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The oldest college at the University of Toronto. The main building was completed in 1859 and is a National Historic Site of Canada.
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HUNDREDS OF McGILL STUDENTS TAKE ON THE VOTE MOB CHALLENGE
(Montreal, QC) This afternoon, hundreds of students at McGill University converged on lower campus as part of the nationwide non-partisan “vote mob” movement. The “vote mob” was filmed to inspire youth across the country to vote for the issues they care about in this election. In the wake of the national leaders’ debates that included little discussion of issues concerning youth, the students’ message to politicians was clear: youth are informed and they are voting.
“Youth voter turnout has been historically quite low because political parties haven’t given Canada’s 3 million youth something to be excited about,” explains co-organizer Toby Davine, a student at McGill University. “This vote mob is a fun and creative way to express ourselves on our own terms through a medium youth can relate to: youtube.”
Over the past two weeks, “vote mob” videos have been filmed across Canadian campuses in a fun response to Rick Mercer’s March 29th Rant on low youth voter turnout. Ten videos have been filmed to date, with plans for another nine in place for the next two weeks. Over 350 students took part in today’s event.
“Young people across this country are hungry for a different type of politics. Today’s event at McGill University shows how committed we are as a generation to regenerating Canadian politics,” says Jamie Biggar, Executive Director with Leadnow.ca. “All across the country youth are mobilizing around this election, through fun video projects, protests and information tables.”
“3 million strong, our vote is pretty powerful but democracy and engagement do not end at the ballot box,” adds co-organizer and McGill student Amara Possian. “Getting out the vote is only the beginning.”
The “vote mob” video will be posted on youtube and on the TVMcGill website once as it has been edited.
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Contacts:
Toby Davine, co-organizer: (cell) 514 513 0683 (email) tobydavine@gmail.com
Amara Possian, co-organizer: (cell) 514 467 8804 (email) a.possian@gmail.com
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Des centaines d'étudiants de McGill relèvent le défi de voter en bloc!
(Montréal, QC) Cet après-midi, des centaines d'étudiants à l'Université McGill ont convergé sur le campus dans le cadre du mouvement national non partisan « vote mob ». La vidéo a été tournée afin d’inspirer la jeunesse de partout au pays à voter pour les enjeux qu'ils ont à cœur dans ces élections. Ayant en tête les débats des chefs de cette semaine qui comprenaient à peine des discussions au sujet des questions qui concernent la jeunesse, le message que les étudiants lancent aux politiciens est clair: les jeunes sont informés et ils votent.
est un moyen créatif et amusant de nous exprimer à notre façon à travers un médium auquel les jeunes s’identifient : youtube. »« Le taux de participation des jeunes aux élections est habituellement faible parce que les partis politiques ne donnent pas aux 3 millions de jeunes Canadiens une raison d’être enthousiastes à propos des élections » explique la coorganisatrice et étudiante à McGill Toby Davinel. « Ce
ont été filmés aux campus d’universités à travers le Canada en réponse au commentaire de Rick Mercer le 29 mars dernier à propos du faible taux de participation des jeunes aux élections. Dix vidéos ont été mises en ligne à ce jour et neuf autres rassemblements sont planifiés pour les deux prochaines semaines. Plus de 350 étudiants ont pris part à l'événement d'aujourd'hui au campus de l’université McGill.Au cours des deux dernières semaines, des « vote mobs
« Les jeunes de ce pays désirent voir un différent genre de politique. Cet événement démontre à quel point les jeunes sont engagés, en tant que génération, à renouveler la politique canadienne » affirme Jamie Biggar, directeur exécutif du groupe À l’action. « Partout au pays, la jeunesse se mobilise autour de ces élections grâce à des vidéos, des manifestations et des kiosques d’informations. »
«Nous représentons une force de 3 millions de personnes, notre vote a du poids, mais la démocratie et l'engagement ne s'arrête pas aux urnes», ajoute Audrey Yank, coorganisatrice et étudiante à McGill. «Nous voulons du changement et nous voulons être entendus. Voter n'est que le début et nous allons voter pour que ça change."
sera postée sur YouTube et sur le site TVMcGill d’ici quelques jours une fois que le montage sera complété.La vidéo du
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Contactez:
Audrey Yank, coorganisatrice: (cell) 438 884 6471 (email)audrey.yank@gmail.com
Devon Willis, co-organizer: (cell) 514 688 2866 (email)devonpaige.willis@gmail.com
Rebel's Rest is located in the center of campus and is a stone's throw away from the University chapel. Rebel's Rest is set up like a bed and breakfast. The house has nine bedrooms. There is one upstairs room with a king-size bed and five other rooms (two downstairs and three upstairs) with one queen-size bed each. The other three upstairs rooms have two twin-size beds each. It is known for its historical significance and peaceful beauty. All the rooms do have private baths and personal phones with voice mail. Rooms D, E, F, H and J have small televisions and the entire house has wireless internet access. Guests can also enjoy sitting in the rocking chairs on the front porch or visiting with other guests in the sitting room. A continental breakfast is served every morning in the kitchen. (Photo by Woodrow Blettel)
Hanyang University, founded as Dong-A Engineering Institute in 1939 is in Seongdong-gu in Seoul. As well as first class academic facilities the university is also home to the Hanyang University Medical Center on the campus which is spread out over the hilly campus which offers some great views of the surrounding area. Popular with students there are lots of options for eating and drinking in the area between Hanyang University Station and Wangsimni Station.
Accessible from:
Hanyang University Station, Line 2.
Wroclaw University, Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics. Single RAW photo enhanced in easyHDR.
Harvard Yard, which is the core of the historical campus at Harvard University, is my first destination for my weeklong East Coast fling.
The granite building to the right is University Hall, which is the most central building on Harvard campus. Built in 1781, it currently houses the offices of Dean of Harvard College.
The buildings surrounding Harvard Yard, most of which are in red bricks, are among the oldest on campus. They serve as freshman undergraduate dormitories. From sophomore year on, Harvard undergraduates live in named houses of their choice, located a few blocks away from Harvard Yard.
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“Crowd-sourcing Environmental Governance” workshop by Cesar Harada & Shannon Dosemagen.
2011 March 8 & 10, Design & Environment, Goldsmiths University of London.
Hello! Here is Cesar Harada and Shannon Dosemagen writing from the Gulf of Mexico, USA. We are thrilled to announce the upcoming hands-on workshop we’ll be having together in London : Come! And let’s ignite the discussion here.
ABSTRACT : Problem, Questions, Objectives
Each of us is not only witnessing, but actively participating in the degradation of our environment, our only life support system. The symptoms range from climate change, man made catastrophes, resource wars, resulting environmental refugees, etc. We are lacking a powerful environmental authority, a court of justice, and coordination in general. We have amazing earth science but poor individual education, international collateral treaties but no capacity to reinforce them. Governments and institutions are powerless to mitigate such complex and border-less issues. Can the solution emerge from the civil society? Can the people re-invent environmental governance with new technologies, collaborative medias, crowd sourcing, and mobile technologies? Do we need a central authority or can we generate decentralized, local, humble, bottom-up solutions? Can we design alternative services, products, technologies, infrastructures and behaviors as the new form of environmentalism. How can we go beyond activism and sustain long term positive change – what is your strategy?
WORKSHOP
Social Geometry, Architecture of play, Natural or Man-made Catastrophe, Humanitarian response to crisis, Crowd sourcing Environmental Governance. During 2 days, 10 students will be supervised by Cesar Harada (France – Japan) and Shannon Dosemagen (USA) at the Design & Environment department at the Goldsmith University, London. During the first half, they will experiment with social networks and how they can generate an operational organization and architecture. The students will be introduced to existing forms of environmental governance and cutting edge design and activism. During the second half, groups of students will elaborate their own designs in the area of their interest. Workshop leaders will help them model-building ideas that are creative, local, replicable and scalable. The workshop is aimed at starting a discussion, to encourage the students to take action in the “real world” and have short-term local experiments to learn from.
THE PEOPLE : Students, Workshop leaders
The workshop for the Design & Environment students from Goldsmiths University will require the students to venture their thinking into diverse fields : architecture, law, economy, politics, environmental engineering, anthropology, computer science, social media etc. The groups projects are expected to be diverse and exploratory. Cesar Harada has a background in Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art, won the Ars Electronica Golden Nica [NEXT IDEA] with the Open_Sailing project, worked as project leader and researcher at MIT, and is coordinating the making of the WEA (World Environment Action) website started in *iHub_ Nairobi, Kenya. Cesar is currently coordinating the development of Protei : an oil cleaning open hardware robot.
Shannon Dosemagen has a background in Anthropology from the University of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Shannon is the coordinator of the Oil Spill Map at LA Bucket Brigade, mapping the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, using Ushahidi, a software allowing people to report by SMS, twitter, mail, on the acclaimed website oilspill.labucketbrigade.org. Shannon has also been piloting the aerial mapping of the Oil Spill by communities as part of the Public Laboratory group. Shannon has extensive community, field and teaching experience, interested in social implications of environmental events, and environmental refugees in particular.
DAY 1 : March 8th
Morning : Oil Spill mapping, World Environmental Action. Environmental governance and cutting edge activism. Groups brainstorming.
Afternoon : Social networks and Architecture of Play (choreography, construction)
DAY 2 : March 10th
Morning : Design. Theory in practice.
Afternoon : Thinking by doing.
Evening : Presentation of project ideas.
Discussion
We would like to start asking questions to open up the discussion, please comment below and ask more questions – we’ll answer in line :)
1>> When you think about environmentalism, what comes first to your mind? Is it the little actions like recycling / the activist social group / the green ‘leaders’ / green designs and brands / the materials we use / scientific research / global warming / your own body / your children / the philosophical current / something else? Which action has the strongest and longest lasting impact? Can you make a personal numbered list below here, in the comments?
2>> When you think about environmental politics, what comes first to your mind? How do you feel about the current relation between the environment and politics today? How does it affect the majority of peoples life?
3>> As a designer what do you think is your role about environmental issues?
Feel free to contact us before and after the workshop : contact {at} cesarharada {dot} com _ shannon {at} publiclaboratory {dot} org. Looking forward to meet you all! Cesar and Shannon.
The university is on a break so there were not many students around when I visited their campus on Asok-Montri Road today.
Established in 1857, Mumbai University's Fort campus is a beautiful structure and they've maintained its original gothic architecture well. The clocktower is apparently modelled after London's Big Ben. The building adjacent to the clocktower houses the university's library.
Cornell University boathouses, with the main campus of Cornell University at the top of the hill, in the distance behind them.
Title: Education - Universities - general - Monash University, Melbourne
Date range: 1962 - 1962
Source: From the National Archives of Australia
NAA: A1200, L42228
Item ID: 11741383
APRIL 1, 2010 - Kenn Gaither's COM232 class doing a creative and strategic thinking exercise. Working in groups and presenting to their classmates. (Photo by Kim Walker)
名古屋大学の豊田講堂前の広大な芝生にて。本当は撮りたかったのは芝生ではなく、筋雲です。
Peleng 8mmは直射日光のもとでは全く使えません。天頂にひどいフレアが出てしまっています。Sigma 8mmにのりかえたい!
はじめからStereographicにするつもりで、目測で位置あわせしてPhilopod撮影しました。視野中央がちょうど天頂ですが、この芝生は勾配があるので、中心がずれているように見えます。
Stitched with Hugin.
Pentax K100D + Peleng 8mm + Philopod (w/o string)
From the May 2016 trip to Thailand and Cambodia:
Preah Khan is a fairly unique site for being one of the lesser-known places in the Angkor complex. It was constructed by Jayavarman VII in the late 12th century (1191 A.D.), with alterations by Jayavarman VIII.
As I mentioned about Ta Prohm being dedicated to Jayavarman’s mother (in that the main deity was sculpted in her likeness), Preah Khan is dedicated to his father Dharanindravarman. The bodhisattva Lokesvara was sculpted in his likeness.
Preah Khan is also a fortunate site in that its main stele was found in situ, so the history of Preah Khan is well-known. It was a city that housed over 1,000 Buddhist teachers (and, as a result, a Buddhist university). It was built on a “lake of blood” as, apparently, this is the site where the Khmers recaptured Angkor from the Chams (a group from Vietnam, may have been Muslim) and the Cham king died here.
In short, this was a university city – and, like all of these sites, it’s pretty much in the jungle now, but in its prime, was a flourishing city with houses, streets and the like – a religious site, and a site with important history for the Khmers. On top of that, its architecturally unique from other Angkor sites in that it’s a round-columned, two-storied building and there are entrance causeways with boundary stones and nagas.
Preah Khan is located on the route out of the north gate of Angkor Thom on the grand circuit, and visiting here will probably take you at least an hour (but not more than two).
Well, this is it. Save for a return flight to Bangkok on Tuesday, May 17 (a formality, really, just to pick up the return flight to China on the 18th…and no shoots on the 17th in Bangkok), Siem Reap/Angkor Wat is the last stop – and the one I was most looking forward to.
The flight over was pretty uneventful, though amusing. At Phnom Penh International Airport, we checked in at the gate, then went outside and hopped on a bus to take us to the plane…which was literally less than 100 meters away. That amused me to no end. A quick, comfortable 45 minute flight on the prop jet later – over completely black terrain; it seems the countryside is either sparsely populated, or electricity is a premium, but we may as well have been flying over a moonless ocean – brought us to Siem Reap (which, I’m glad to say, had lights). Siem Reap is the small town (and it’s basically a tourist/party kind of town where it’s great to go out at night after spending a full day in the sweltering hot sun. It’s about 10 kilometers south of Angkor Wat.
In overview, Angkor Wat is the ancient capital of the Khmer kingdom. What remains today are temples…temples…and temples. Hindu temples. Buddhist temples. They were also a people who were animists, so some temples are reminiscent of that system, too.
The detail of the temples is also fascinating. There are more asparas here than you can shake a stick at. Of the roughly 20,000 asparas, only one is shown smiling (baring teeth, that is). It fascinates – and impresses – me that people have done such extensive research and restoration that they know this. Those are the details, though.
A macro view of the Siem Reap area is just as impressive in that these temples are a study of a civilization close to one thousand years old (yet another jaw-dropping aspect of Angkor: the longevity) and their durability. The earliest temples are over a thousand years old, and the most recent are from the 14th century. (If the guide book I bought is correct, they were all built between 790-1307.) What survives today is all original (though there have been reinforcements with stone – many foreign countries support renovations of specific temples; I recall China and India among them). It’s quite obvious to tell what’s old and what’s new in most cases. However, the restorations are all good and necessary. One last note regarding the longevity of these temples is this: If these stone temples are what remained…how impressive must the society have been who created them? (That’s to say…think of the temples, houses, and all that didn’t survive as they were built of wood; these are simply the temples built by the royals or the aristocracy.)
A tour of modern-day Angkor Wat can be done in one or two fairly vigorous days. However, if you’re looking for any classic shots, you’ll want to spend longer here. (Common sense: the more time here, the more chances for good shots.) For this trip – it may be the only time I come here, though you never know – we arrived on a Saturday night and checked into our hotel (My Home Tropical Garden Villa; $20/night)
Siem Reap feels, at first, like a small dusty outpost of a town. The center of town is about four square blocks of small dive restaurants (and a bar street) and slightly pricier restaurants. There is also a night market street, an art street…all in all, it’s quite nice and has a bit of a party feel to it in addition to the endless souvenir stands you would expect. Though we didn’t go out on Saturday night (since we didn’t get checked in until around 9:30 p.m.), we did get a chance to go on Sunday.
Sunday morning was an awfully early start. Before having left Phnom Penh, I jumped on Facebook and, by chance, found and hired a local tuktuk driver, Mao Khvan, for $25/day. He agreed to pick us up at 4:50 a.m. to catch the sunrise at Angkor Wat.
Now, a quick note on tuktuks: almost every single hotel/hostel/guesthouse probably has tuktuks available for hire. Also, when we were picked up at the airport, the taxi driver offered to drive us for the time we were there. In short…it’s a competitive market, and finding a driver for the day will be no problem. $25 may even be slightly pricy (you could probably find a driver for $15-20), however, I was so impressed with Mao’s service that, if I were to return, I’d gladly hire him again. He wasn’t rude or pushy, provides all the ice water you could possibly want to drink, and though he’s not an “official” guide, he’s very, very knowledgeable and made both days pleasant. I even had him take us to the airport the morning we left, and he brought his wife and daughter to meet us. He’s just a genuinely good and decent guy. (For anyone who goes to Angkor Wat, here’s Mao’s contact info if you want to arrange his services ahead of time: www.facebook.com/maotuktuksiemreap/?fref=ts )
Back to the actual touring itself, Angkor is geared towards tourism and they do it well. You can buy an admission ticket for either one, three, or seven days. ($20, $40, or…$60?). It’s also nice because they don’t have to be used in consecutive days (for the three and seven day passes, obviously). The three days can be used in a given week. The seven day pass, within a month.
Conventionally, two days is enough to see the “main” sites (albeit quickly) in about 8 hours each day. There’s a small loop (which we did the first morning) in which we caught the sunrise (not a great one, but…there was one, and it wasn’t terrible, by any stretch) at Angkor Wat, followed by a quick tour of the grounds – but not the temple itself. Afterwards (we were at Angkor Wat from 5:30 until 7:00 or 8:00, I’d say), we hopped back in the tuktuk and headed over to Ta Prohm, about 15-20 minutes away. Ta Prohm is famous for those who are fans of the Lara Croft Tomb Raider movies. (The first, I think. I’m not, so I don’t recall it vividly.) After those two spots – probably two of the three most famous – we went to the Khmer Country Kitchen for a rather nice, relaxing, and cheap breakfast where we spent an hour with the other two members of our group. Around 10:00, we went to our third stop: Ta Keo Temple. In 40 degree heat (roughly 104F), I was feeling a bit too exhausted to climb the somewhat steep stairs to the top of this temple, but I did enjoy the lower area just as well. From Ta Keo, we made a quick stop at two temples (they form a pair): Thommanon and Chau Say Tevoda for about 20 minutes. Between these three, I’d say we spent about an hour. Our last stop of the morning, around high noon, was the Bayon complex of Angkor Thom. Passing through Bayon’s east gate, we stopped for a few quick pictures before going to the main compound of Bayon, which I would say is the the last of the three most-recognizable places here. We spent a good hour, or a little longer, shooting here after which point we were completely spent. Mao would have gladly taken us back to Angkor for sunset, but we actually decided to call it a day around 1:00. 9 hours in high heat was more than enough.
Back at the hotel, we rested, and I enjoyed myself immensely in the swimming pool. In the early evening, we walked about 600 meters to the “happening” part of town where we wandered the various streets and had a rather nice Khmer dinner. After eating and walking off a rather good dinner, we called it a night and headed back to our room. (For what it’s worth, the afternoon sky clouded over quite a bit and I heard we didn’t miss much as far as sunsets go. Mao also told us the following morning that the sunrise was a wash, as was Tuesday morning’s. Perhaps he was just trying to make us feel good.)
Monday morning we gladly skipped the sunrise and had a late start around…10:00. After a good old-fashioned breakfast of a ham & cheese omelet, Mao came by and we spent the second full day on the large loop. The first stop of the day was at Ba Phuon, a lesser temple just north of Bayon in Angkhor Thom. This was accompanied by quick stops at the adjacent Elephant Terrace and Leper King Terrace. After about an hour in the Ba Phuon area, we rode off to the northeast and stopped at Preah Khan, which was a rather interesting ruins. Another hour or so gone, we continued along the northeastern loop, bypassing Neak Pean (which, following English pronunciation rules, could theoretically be pronounced “neck pain,” which amused me for some reason…). The next stop was a rather small temple named Ta Som on the eastern end of the outer loop. Just down the road from Ta Som, we stopped at the East Mebon temple. When it was constructed, this was an island, only accessible by boat. That, however, was centuries ago. Now, it’s just a very dry, dusty area – with the temple still standing – and it’s hard to imagine it was once surrounded by water. At any rate, it was a quick stop at East Mebon, followed by another nice meal at the Khmer Country Kitchen before we continued with the tour. The next stop on the list was due east of the restaurant (southeast corner of the outer loop, which is really slightly northeast of Angkor Wat). Pre Rup (or Bre Rup) was a fairly photogenic temple. By this point, the heat – also around 40 degrees, just like Sunday – was starting to take a toll, though we still managed to stay out and see all we could. The last “new” temple for us was Banteay Kdei, a citadel that is at the corner of where the inner and outer loop meet on the eastern side of Angkor Wat. Directly across the street from Bnateay Kdei is what should be a nice lake called Sra Srang. A long, rectangular lake, which is also across the street from the Khmer Country Kitchen, it’s now nothing but a dustbowl. Though it’s rainy season now, there’s been so little rain that the lake has completely dried up. (But, please don’t tell any “right”-thinking politicians in my country that global warming is a problem. It certainly isn’t, despite what your eyes see.) After some rather sad contemplation at Sra Srang, we went back to Angkor Wat around 4:00 and were there until 6:30 or so for sundown. However, a boomer of a thunderstorm (light rain, but heavy on thunder & lightning) came through and there wasn’t much to see. However, we did finally get to tour the interior of Angkor Wat, and found that a pretty fitting way to end the initial Siem Reap shoot. From there, we went back to the hotel where we passed out from exhaustion.
The only thing left to do was wake up on Tuesday for a quick 45 minute flight at noon to Bangkok. We concluded the trip as we started it: eating well at a Thai restaurant. Other than that, we just had a quiet night in Bangkok (no shooting at all) and a very early (3:30 a.m.) wake up call for our return flights out of Thailand. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing Thailand again soon.