Musical Entrepreneurs and the Cultural Politics of Inequality in Northeastern Brazil
Institutions in Recife, Brazil, have restructured subsidies in favor of encouraging musicians to become more entrepreneurial. Falina Enriquez explores how contemporary and traditional musicians in the fabled musical city have negotiated these intensified neoliberal cultural policies and economic uncertainties.
Social Media and the Extended Aftermath of Disaster
A riveting portrait of how one community used the power of culture to restore their lives and social connections in the years after a devastating natural disaster Natural disasters and other such catastrophes typically attract large-scale media attention and public concern in their immediate aftermath. However, rebuilding efforts can take ......
The paradoxical relationship between Chinese creative workers and the state Chinese Creator Economies dives into the paradoxical lives lived by creative professionals in emerging economies across China. Jian Lin contextualizes the socioeconomic conditions in which cultural production takes place and pushes back against the dominant ......
Many people believe that what is on the Internet will be around forever. At the same time, warnings of an impending "digital dark age"'where records of the recent past become completely lost or inaccessible - appear with regular frequency in the popular press. It's as if we need a system to safeguard our digital records for future ......
Analyses the transformation of the national film industry in Bombay into a transnational and multi-media cultural enterprise, which has come to be known as Bollywood
Technology translation as a framework for understanding tech flows today, and tomorrow How do we explain China's tech rise in Africa? As Africa's top phone seller, the Shenzhen-based company Transsion has profoundly shaped the continent's digital transformation by providing affordable yet feature-rich mobile phones for the economically ......
Technology translation as a framework for understanding tech flows today, and tomorrow How do we explain China's tech rise in Africa? As Africa's top phone seller, the Shenzhen-based company Transsion has profoundly shaped the continent's digital transformation by providing affordable yet feature-rich mobile phones for the economically ......
The Complete Broadcasting Industry Guide: Television, Radio, Cable & Streaming is the go-to source for station data and industry contacts in the US and Canadian television, radio and cable marketplace.
Walter "Eckie" Eckersall was one of the most famous people in Chicago for three decades: He was the city's first high school athlete superstar when the competitive prep athletics scene was maturing in Illinois, then quarterback of the University of Chicago Maroons, and finally a prominent sports journalist for the Chicago Tribune. As the greatest ......
