The Structure Whisperer

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August 2011

23 posts

Body Modification as Performance Art and Social Protest → thesocietypages.org

British performance artist Alice Newstead is gaining attention for her recent performance inside LUSH cosmetics in San Francisco. The performance has become part of an increasing vocal…

Aug 25, 2011
Fear and the Digital/Actual Split → thesocietypages.org

During my short time in Vegas I listened to and partook, in many formal, informal, academic and recreational conversations about technology and social media. This often resulted in debates…

Aug 24, 2011
Aug 21, 2011
CSRN Panel: “The Crisis and Contradictions of Consumption” → thesocietypages.org

Robert Manning

George Ritzer


The Consumer Studies Research Network held a pre-conference to ASA 2011 at the University of Las Vegas. The following is an archive of…

Aug 21, 2011
Summary of Pre-Conference #ASA2011 Twitter Activity → thesocietypages.org
Tweet archive for ASA 2011

TwapperKeeper archive URL: http://twapperkeeper.com/hashtag/ASA2011

Total tweets: 596
Total twitterers: 211
Total hashtags tweeted: 86
Total URLs tweeted: 90

Aug 20, 2011
Aug 19, 2011
George Ritzer: The Cathedrals & Dinosaurs of Consumption → thesocietypages.org

Today we have a guest post from Distinguished University Professor and social theorist George Ritzer. This text is only part of the talk Dr. Ritzer will deliver in Las Vegas on Friday, August…

Aug 19, 2011
BART Pulling the Plug Makes Us Less Safe → thesocietypages.org

Why is it that authorities are so quick to fear, blame and entirely eliminate electronic communications in the face of unpredictable gatherings of people?

Hosni Mubarak pulled the plug…

Aug 16, 2011
A Gold in Global Deception → thesocietypages.org


The opening ceremony of the Olympics is not short on inspiring imagery for the many millions who tune in around the globe. As the host country provides the spectacle and entertainment,…

Aug 15, 2011
Aug 15, 2011
Aug 13, 2011
Snail Mail my Email: Complicating the Mediation Process → thesocietypages.org

A group of volunteers are raising awareness about the lost art of letter writing by handwriting and snail mailing messages that people send them via e-mail. Those who request a snail…

Aug 9, 2011
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Journalists Getting Pwned → thesocietypages.org

Charles Arthur & AnonymouSabu on Twitter, click on image for entire thread

Charles Arthur of the Guardian tried to get an exclusive from an Anonymous hacktivist, only to get…

Aug 6, 2011
Aug 6, 2011
SNS Tattoos Redux: Branding and Lifestyle Consumption → thesocietypages.org

A “Fakebook” Sleeve

Just as we might have expected, the much-tweeted Facebook sleeve tattoo that I wrote about before has turned out to be a hoax. More specifically, it was a marketing…

Aug 6, 2011
Selling Sports and/or Sex → thesocietypages.org

In an upcoming article in The Nation (available online), Mary Jo Kane, Professor of Kinesiology and Director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the…

Aug 4, 2011
Online Superiority: Developing the Capacity for Augmented War → thesocietypages.org

Most of us here at Cyborgology have written at least one post about augmented warfare and revolution. I suggested that the panopticon has moved to the clouds, and PJ warns that we may soon…

Aug 4, 2011
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