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Literati roundup: R.I.P. Ulrich Beck…. “Smithsonian galleries release massive Asian art collection online for non-commercial use…

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Ulrich Beck – an appreciation open Democracy News Analysis – by Robin Wilson   openSecurity editor Robin Wilson reflects on the work of German intellectual – and frequent openDemocracy contributor – Ulrich Beck, who sadly passed away on 1 January. Ulrich Beck (1944-2015). Wikimedia commons. Public domain. Huge trove of Smithsonian art digitized; over 40,000 works  kottke.org by Jason … Read more

Literati roundup… The Digital Nietzsche…An Archive of 2,000 Classic Jazz Videos…

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The Digital Nietzsche: Download Nietzsche’s Major Works as Free eBooks  Open Culture by Josh Jones In times of deep distress I’ve often found the brutal, unsparing candor of Friedrich Nietzsche a strange comfort. While wholly enamored of the aristocratic, Hellenistic past of literary invention, the often bilious German philosopher nonetheless had no illusions about the nature … Read more

Literati roundup: Interstellar understanding sources… Machine-Learning Algorithm Ranks the World’s Most Notable Authors

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Machine-Learning Algorithm Ranks the World’s Most Notable Authors  MIT Technology Review Deciding which books to digitise when they enter the public domain is tricky; unless you have an independent ranking of the most notable authors.   Revealed: The Lost Chapter of Interstellar Wired Top Stories by Christopher Nolan & Sean Gordon Murphy Before Cooper left his daughter … Read more

50,000 Norman Rockwell Photographs free… Essential Films for the Student of Philosophy…

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50 cultural icons and their favorite books kottke.org Flavorwire collected a list of the favorite books of 50 well-known people, including Bill Murray, Amy Poehler, Ayn Rand, and Caroline Kennedy. Here are some of the picks:   50,000 Norman Rockwell Photographs Now Digitized and Available Online  Open Culture by Colin Marshall Reference photo for Norman Rockwell’s … Read more

EFD Haftanın Web Projesi: Emrah Göker’in İstifhanesi

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http://istifhanem.com/ Memleketin en özgün akademik bloglarından biri. Hikayesi böyle başlıyor: Gayri Millî İstifhane Tarihi Kaptanın seyir defteri, 9 Nisan 2011: Blogun açılışını 3 Nisan 2010’da yaptım. Şimdilik WordPress.com diyarında devam ediyor. Mart 2011’de ses kaydı yükleme güncellemesi yaptım. İşi video kayıtlarına vardırır mıyım bilmiyorum bak. 2011 Kutlu Doğum Haftası şenlikleri çerçevesinde blog görüntüsünü sadeleştirdim, gözüme daha … Read more

Literati roundup: “feminist moments in sci-fi history… “50 books that influenced Leo Tolstoy

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Most feminist moments in sci-fi history  Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder Read 14 Great Banned & Censored Novels Free Online: For Banned Books Week 2014  Open Culture by Josh Jones We well know of the most famous cases of banned books: James Joyce’s Ulysses, Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer, Allen Ginsberg’s Howl. In fact, a full 46 of … Read more

Literati roundup: A Wired discussion on Dystopian Sci-Fi……..

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Stop Writing Dystopian Sci-Fi—It’s Making Us All Fear Technology  Wired Top Stories No, Dystopian Sci-Fi Isn’t Bad for Society. We Need It More Than Ever  Wired Top Stories Dystopian fiction is a warning, and if it makes people pay attention, then good— 15 Sci-Fi Books That Predicted the Future Mashable! by Andrea Romano Sci-fi writers are really … Read more

Literati roundup: “Pierre Bourdieu’s Photographs of Wartime Algeria….”Doctoral Education and the Knowledge Economy..

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  Pierre Bourdieu’s Photographs of Wartime Algeria Open Culture by Colin Marshall If you know the work of Pierre Bourdieu, you probably know it as sociology, or perhaps philosophy. Whatever you call the discipline he worked in, the man remained thoroughgoingly concerned with the dynamics of power in every context. Doctoral Education and the Knowledge Economy: European and U.S. … Read more

Literati roundup: “One hundred best non fiction books….

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In the mean time, Erkan currently reads and recommends these books, in the mean time: Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity and Meaningful Work and Play by James C. Scott No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald ********************** One hundred best non fiction books. ORGANIZED … Read more

Free Frank Capra and Errol Morris films…

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  Free Online: Meet John Doe, Frank Capra?s Inspiring 1941 Classic  Open Culture by Dan Colman In 2006, a jury of 1,500 filmmakers, actors, actresses, critics and historians created a list of the 100 Most Inspiring Films of All Time. It?s a Wonderful Life, Frank Capra?s 1946 30 Errol Morris Movies That Can Be Streamed Online  Open Culture by Dan Colman Why … Read more

A literati roundup: a ?Lost Interview? With Michel Foucault…Opening Lines of 25 Famous Novels Dissected…

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      Opening Lines of 25 Famous Novels Dissected to Make an Awesome Poster Wired Top Stories Remember sentence diagramming? Turns out, it makes an awfully cool poster.   Watch a ?Lost Interview? With Michel Foucault: Missing for 30 Years But Now Recovered Open Culture by Josh Jones An introductory shot that might be … Read more

Nebula Award nominees… A literati roundup…

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Nebula Award nominees The 2013 Nebula Award nominees have been announced by the Science Fiction Writers of America; as always, it’s a great roadmap for some of the best science fiction published in the past year. Congrats to all the nominees! Castaway: Stuart Hall in his own words Listening again to the leading cultural theorist on BBC Radio 4’s … Read more

A literati roundup: New digital archives… Google?s Music Timeline… Twitter data for academics…

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  Twitter Opens Its Enormous Archives to Data-Hungry Academics   Twitter is sharing its massive trove of data with the academic world — for free.   15,000 Colorful Images of Persian Manuscripts Now Online, Courtesy of the British Library   Turnitin Put to the Test Did the plagiarism detection software Turnitin cut “unoriginal writing” by … Read more

A literati roundup: “List of Predatory Publishers 2014…

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The Tenure System Is Broken  This article originally appeared in Inside Higher Ed. E-Reading Rises as Device Ownership Jumps Three in ten adults read an e-book last year; half own a tablet or e-reader  E-Books Aren’t Going to Make Print Obsolete Anytime Soon For all the talk about print books being replaced by digital books, … Read more

1 million free images from British Library…

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here is the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary   British Library uploads one million public domain images to the net for remix and reuse The British Library has uploaded one million public domain scans from 17th-19th century books to Flickr! They’re embarking on an ambitious programme to crowdsource novel uses and navigation tools for the huge corpus. Already, … Read more