Author: Catherine G. Latterell
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin’s
Keywords: culture, composing, reading, remix
Number of Pages: 736
Published: 2009-07-08
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 031247668X
ISBN-13: 9780312476687

With a mix of humor and analysis, a collection of fresh readings, lively assignments, and an enticing design, ReMix is not your ordinary textbook. It asks students to re-examine everyday concepts (such as identity, entertainment, and technology); to question assumptions about everyday life and culture; and to respond critically and creatively to some of the most imaginative projects you’ll find in a composition reader. Built on the idea that students live in a do-it-yourself world in which they are the writers, designers, and inventors, ReMix invites students to bring their own creativity in

Author: Johannesburg Art Gallery
Publisher: Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Keywords: continent, art, contemporary, remix, africa
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2007-07-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 177009363X
ISBN-13: 9781770093638

Africa remix: Contemporary art of a continent features the work of more than 85 artists from 25 countries on the African continent and the Diaspora. Considered to be the largest exhibition of contemporary African art ever seen in Europe, it includes painting, sculpture, installation, video, drawing, photography and design. Africa Remix explores the themes of city and land (the contrasting experiences of urban and rural life); identity and history (including issues of tradition and modernity and the relation of the individual to the community); and body and soul (religion, spirituality, emotion

Author: Richard Scase
Publisher: Kogan Page
Keywords: advantage, competitive, fight, remix, global
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 2007-01-28
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0749448717
ISBN-13: 9780749448714

Global Remix gives an overview of major global economic trends over the next twenty years and how they will impact both businesses and the everyday lives of their employees. Author Richard Scase combines a discussion of macroeconomic trends and their impact on corporate strategy with a study of how those trends will affect individual lifestyles. Global Remix examines the challenges faced by Western businesses as a result of the rise of Asian, Eastern European, and Latin American economies and highlights the opportunities it affords. Issues addressed include the business structure of the future

Author: Lawrence Lessig
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
Keywords: hybrid, economy, thrive, commerce, making, art, remix
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2008-10-16
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 1594201722
ISBN-13: 9781594201721

The author of Free Culture shows how we harm our children and almost anyone who creates, enjoys, or sells any art form with a restrictive copyright system driven by corporate interests. Lessig reveals the solutions to this impasse offered by a collaborative yet profitable hybrid economy . Lawrence Lessig, the reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age, spotlights the newest and possibly the most harmful culture war a war waged against our kids and others who create and consume art. America s copyright laws have ceased to perform their original, beneficial role: protecting

Authors:Ralph C. Watkins, Jason A., Jr. Barr, Jamal-harrison
Publisher: Judson Pr
Keywords: hop, generation, hip, reaching, remix, gospel
Number of Pages: 148
Published: 2007-01-30
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0817015078
ISBN-13: 9780817015077

Each generation brings new challenges and opportunities to the church. One such challenge/ opportunity facing the black church today comes in the form of the hip hop generation. Hip hop is DJing and MCing, break dancing and rapping; street art, street talk, and street smarts. It has its own language, its own look, its own consciousness. Hip hop is a culture and an identity, and for many African American churches, hip hop and its generation are both disturbing and frightening.Church leaders are asking: How do we understand and reach this generation? How can we as African Americans embrace so