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Gurdwaras, mosques, temples and churches: how faith groups are reviving England’s old cinemas https://theconversation.com/gurdwaras-mosques-temples-and-churches-how-faith-groups-are-reviving-englands-old-cinema…

Gurdwaras, mosques, temples and churches: how faith groups are reviving England’s old cinemas
Cinema buildings provide exactly what many faith groups need: space for congregants to take part in communal ritual and worship.

Good post by AJ, on finding useful analogies btwn book reviewing (as cultural criticism) & peer review (as vetting scholarship).
My only disagreement is w/ the final pointer to McLuhan & “the medium is the message.” What reviewing highlights is the *work* of mediation, not the medium. And that work is directed toward activating communal ties/obligations, without which there is no intellectual context for review:

Re this important thread from @…:
https://mastodon.social/@grimalkina/111972810596703896
I just gave a little soapbox to …

In classic British suburban stylee we live at the end of a cul-de-sac. It's Easter Sunday and the sun is shining so that means all the local children will be running around in an hour or so as part of a communal egg hunt.
As per usual I'll stand and watch and smile and think how cute and sweet they all look, after which I'll go back to my usual misanthropic "I bloody hate kids" state for the rest of the year.

Seen at Gallaudet University: ‘Police Need ASL Training’
The art referenced by thumbnails in the bottom right corner:
1. ‘Justice For Our Lives’ by Oree Originol: https://www.oree.art/justiceforourlivesabout
2. ‘We Came, We Saw, We Conquered’ by Nancy Rourke:

Justice For Our Lives About | Oree Originol | Visual Artist
Justice For Our Lives' is a digital portrait series of 100 people killed by US law enforcement since the beginning of the 21st century.

🔊 #NowPlaying on fip
Luciano Pavarotti & Orchestre Du Theatre Communal De Bologne & Choeur Du Theatre Communal De Bologne:
🎵 Fiorin fiorello
#LucianoPavarotti #OrchestreDuTheatreCommunalDeBologne #ChoeurDuTheatreCommunalDeBologne

An Analytical Approach to (Meta)Relational Models Theory, and its Application to Triple Bottom Line (Profit, People, Planet) -- Towards Social Relations Portfolio Management
Arsham Farzinnia, Corine Boon
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.18764

An Analytical Approach to (Meta)Relational Models Theory, and its Application to Triple Bottom Line (Profit, People, Planet) -- Towards Social Relations Portfolio Management
Investigating the optimal nature of social interactions among generic actors (e.g., people or firms), aiming to achieve specifically-agreed objectives, has been the subject of extensive academic research. Using the relational models theory - comprehensively describing all social interactions among actors as combinations of only four forms of sociality: communal sharing, authority ranking, equality matching, and market pricing - the common approach within the literature revolves around qualitati…

What do we do to make sure communal decision-making is supported?

What do we do to make sure communal decision-making is supported?

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Andrew Wasylyk & Tommy Perman:
🎵 Communal Imagination
#AndrewWasylyk #TommyPerman #newRelease 🆕 single
https://open.spotify.com/track/2tRcU1W7L6fFQhLaouVO44