the nation’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’t mean much these days. Nonetheless, I think the credit rating …(5 comments, posted in Notes & Asides)
