Civic Culture & The Holidays
To say that the excess of consumer culture comes to the fore in the U.S. during the holidays is a vast understatement. Last year, a Walmart worker was crushed to death by holiday shoppers rushing to ... »
0 CommentsTalk: The Role of Web 2.0 in Social Change
Quantitative sociologist Harald Katzmair uses ecosystem thinking to describe the role of web 2.0 in social change. The key takeaway of the talk is that we must transform the connections and ... »
0 CommentsShare This Course
I was recently invited to Mark Pesce's upcoming course "Share This Course!" where he'll explore sharing culture and facilitate the peer production of a book on sharing. He asked me to extend this ... »
0 CommentsBurning Man 2009
I took an amazing trip to Burning Man with Eric, one of our hosts here on Shapeshifters. We had dreamed up a quest for the festival, and it turned out nothing like we planned, which is the best ... »
2 CommentsMicroproject: Two Feet of Wire
I've been thinking a lot about microprojects. What's a microproject? The whole idea came about in relation to Burning Man, which is known for great interactive art created voluntarily by many who ... »
0 CommentsTour of Silicon Valley?
I just hosted Eric P. for a day of cruising around Silicon Valley. For instance, we stopped by HP garage at 367 Addison Street, Palo Alto, California. This is the garage where Bill Hewlett and Dave ... »
0 CommentsShapeshifters @ Abundance League
Eric Poettschacher is coming to Abundance League San Francisco to share his learnings from a two-year odyssey through the global creative community to found Shapeshifters.net.
Eric’s Shapeshifters ... »
Link: Crowdsourcing Natural Cultural District
Cool Town Studios is or is attempting to create natural cultural districts with an online platform:
http://www.cooltownstudios.com/about »
Local is Global
Just a quick thought here. My observation is that the more you delve into the cultural and social treasures of a specific place, the more connections you create to the outside world. It's a ... »
6 CommentsHow to Put the Social in Social Justice
Eric suggested to me the other day that if you want to impact culture, you address peoples' everyday interactions. I appreciated his comment. It also reminded me of an article I wrote for the Urban ... »
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