To Publish and Perish
Amazon and its 3.4 Million E-Books: the End of Culture? For a long while now, people have debated how many e-books Amazon carried it in its Kindle Store, because Amazon has never divulged the data. Some daringly ventured the figure of
Interview with LeeYong-Woo, President of Gwangju Biennale (Korea)
The Gwangju Biennale Foundation was a first in many things: it was the first international biennale in Asia, the first round table, and also the first organization of the First World Biennial Forum. This year Lee Yong-Woo, the founding director
Diary of a UN official: Mission #1 – Mauritania
My (Adventurous) Life at the United Nations: First Mission, Mauritania October 1980. The sky is an intense blue over Mauritania’s desert, the Land Rover bumps along, skidding from one pothole to the next. Dust permanently dries the mouth, the blazing light
Activist Films and Literature: Do They Inspire Action?
When you watch a terrifying or heartbreaking documentary, are you moved to do something more than just "share" the news on Twitter and Instagram? Participant Media is trying to discover what films work on the people's social conscience and what films
Climate Change: the Dutch Solution
Will the Netherlands disappear with Climate Change? Global warming will cause (probably) a third of a meter rise in sea level this century - a small rise perhaps, but it will threaten all the coasts around the world and some