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www.tinyurl.com/bookartorigami www.flicker.com/photos/bookofart Isaac Salazar is an accountant in New Mexico. When he's not crunching numbers he's working on his side project, called "Book of Art," which is pretty freaking awesome! Source: http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/isaac_salazar_pop-up_books_for_typographers_18546.asp Courtesy: Vivek Mehetre, Webjagat, Loksatta dated 17/02/2011
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How is a physical archive still relevant in today's hyper-connected world?

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How is a physical archive still relevant in today’s hyper-connected world? Published: Wednesday, Feb 9, 2011, 2:27 IST Place: Mumbai Agency: DNA It helps address the digital divide With scarce archiving of women’s perspectives, every effort counts. An outfit such as ours is completely digital and has its own audience. But there is still a vast digital divide; there are voices that still struggle to find a place in cyberspace. So the SPARROW archive plays an important role. At the same time, I relate to their need to be financially independent. When you're trying to build an organisation, you need consistent funding. Sapna Shahani , director, Women Aloud: Videoblogging for Empowerment (WAVE) It rescues and preserves lost voices CS Lakshmi started SPARROW at a time where it was not very common to have things dedicated to women. Instead of just archiving published material, she has rescued creative works by women that would otherwise be languishing in a cupboard somewhere.Despite the...
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Preserve 'her story' before it's lost

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Preserve ‘her story’ before it’s lost Published: Wednesday, Feb 9, 2011, 1:23 IST By Uttarika Kumaran Place: Mumbai Agency: DNA Why is it we all know that Jawaharlal Nehru was India’s first prime minister, but many would struggle to remember his sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit —the first Indian woman to hold a cabinet post and later became governor of Maharashtra? Or the fact that RK Laxman is considered India’s greatest cartoonist, while the name of Maya Kamath barely registers? And who would’ve thought something as frivolous as rangolis could give one a glimpse into the political and social concerns of the women who drew them? The Sound and Picture Archive for Research On Women (SPARROW) library in a non-descript building in Dahisar (East), doesn’t claim to have the answers. But in an ostensibly pluralist world, where even bringing up the gender issue is increasingly being considered myopic, it definitely raises some interesting questions. Taking flightSet up in 1988 by Dr CS Lakshmi...
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