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1960s-era documentary films by the Maysles brothers and The Meaning of Human Existence (2014)
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThis post is concerned with 1960s-era films by Albert and David Maysles. The post also appears as an update to an earlier post entitled: The Meaning of Human Existence (2014) I’m posting the update as a separate item in order to bring attention to it. I’ve also edited the original update and added links. In […]
Driven from New Orleans (2012), Drug Wars (2013), On the Run (2014)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillA previous post refers to Driven from New Orleans: How Nonprofits Betray Public Housing and Promote Privatization (2012). A passage (p. 98) from the latter study brings to mind the following additional previous posts: The Drug Wars in America, 1940-1973 (Kathleen J. Frydl, 2013) Framing Regent Park: The National Film Board and the construction of […]
The Meaning of Human Existence (2014)
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI’ve been reading books about the 1950s and 1960s. 1959 Among them is: 1959: The Year that Changed Everything (2009). Chapter 20, “Seeing the Invisible,” concerns the work of the photographer Robert Frank, with a focus on the latter’s The Americans (2008). Frank Kaplan, the author of 1959, has a Ph.D. from MIT in political […]
Graeme Decarie recalls the lines from Splendor in the Grass
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillJaan Pill: Scott Munro (MCHS ’63) has mentioned to me: “By the way, Mr. Decarie was advisor to the Film Society in 1962-63 at Malcolm Campbell High School.” Do you recollect anything about the Film Society? I recall there had been controversy about whether or not “Splendor in the Grass” was a worthwhile film to screen. […]
David Hulchanski’s “Three Cities Within Toronto” map closely matches the Oct. 27, 2014 ward by ward mayoral election results
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillDavid Hulchanski’s “Three Cities” map can be accessed here. An Oct. 27, 2014 CBC article that features a ward by ward map of the Oct. 27, 2014 mayoral electoral results can be accessed here. Updates, including Oct. 29, 2014 article by David Hulchanski An Oct. 29, 2014 Spacing article by David Hulchanski is entitled: “Toronto’s […]
Many means are available for study of fair trade coffee
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAmong the academic lenses available for study of fair trade coffee is ethnographic research. Ethnography is similar to the work of a reporter or documentary maker but within a prescribed academic framework. The level of detail, however, and the amount of immersion into everyday life, appears greater than what a reporter would deal with. Ethnographic […]
Do you recall the Oka crisis?
/2 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillWe know a fair amount is know about human memory – what it is, how it works, and how sometimes it fails us. Among other things as Daniel L. Schacter (2001) notes, memory is subject to blocking, misattribution, bias, persistence, and suggestibility. Two good sources, among others, about what research has revealed about memory are […]
Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe, April 13, 2014
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAn April 13, 2015 Boston Globe article is entitled: “Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics.” An excerpt from the article notes: This foray into one of the most challenging, and financially complex, areas of health care may seem contrary to the kind of dealmaking Bain Capital is best known for — investments in brand-name […]