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The Olympia Milk Bar: Dracula’s Den or Parramatta Road’s Treasure?

When passing by, your eye might be caught by what some would deem structurally unsound, but for others the Olympia Milk Bar is a step back in time to a place when milkshakes were only $2.90. Catherine Williams reports: Day … Continue reading

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What is Art?

Director of the Metropolitan Mueseum of Modern Art in New York, Phillipe de Monsello commented that “art has no consensus.” It cannot be translated nor explained. Art historian Robert Rossenblum stated, “The idea of defining art is so remote [that] … Continue reading

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It All Points to Science

The answer is just ‘science’. Everything and anything can be linked to and from science. Elizabeth Pisani’s article in The Guardian discusses data sharing – more specifically within science. She explains that “shared data will mean more and faster progress” … Continue reading

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Can We All Govern?

When the government is being overthrown by social networking websites, where are the futures of our political leaders going to end or are they going to have to reconstruct? Australia, a common law, democratic governing country is not nearly as … Continue reading

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Framing AND Transversality?!

There are two concepts, two ideas and they are meant to conflict, in fact I think they conflict but I am hoping by the end of this blog, I find reason as to why they don’t. Lets talk about them…. … Continue reading

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That’s Actually Virtual.

Is virtual reality actual? Well what is virtual… and actual? Andrew Murphie explains how the virtual is potential and the actual the result of that potential, or in end the lead up to the actual being virtual. [1] Confused? Me … Continue reading

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Don’t Forget

There seems to be a certain focus on memory and media. This is to argue that technology more specifically rather than media is constantly updating, and because of this the human body and mind are adapting to this change also. … Continue reading

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Media Ecologies

Media Ecologies – a new genre of thought? Here I am studying media at university and when I tell people this, they immediately (like myself up until studying the course) think ‘newspapers’, ‘television’ or ‘radio’. Whilst these are all massive … Continue reading

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Blog First, Read Later.

I don’t know if you – the reader- are actually going to process what I write, because instead according Marshall McLuhan, you’ll be too focused on the medium I have chosen – that being blogging – in order to discuss … Continue reading

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