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Theatre and History. And they are particularly good at using the first to reinvent the second.]]></description> <media:thumbnail url="http://cdn.psfk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Grant-McCracken-On-Social-Climbing-And-The-Royal-Wedding-236x190.jpg" /> </item> <item><title> Grant McCracken: Build Your Own Culturematic. (I Did.)</title><link>http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/grant-mccracken-lady-gaga-and-glenn-beck-struggle-to-establish-a-parent-child-dynamic.html</link> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:56:20 +0000</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[The Culturematic machine could be used for making culture, specifically, casting movies and TV shows. Formally, it can be used for exploring our culture.]]></description> <media:thumbnail url="http://cdn.psfk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Grant-McCracken-Build-your-own-Culturematic.-I-Did.-236x190.jpg" /> </item> <item><title>featured: Are You Old Enough To Be A Curator Of Pop Culture?</title><link>http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/are-you-old-enough-to-be-a-curator-of-pop-culture.html</link> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:35:47 +0000</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Grant McCracken explores Barbara Lippert's recent appointment as "curator of pop culture" at Goodby, Silverstein.]]></description> <media:thumbnail url="http://cdn.psfk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Are-You-Old-Enough-To-Be-A-Curator-Of-Pop-Culture.jpg" /> </item> <item><title>featured: Grant McCracken: Will New York City Go The Way Of The Newspaper?</title><link>http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/grant-mccracken-will-new-york-city-go-the-way-of-the-newspaper.html</link> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:01:09 +0000</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[However natural they seem to anyone born in the 20th century, cities are arbitrary constructions. They are predicated on the idea that humans must congregate and co-locate. But this idea is contingent. A "face to face" connection matters only when there is no digital alternative. ]]></description> <media:thumbnail url="http://cdn.psfk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/4403313350_39c0797273_o-525x349.jpg" /> </item> <item><title>featured: Grant McCracken: Making Culture, Provoking Culture</title><link>http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/grant-mccracken-making-culture-provoking-culture.html</link> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:22:35 +0000</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Social worlds tend to settle. 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It's one way to make culture.]]></description> <media:thumbnail url="http://cdn.psfk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Grant-McCracken-Making-Culture-Mapping-Culture-.jpg" /> </item> <item><title> Grant McCracken: Cracking The Pomplamoose â Hyundai Case</title><link>http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/grant-mccracken-cracking-the-pomplamoose-%e2%80%93-hyundai-case.html</link> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:52:00 +0000</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[The Hyundai-Pomplamoose campaign looped the loop. It went from odd to charming to familiar to contemptible to irritating in about 3 weeks.]]></description> <media:thumbnail url="http://cdn.psfk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Cracking-the-Pomplamoose-–-Hyundai-case.jpg" /> </item> </channel> </rss>
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