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Forget Black History Month

Oct 22, 2010

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in Education, Emerging Church, Philosophy, Politics

I came across this poster advertising ‘Black History Month‘ at a local school. Black History Month now lasts… 5 days. I don’t think the school have it wrong actually. As a teacher I can see that Black History Month has become a distortion which can actually serve to perpetuate the white Euro-centric view of history.…

Social Media and the Illusion of Action

Oct 14, 2010

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KB

in Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Emerging Church, Philosophy, Technology, Theology

Excellent time at Apple 8 last night. Dr Luke Bretherton gave a very very good presentation on the place of social media in political action, framing it in terms of the co-evolutionary history of technology and political engagement/communication. The audio and slides should be up this evening. One of the most interesting points was about…

The Problem with Digital Culture [2] : Information Obesity

Oct 11, 2010

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in Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Emerging Church, Technology

I posted some thoughts on Friday about the problem of information coming too quickly for us to reflectively process it – and turn information into useful knowledge and wisdom. The analogy I used there was of a conveyor belt. When it runs slowly the packets come off at a speed that allows us to sort…

A Letter to the Church in North America

Oct 9, 2010

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KB

in Church, Emerging Church, Resources, Theology

Last weekend saw a really innovative gathering in Toronto called ‘Eighth Letter.’ It asked the simple question: if the writer of revelation had written ‘A Letter to the Church in North America’ what would they have said? A number of people were asked to present their letters – some in person, some virtually. Mine’s now…

Apple 8 – Social Media and Social Action – 13th October

Sep 30, 2010

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in Apple, Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Emerging Church, Politics, Technology, Theology

Connected to the previous post about Gladwell’s article on ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted,’ I’m really excited about the next Apple event, which is coming up on 13th October. Dr Luke Bretherton will be leading a discussion on social media and social action, asking whether Facebook and Twitter have anything to add to community…

‘The Revolution will not be Tweeted’ | Real Sacrifice will never happen online

Sep 28, 2010

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in Apple, Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Emerging Church, Politics, Technology

Excellent piece by Malcolm Gladwell in the New Yorker, casting a sceptical eye over the optimistic view that social networks can and do lead to increased social action. His argument is not that they cannot have a good impact, but that the sort of impact they might have is very different from the hard work…

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