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The Paradoxes of Identity Politics

A critique of recognition

October 1, 2018 • by Adam Louis Klein

1. Invention In 1975, Roy Wagner wrote a groundbreaking book called The Invention of Culture arguing, essentially, that the only cross-cultural universal was invention itself: creativity. Wagner’s book initiated a crucial sublation in anthropology -- arguably waiting to happen -- from cultural relativity to the relativity of Culture itself. “Culture,” and all those related notions ...

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Creativity

In /and /as the University

June 12, 2018 • by Nicholas Gamso

Every day brings more talk about the role of “creativity” in shaping urban futures. Most of such talk consists of paeans to personal and social development through art and design, technology, healthcare, and higher education. The University of the Arts in Philadelphia has even produced a graduate program to study creativity. ...

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Restoring Security by (Re)discovering the Culture of Flexible Work

June 2, 2016 • by Brent Cebul

By the early 1990s, Jay Chiat had reached the pinnacle of the advertising world thanks to his firm’s iconic campaigns, especially the Absolut Vodka bottle print ads and Apple’s “Think Different” and “1984” spots. Flush with cash, Chiat commissioned the architect Frank Gehry to design “the office of the future.” ...

Restoring Security by (Re)discovering the Culture of Flexible Work

Theory & Practice

The Creative Class Rises Again

March 26, 2014 • by Vince Carducci

When first published in 2002, The Rise of the Creative Class quickly established its author Richard Florida as an urban policy and business management guru. The Rise of the Creative Class heralded the emergence of a new class of worker who promised to lead the economy, and along with it the rest ...