The spoken word Kamran Ahmed

The spoken word Kamran AhmedDiscusses the transition from a largely oral to a fundamentally literate society in the early modern period. During this period the spoken word remained of the utmost importance but development of printing and the spread of popular literacy combined to transform the nature of communication. Examines English, Scottish and Welsh Oral culture to provide the first pan British study of the subject. Covers several aspects of oral culture ranging from

performative and immersive modes of storytelling

and examine the work of contemporary dramatists

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and legal liability of producers of intelligent and nonintelligent software

Gayle DeLong was a well-known activist in the autism community

one of the most significant chronicles of the Middle Ages

Neil Postman presciently coined the term 'technopoly' to refer to 'the surrender of culture to technology'

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Tyson Mitman aims to humanize graffiti writers and to show that what they do is not merely destructive or puerile

improving art education and its chances to survive the twenty-first century as a respected and relevant school discipline

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The use of alternate realities in cinema has been brought to new heights by such recent films as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Donnie Darko