This Week: What exactly does cultural equity actually mean?... In our social media world everything is about images... A cautionary tale as an artist is erased from the internet... There's a difference between culture and art... Why Italy fought to keep Venice off the endangered list. A Good Survey Of Debates About Cultural Equity: The crew over at Createquity have written a comprehensive … [Read more...]
Archives for September 4, 2016
Artists Erased From The Web And Our Growing Problem With Facts
Artist and author Dennis Cooper got his blog back this week. Google had suddenly removed the 14-year-old blog a few months ago without warning and had refused to answer Cooper's repeated attempts to find out why. After the takedown got attention "from international media outlets, a statement of support from PEN America and a petition to recover the blog," Google finally responded to Cooper's … [Read more...]