Elephants in the Living Room

Elephants in the Music Room

In this introduction to the forum Quirk Historicism, the editors describe the recent tendency of music scholars, in the wake of New Historicism, to avail themselves of objets trouvés and historical micronarratives for interpretation. Representations 132. Fall 2015 © The Regents of the University of California. ISSN 0734-6018, electronic ISSN 1533-855X, pages 61–78. All rights reserved. Direct r...

Retraining the Elephants in the Room.

Stem cell research: elephants in the room.

The degree to which these elephants are disruptive to the steady advancement of the adult stem cell field will become clear with time. In some ways they enliven the discourse, but in many ways they interfere with efficient progress. Naming these elephants is a first step toward dealing with them. If we remain aware of these issues when evaluating new research, we are less likely to make careles...

Reimagining the Living Room

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Trends in the Living Room and Beyond

The next step of interactive TV services shows a trend towards the integration of new kind of services, but also trends concerning personalization, security and communication. We present findings from two ethnographic studies. These findings are used to inform the development of new forms of interaction concepts in the living room.