Carrie and I make a brief appearance around 1:00, along with our friends Derek and Manon and their daughter Rosalie; and Nick. We got drenched on the way home after marching for several blocks. The demo continued on to downtown.
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Last Night’s March in the Neighbourhood
Carrie had her turn with the pot at this point — today I’m getting out some proper drums.
Casseroles
Carrie and I just got back from 2 and a half hours of our manif (it was still going strong). It’s the 3rd night in a row (possibly more–we were visiting friends in Westmount Saturday, a wealthy enclave that’s hostile territory for protesters). What started as a local event with hundred of people taking up …
Manifestation de casseroles / Arrêtez-moi quelqu’un
So last night we’re sitting on the porch with friends and hear this noise. It gets louder and louder. Lots of banging. Finally we go investigate and find . . . the “Manifestation de casseroles” at the corner of Jarry and St-Denis a block away. Over 200 people gathered, making tons of noise with pots …
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We’re way beyond dialogue here
Today I spoke with a journalist — Giuseppe Valiante (to give credit where it’s due) — doing a story on social media and the strike. At one point he asked me if I thought things would be better if the Charest government were on Twitter, interacting with all the protesters and their supporters who are …
The Politics of Journal Publishing in Music Education + Harvard Goes Open Access + Quebec Student Strike
Ted Striphas did it for Cultural Studies, and now Matthew Thibault has done it for music education. It would be great for people to assemble this kind of comparative data across fields and disciplines. And in related news one of the richest in the world–if not the richest–says it can’t afford the rising price of …
What if interactivity is the new passivity?
My final entry for FlowTV this year. In other news, someone at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Duke University Press book display had a sense of humour: (sorry for the blurry iPhone photo and the delay — I only just synced it to the computer)