General Interest
·http://www.iisg.nl/exhibitions/chairman/index.php
The 145 posters gathered together on the International Institute of Social History website represent some of the best propaganda efforts of the former Soviet Union, China, and Cuba. In the Soviet Posters section, readers can peruse representations from the Revolution of 1917, the subsequent civil war, the Five Year Plans of the 1930s, and Stalin's dictatorship. The Chinese posters include rare works of art from the 1949 overthrow of the Nationalists, triumphant images propagating the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, and, of course, wonderful portraits of Chairman Mao Zedong. As for the Cuban posters, they tend to focus on the nation building activities of the 1960s, when Fidel Castro steered the country through US invasion, the Missile Crisis, and many socialist reforms. Besides being historically informative, the posters collected here are strikingly beautiful, often drawn or painted by artists at the height of their crafts.
·http://neuroportal.gmu.edu
The Neuroscience Research Portal, constructed by the University Libraries at George Mason University, combines the features of a blog, search engine, and resource database to share and distribute information about all things related to the brain. The Resources section features annotated web sites, databases, e-books, e-journals, search engines, and image collections. The Latest Issues section links to the Tables of Contents of recent neuroscience-related journals for your reading pleasure, while the Link Library provides an impressive array of useful websites, such as BrainInfo and The Whole Brain Atlas. Readers can search the site by keyword search and browsing and the site also hosts searches for Science.gov, Google Scholar, Mason E-Journals, and Neuroportal Resources.
International Center for Photography
·http://www.icp.org/museum
The International Center for Photography (ICP) boasts a beautiful museum in midtown Manhattan. But readers who can't get to New York City may still enjoy breathtaking images on ICP's website. For instance, view Sebastiao Salgado's astonishing photograph of sea ice, on display under the Current Exhibitions tab. Or have a look at the Traveling Exhibitions link, where you will find windows into worlds as diverse as the crime scene photographs of Weegee, Cuba in Revolution, and the rise and fall of Apartheid. ICP has also been hosting an ambitious series of panel discussions, lectures, and film screenings about climate change — all which can be watched live on your computer. These can be found under ICP Talks: Climate Change. Whatever your interest, the International Center for Photography museum website delights and provokes.
·http://fivethirtyeight.com
FiveThirtyEight began in 2008 as an independent polling aggregation website. Founded by now-famous statistical analyst, Nate Silver, the site published articles accurately predicting several election cycles. The New York Times bought FiveThirtyEight in 2010 and sold it to ESPN in early 2014. These days readers can expect a punchy online magazine that dissects sports, politics, economics, science, and other topics using a numbers-crunching lens. Points of interest include DataLab, the site's "data-driven takes on the daily news," and Interactives, which feature charts, graphs, tables and other visually stimulating representations of complex information.
·http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/american-ballet-theatre/index.html
The American Ballet Theatre was founded in New York in 1939 by a group of dancers, choreographers, and producers enthralled with the magnetic Russian-born ballet master, Mikhail Mordkin. The group began to tour in 1957 and has spanned the globe multiple times since. Exhibition items include vintage posters, such as the 1940 advertisement of John Kriza performing Billy the Kid. Other items include photographs of performances and visiting dignitaries, a letter from President Eisenhower, and even watercolors. A brief, informative explanation accompanies each item.
·http://whatweknow.aaas.org
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has created this website dedicated to the science of climate change. The site is divided into three main parts: What We Know, Hear From Scientists, and About the Initiative. What We Know lists the facts of climate change (for instance, that there is an overwhelming consensus in the scientific community that climate change is real and dangerous) in a clear, articulate write-up. Hear From Scientists lists short, educational videos with prominent scientists in the field. The videos are typically about 4 to 5 minutes in length and the "What We Know" video is a great place to start for a summary. Finally, About the Initiative tells the story of the site and how to promote knowledge about climate science in the public sphere.
·http://bunraku.cul.columbia.edu
Like many classical Japanese arts, Bunraku, Japanese puppet theater, is refined, complex, and collaborative. While interest has ebbed and flowed over the centuries, UNESCO has officially recognized Bunraku as a "masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity," and the last several decades have seen a resurgence of popularity. This collection, largely donated and curated by Barbara Curtis Adachi, who grew up in Japan and spent several decades traveling with and documenting the Japanese National Bunraku Troupe, is one of the richest and most extensive documentations of Bunraku performance and culture in the world. Browse the Images on the site by Plays, Performers, Characters, or Kashira (conductor), or explore the numerous photo albums documenting this rich performance tradition.
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