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The meaning of neoliberalism has changed dramatically since its origin in interwar Germany
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe story of Long Branch (Toronto not New Jersey) began about 10,000 years ago when Palaeo-Indian nomadic hunters first arrived in Southern Ontario at the end of the last Ice Age. I enjoy imagining those times, and reading about the experiences of hunter-gatherers. Imagination is at play when we picture the past, as it is […]
Status Update (2013) focuses on the integration of market logics into social media
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillUpdates A Jan. 6, 2014 Public Books article is entitled “What’s so social about social media?” Excerpts from the article, which I found of interest, are included at the end of this post. A Jan. 17, 2014 New York Times article is entitled “Technology is not driving us apart after all.” A Jan. 27, 2016 […]
Gawthorpe Celebrations is a traditional English holiday event occurring on the first Saturday in May
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Newsletter/by Jaan PillAs Eric Hobsbawm has remarked in a classic study, The invention of tradition (1983), traditions don’t spring out of nowhere. They have to be invented. The same can be said of nation states, which Benedict Arnold famously spoke of as imagined communities. As a March 28, 2013 Globe and Mail article indicates, sometimes these imagined communities have a limited impact on […]