Marvel MCU Movies as a value creating network
The movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe are a great example of how networks (in this case, of multimedia texts) create value. Iron Man (2008)… Read More »Marvel MCU Movies as a value creating network
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Guillermo Del Toro on Duel as fuel; Or, Carrying Things on Your Own
One huge moment, and a peculiar one, was when I first saw a movie I revere and watch in awe every year: Steven Spielberg’s Duel.… Read More »Guillermo Del Toro on Duel as fuel; Or, Carrying Things on Your Own
The Wellerman: state change (key collaborators)
If you haven’t come across The Wellerman meme from tiktok (check out the different versions on the twitter thread above, or the YouTube compilation below),… Read More »The Wellerman: state change (key collaborators)
Katherine Rundell on children’s books and imagination
Children’s fiction… offers to help us to refind things we may not even know we have lost. Adult life is full of forgetting… When you… Read More »Katherine Rundell on children’s books and imagination
Katherine Rundell on learning from children’s books
Children’s books today do still have a ghost of their educative beginnings, but what they are trying to teach us has changed. Children’s novels, to… Read More »Katherine Rundell on learning from children’s books
Katherine Rundell on the subversive politics of children’s books
A lot of children’s fiction has a surprising politics to it. Despite all our tendencies in Britain toward order and discipline – towards etiquette manuals… Read More »Katherine Rundell on the subversive politics of children’s books
Story, not premise: 2000AD writing guidelines
These are great writing tips, applicable – with a bit of adaptation- to any medium. Future Shocks are self-contained, four page science-fiction short stories with a… Read More »Story, not premise: 2000AD writing guidelines
More on old books: Mortimer Adler on permanent literature
The faster things change, the more important our reference points if we want to avoid motion sickness. The great books are always contemporary. In contrast,… Read More »More on old books: Mortimer Adler on permanent literature
Not long ago; or, Little by little (3): scarcity and subsistence in rural Suffolk in the 1900s
[For those who came in late… Start with Not long ago, or Little by little (1)] Not long ago, in a place not far away… Read More »Not long ago; or, Little by little (3): scarcity and subsistence in rural Suffolk in the 1900s
Not long ago; or, Little by little (2): Li Kunwa on indoor plumbing in 80s China
[Not long ago, or Little by little (1)] Not long ago, in a place not far away and directly connected to you, something like this… Read More »Not long ago; or, Little by little (2): Li Kunwa on indoor plumbing in 80s China