(i asked the editors for a piece of writing from them and an image or two and this is what neil sent me. if you get lost during neil’s bashful mini bio, skip ahead to the quote he chose to include. the juxtaposition of ideas made me smile, maybe it’ll give you a buzz too. [...]
by FoggyB. Diplomacy and democracy often interact in unusual and unexpected ways. A case in point is the election campaign currently taking place in Canada. On January 11th, the conservative paper the Western Standard published a leaked version of the Liberal Party electoral platform. Tucked away in this 86-page document is mention of the Liberal [...]
christian allan bertelsen BA, communication studies, concordia university MA, media studies, concordia university identity politics – discourse – deconstruction – semiotics – psychoanalysis – feminism – spatial analysis as it stands thus far, i am open’s only yellowknife correspondent/editor. the research that i am currently carrying on with addresses questions of identity constitution and social [...]
a window into nuclear diplomacy by Foggy Bottom [Update: Foggy B. sent me an updated draft of "Trouble in Tehran" with lots new links and even a few pictures.] In an act that stunned diplomats, a few days ago Iran announced that it would not attend negotiations with the so-called EU-3 (France, Germany, and the [...]
by Neil Balan A few snippets, assembled in juxtaposition, about our intersections with “energy” and “environment”, those categories we tend to compartmentalize as if they were external and container-like things (much like our thinking about “culture”) that we periodically inhabit and fill with temporary purpose and meaning. In feigning autonomy and control in relation to [...]
Open, meet One Neck Hates You. One Neck Hates You is the work of Edinburgh based comix artist and illustrator Iain Laurie. When not working on his childish, seedy little drawings he enjoys watching the Chevy Chase film “Fletch” on a loop and solving crimes with a supernatural element. “Here’s a wee xmas card to [...]
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