Back in February I decided to find out if I was eligible to submit articles for publication to The Conversation. Promoted as the contemporary, relevant voice of academia, The Conversation is not quite that. It is the mouthpiece for people employed at research institutions.…
Archive for the category: Media
Daily Life, about a week behind the rest of the world
About two months ago Clementine Ford and I had a brief conversation on Twitter, which is reproduced below.
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media corporations don’t understand the importance of attribution to user generated content creators
Attribution of authorship in the reuse of copyrighted content is important because it recognises the moral rights content creators have in their work, which is basically the right to be identified as the creator of the work regardless of who is licensed to republish it.…
an open letter to Sky Sports from an Australian F1 fan
I am an Australian who loves F1. I attend the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne each year and am there for every minute of every session. Practice 1 on Friday is my favourite session of the year. As the Australian Grand Prix has been the first race of the season for many years, I get to see the new driver / team combinations for the first time live, rather than on tv, which is very exciting.…
Laurence Anyways, or WTF ACMI?
I recently saw the film Laurence Anyways at ACMI. It’s a visually stunning and emotionally complex Canadian film (mostly in French with English subtitles) about the relationship between a woman Fred(erique) and a man Laurence who, years into their relationship, tells Fred he feels that he has always been a women mentally and wants to become one physically.…
cultural highlights of New York City
In my two weeks in New York City I was fortunate to experience many cultural events.
Theatre
Our first event was Inflatable Frankenstein, experimental theatre from the group Radiohole. It was heavily technologically dependent, with live video projections of performer’s faces on the backs of their heads, brains being made from stage gloop and lots of other weirdness.…
a tale of two homages
I’ve been listening to several new albums by favourite artists in recent weeks. The Pet Shop Boys’ Elysium is fantastic. Bob Dylan’s Tempest is growing on me. Ian McCulloch’s Pro Patria Mori is an instant pleasure full of his characteristic melodies.…
legal deposit and other archaic laws vs the future of publishing: ebooks and print on demand
The Copyright Act 1968 requires all publishers to lodge a copy of every printed book to the National Library of Australia (NLA) and their relevant state library. This is called legal deposit. Print on demand is considered a form of print and thus legal deposit is required.…