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Salman Rushdie and the Festival of Ideas

Comments from Salman Rushdie on freedom, religion, growing up in Bombay and England, and the theme of fear and happiness in the modern world and how it is anticipated in earlier imperial moments, such as the mid 1400s which saw the discovery of America, the flowering of Venice and Florence and, far to the east, [...]

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Water, Like Traffic

Waterfall off Edmonton’s High Level Bridge to mark the Centennial of the University of Alberta September 19 2008.   Mobility, Flow, Prairie Bigness, liquid fireworks, a free car wash.
-Rob

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Planting a University

Every time we plant is not just a bet on growing seasons – it’s a vision of the future.
Is this a picture of plowing, of horitculture, a vision for a new building – or maybe even a vision of a new culture? Part of Space and Culture is based at University of Alberta and [...]

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