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• Red Pill, Blue Pill - Is Engagement An Either/Or Thing?

What if our audiences are confined by our predetermined ideas about what they are? A professor who began to get hundreds of thousands of views online wonders why he confines himself to a classroom with only a few dozen students. ArtsJournal "Lead or Follow Debate" 01/27/12

• London's National Gallery Assistants Stage Work Actions

"Used to standing quietly in the shadows while the spotlight shines on a Leonardo or Caravaggio or Velázquez, the National Gallery's warders - or assistants, as they are known these days - do not tend to draw attention to themselves. But, at the moment, that is exactly what they are doing. Last week's two-hour stoppage, which saw between 30 and 40 assistants walk off the job, forced the temporary closure of around 35 rooms, though not the blockbuster Leonardo exhibition." The Guardian (UK) 01/27/12

• Know A Narcissist? It's Probably Tough On Him Too

"A new study has found that men who are full of themselves may actually be stressed out by their own narcissism." Jezebel 01/26/12

• Of Art And Imaging Analysis

"There are manifest deficiencies of understanding on the crucial relationship between the discoveries that are being made through advances of technical analysis, and the original painterly/artistic means by which the art-objects-under-investigation were produced by artists in the first place." ArtWatchUK 01/26/12

• Mapping The World Of Art

"My-ArtMap is a social network exclusively for the art and art market. Like the Art World, it is populated by art professionals, including auction houses, galleries, museums and art collectors. The site just exited beta, shortly after acquiring many new members from Spain, Italy and Germany. It is heavily focused on Europe, at least for the time being." ReadWriteWeb 01/27/12

• Why Book Festivals Are Important

"The great juggle for a festival organiser is not so much personal safety versus freedom of speech. It's: What is your relationship with any government, because the act of writing is essentially dissident. That's what distinguishes literature, and the public act of a literary festival, from buying a Guggenheim museum or a symphony orchestra: it's not just something rich people do. It's a place for extending the conversation, and you have to subscribe to the idea that people can contradict you." The Telegraph (UK) 01/27/12

• The iTextbook Revolution - But Will We Learn Better?

"As learning is the ultimate purpose, the question remains: Will kids really learn more and better on tablets than existing media? That's far from clear now, and the reality may prove less revolutionary than the hardware." Wired 01/27/12

• The Interactive Textbook - Science Directly To You

"The first interactive marine science textbook for the iPad is called Cachalot (French for "sperm whale"). It's a free, app-based book that covers the latest science of marine megafauna like whales, dolphins and seals with expert-contributed text, images and open-access studies. Through a digital publication system called FLOW, the book also offers students note-taking tools, Twitter integration, Wolfram|Alpha search and even National Geographic "critter cam" videos." Wired 01/27/12