Jlesage's Favorite Links on identity from Diigo

Of Two Minds When Making a Decision: Scientific American

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:08:03 -0000

We may make snap judgments, or mull things carefully. Possibly two kinds of thought: intuitive, based on past experience; and rational, rule-based, to evaluate intuition or come into play when decisions are difficult.

Tags: science Research theory academic identity

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Tissue of dead humans to be cloned - Times Online

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:11:20 -0000

Scientists can clone cells from tissues taken from dead people who donated their bodies for medical research. Much of it is frozen stored tissue, and cells can be viable for up to thirty years. UK, not US.

Tags: Research science identity usability statistics

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The Guantánamo Testimonials Project — UC Davis Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas (CSHRA)

Sat, 31 May 2008 20:56:36 -0000

"The goals of this project are to gather testimonies of prisoner abuse in Guantánamo, to organize them in meaningful ways, to make them widely available online, and to preserve them there in perpetuity."

Tags: progressive politics space rhetoric identity

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Powerpoint

Wed, 28 May 2008 20:51:38 -0000

the author's own ideas plus links to other major Powerpoint strategies; he says, and I agree, do not have things you will end up reading to audience; think about how to engage audience

Tags: culture design identity presentation usability

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Nanotechnology, transhumanism and the bionic man

Wed, 28 May 2008 20:38:25 -0000

athletic enhancements, diagnostic refinements, bionic disease cures or stabilization--these may cause a class divide in the near future; well written essay; need for "ability studies," not just "disability studies."

Tags: activism culture progressive science politicaleconomy

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10 Japanese Customs You Must Know Before a Trip to Japan

Wed, 28 May 2008 19:07:11 -0000

it's always a good idea to study up on behavioral cues that will help you fit in, and it's a mark of respect to do this kind of background research before traveling to a new place

Tags: culture Research tips travel space

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How my mother's fanatical feminist views tore us apart, by the daughter of The Color Purple author | Mail Online

Mon, 26 May 2008 21:05:46 -0000

Rebecca Walker has written the Mommy Dearest of the feminist movement about her mother, Alice Walker.

Tags: feminism gender history politics women

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Six 'uniquely' human traits now found in animals - being-human - 22 May 2008 - New Scientist

Mon, 26 May 2008 20:56:14 -0000

Culture, mind reading, tool use, morality, emotions, personality

Tags: culture news tools Research space

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Daily Kos: FBI & American Psych. Association Attack Patient Confidentiality

Sun, 25 May 2008 19:23:39 -0000

chilling report about 2002 conference FBI held with behavioral psychologists, prefiguring much of US interrogration practice to come

Tags: activism culture definitions history space

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NewsNow: Torture

Sun, 25 May 2008 19:17:32 -0000

extensive set of web links on torture; international; kept up to date

Tags: politics space science rhetoric news

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Detainee Interrogations, Psychologists, & Other Health Care Professionals

Sun, 25 May 2008 19:02:20 -0000

Kenneth S. Pope resigned APA over policy on psychologists participating in the planning or implementation of detainee interrogation. Here is his important, long bibliography on topic.

Tags: academic culture definitions history identity

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American Scientist Online - Douglas R. Hofstadter

Sun, 25 May 2008 01:28:44 -0000

interview with author of I Am a Strange Loop, about what "I" means to us humans in age of cyborgs.

Tags: science definitions culture history identity

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Pew Internet: Writing, Technology and Teens

Fri, 23 May 2008 19:15:18 -0000

4/28/08:"Teens write a lot, but they do not think of their emails, instant and text messages as writing [yet]... believe good writing is an essential skill for success and that more writing instruction at school would help them."

Tags: education Internet Research statistics composition

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Ban on hybrid embryos and saviour siblings fails | Science | guardian.co.uk

Mon, 19 May 2008 23:30:09 -0000

liberal reproductive and embryo legislation; I am not sure about saviour siblings, having a baby for sake of surgically saving another child; embryo ok, but more than that? a heavy existential burden for all

Tags: culture definitions identity science Research

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YouTube - Being an Unperson

Sun, 18 May 2008 18:36:27 -0000

surprising and profound video essay from self-advocate for people with cognitive disabilities; make sure to see all videos in this series; contribution to autobiographical media

Tags: culture video autobiography definitions firstperson

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Buried Prejudice: The Bigot in Your Brain: Scientific American

Wed, 14 May 2008 22:41:43 -0000

"Deep within our subconscious, all of us harbor biases that we consciously abhor. And the worst part is: we act on them"; useful analysis of something most of us have observed about others and possibly about ourselves

Tags: culture news Research science politics

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www.theory.org.uk Resources: Anthony Giddens

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:35:44 -0000

A brief introduction to Giddens' general approach, plus more detail on his ideas about self, gender and identity in modern societies; great mother site for culture and media theory

Tags: politics theory culture culturalstudies definitions

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Medicine's Cutting Edge: Re-Growing Organs, The Future Is Here: Regenerative Powder, Ink Jet Heart Cells And Custom-Made Body Parts - CBS News

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:18:55 -0000

"scientists are learning to harness the body's own power to regenerate itself, with astonishing results." Includes a powder to sprinkle on an amputation, say a finger, so the finger will regenerate itself--it's already happened.

Tags: tech usability science tools identity

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Waiting

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:07:04 -0000

Barthes writes on the power relations, temporality, and states of consciousness and desire involved in this moment. He does not see that is it mostly women who wait.

Tags: theory usability space gender narrative

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TPMCafe | Talking Points Memo | Cafe Reactions to the Obama Speech

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:43:32 -0000

links to blogs that analyze reactions to Obama's speech on race, furthering the discussion of race in US today; it has been a long time since I have seen such a sensible, full discussion of race in public discourse here

Tags: definitions culture culturalstudies history identity

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