Going to be in Matera, Italy on July 12 perchance?
If so, swing on by for my talk.
From the poster it looks like I will be lecturing inside of Yoda’s hut on Dagobah. In fact I’ll be speaking to university students and cultural heritage professionals on the topic of … um, “nuove frontiere per la valorizzazione dei beni culturali”. Duh. Have some work to do before Friday.
(Matera is an amazing city, by the way. Much more on it to come …)
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Views From The Tank
Marginalia
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Spoiler: there never were good old days.
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Not all deadwax is a tabula rasa.
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I can confirm that clams are finicky as hell about water quality. This is a smart idea.
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The warm crackle of DOS.
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I would like to ride this choo-choo.
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"We stay inside and look out." Sinker brings the truth.
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Historically overlooked, high-value urban space.
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"A global pandemic, police protests and privacy pushbacks (not to mention a major recession) are changing the future of smart city tech."
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"The next time you see a starchitect propose something insipid like 'blockchain but for architecture,' send a letter to the editor saying 'stop publishing this bullshit'."
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This was totally delightful.