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November 3, 2020
As hate speech online increases, so has the resistance
From international campaigns to grassroots Facebook groups, many targeted by hate speech are finding new ways to fight it. Symbolbild Hatespeech | Hasskommentare (Thomas Trutschel/photothek/Imago Images) Germany’s Federal Agency for Civic Education describes hate speech as follows: “When people are devalued, attacked or when hatred or violence is called […]
October 20, 2020
Anime, designer toys, sneakers, digital art: 5 contemporary cultural events in Beijing in October
The Asia Digital Art Exhibition 2020 includes an immersive Star Trek-style installation from artist Hito Steyerl featured at the German pavilion in Venice More than 100 pairs of limited-edition sneakers from brands including Under Armour and Nike are on show at the Wonderland Trendy Shoe Art Show A screenshot […]
Digital Culture
By the time I reached 3rd grade, I was in the internet trenches. Deep in the trenches. I’m talking roleplaying “Pokémon” on fansite forums, watching Naruto fan flash animations on Saiyan Island, trying to learn the dance from “Caramelldansen” and consuming dozens of Strong Bad emails on Homestar Runner. […]
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Like Being A Poet, Writing About Black Culture Is A Calling, Kevin Young Says
NPR’s Rachel Martin speaks with poet Kevin Young, who has been named the next director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. He will start his new role in January.
Build a Website Without Writing a Single Line of Code
Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. Having a website is crucial for any entrepreneur in the modern age. […]
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How to cultivate a flexible learning culture for the digital economy
Analyst working at laptop with automation process. Business process automation, business process workflow, automated business system concept. Rapidly changing business models have had a profound impact on the learning and talent landscape in recent years – affecting job displacement and creation, heightening labour productivity, and widening the skills gap. […]
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Achieving customer-centric insurance digital transformation
If there’s one common thread tying together the transformations occurring across all industries, it’s that the customer experience is the driving factor. According to the Gartner Customer Experience survey , 81% of marketers say that the customer experience will be the primary or sole basis on which their companies […]
Become a better writer with these online tools
Good for Twitter rants or what could be the next great American novel. Everyone can type, but can you write? Glenn Carstens-Peters / Unsplash Writing good, clear sentences is harder than it sounds. When you’ve absolutely got to hit a word count, it’s just so easy to elongate your […]
Bestselling author Tana French talks about what makes a good mystery writer
“I’m always looking for the potential mystery in things,” said author Tana French, on the phone from her Dublin home. “I think that’s what makes a mystery writer.” Being a mystery writer has worked out pretty well for French, who’s written eight acclaimed crime-fiction novels; seven of them New […]
‘A writer is one who writes’: Covid has made life harder – but I’m still hopeful
Before Covid-19, as a freelance writer, I spent so many days a year on the road for work that I did not have routines and was hardly anywhere long enough to consider a place home. But I felt lucky to be making my living from the written word, which […]
