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The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
George Walton Lucas Jr., an American filmmaker and the creator of the Star Wars, is about to open the museum called the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles. The concept design of the futuristic-looking museum in Exposition Park is astounding. It assumes that the house will collect his some 10,000 paintings and book, and magazine illustrations assembled over decades. Without a doubt, the museum will attract tourists, fans of Star Wars, artists, humanists, researchers, futurists, and many other!
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Postdoc in Media Lab Helsinki at Aalto University!
I am pleased to say that I have got a position as a postdoctoral researcher in Media Lab Helsinki at Aalto University where now I am conducting my six-month research under the supervision of Prof. Lily Diaz-Kommonen. My project, titled “Laboratory Beyond Science: Towards an Analysis of New Physical Place and a New Paradigm”, is devoted to the meaning, the operation and the idea of laboratory in media, culture and the humanities.
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Animated Italo Calvino’s story
“The False Grandmother” by Calvino is not only printed book and audiobook but also now animated story. Watch the animation made by Kevin Ruelle and listen to the dark fable read by an actor John Turturro.
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Humanities Commons
The Modern Language Association launched a project of Humanities Commons which is a nonprofit network where humanities scholars can create a professional profile, discuss common interests, develop new publications, and share their work. The network is open to anyone working in or adjacent to the humanities.
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Recenzja “Przekazu digitalnego”
W pierwszym numerze “Przeglądu Kulturoznawczego” (1/2016) można przeczytać recenzję książki naukowej pt. Przekaz digitalny. Z zagadnień semiotyki, semantyki i komunikacji cyfrowej (red. Ewa Szczęsna, Universitas, Kraków 2015). Agnieszka Przybyszewska w swoim tekście O klikaniu w odświeżoną teksturę, czyli od teorii do analizy digitalnej fikcji (i innych przekazów) po polsku bardzo pozytywnie wyraża się o publikacji, która wprowadza na polski grunt badań cyfrowych nowe rozpoznania dotyczące sfery semiotycznej i komunikacyjnej.
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