links for 2009-10-22
Posted by
Georgia on October 22, 2009 at 10:02 am.
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Researching–or want to research–the public impact of ICTs on the Caribbean? Apply for an Amy Mahan fellowship today!
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"I don't know what's worse: this act of vandalisation in the name of philistine "beautification"; or the fact that it was probably the result of considered good intentions (of the kind that pave the proverbial road to perdition); or even the fact that I feel slightly guilty bothering about the whole thing, in the midst of a prolonged nationwide social collapse with far more urgent symptoms. Why am I troubling myself about an obscure piece of public sculpture instead of picketing Whitehall or UDECOTT or the EMA or the office of the Leader of the Opposition or the constituency office of the MP I didn't vote for?"
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Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica doing respectably, at #28 and #23, respectively, and Guyana (tied #39) has risen in the rankings, overtaking Surinam (#42). DR, Haiti and Cuba–predictably–near the bottom of the pile. But where's the rest of the Caribbean?
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Given the rapid pace of growth/change in urban areas, somebody should be doing this in every city in the world.
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