Back in town. Funding bid on media literacy and civic learning submitted after months of preparations. Celebrated with a jazz CDs shopping spree at Newbury Comics. Particularly intrigued by The JFK Quintet: New Jazz Frontiers from Washington (1961 recording, “inspired by President John F. Kennedy’s concern with new ideas and new policies”). Then at the Boston Public Library, transcribing, translating and coding the fourth interview for the project on the public space, civic culture and mediated communities of Athens. Absolute silence – you could hear a pin drop. This is my temple…
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