Atamira: Maori in the City

I've seen this advertised on the tele. Interesting. Looking forward to checking it out.
From the NZLive.com site (just discovered it - nicely done - excellent resource).

Atamira: Maori in the City is a three-day celebration of Maori creativity and enterprise. This event will be a landmark showcase for Maori creative and entrepreneurial achievement.

Atamira: Maori in the City aims to inspire Maori to maximise their entrepreneurial, economic and cultural potential, and will present a combination of creative expo, Thrive business show, rangatahi forum and awards celebrations.

The event will bring together leading Maori creative and business people in an environment designed to foster the creative entrepreneurs of the future.

Confirmed entertainment: Che Fu and the Crates, 1814, Nesian Mystic, Northern Advocate, Ill Semantics, Urban Beat, Zero-T, Ruia, Katchafire Plus Special Guests.
cost:

Free

Featuring:
,

Dates:
Fri 06 Jul 07 - Sun 08 Jul 07, every day, 10:00am - 4:00pm

Venue:
ASB Showgrounds, 217 Greenlane West, Epsom, Auckland

Comments

Go figure

Took my daughter shopping tonight. We had dinner out. Got back home late. She laid her new clothes out in neat rows so she could choose what to wear for tomorrow. She's 5. I see her just every second weekend. How can such incredible errors of judgement (marrying my daughter's mother) result in such a wonderful little human being? Go figure

Mac Air Music

I love the idea of the Mac Air but, call me old fashioned, …no disk drive? How will I watch Ratatouille, Toy Story, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Cars and A Bug's Life on DVD? The music on the MacAir launch commercial is terrific. I tracked the artiste Yael Naim's video for you. What is the name for this genre (Regina Spectre et al)? Apparently Steve Jobs chose the track personally for the TVC. Order from Amazon: Splash out:

Sexist Advertising and stereotypes

Advertising lives in the short-form world. Because mass media is so expensive the 30 second commercial is conventional and because there is so much clutter simplified signals are essential to 'cut through'. One form of communication short-hand used as a default is the stereotype - "A stereotype can be a conventional and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image, based on the assumption that there are attributes that members of the "other group" have in common. Stereotypes are sometimes formed by a previous illusory correlation, a false association between two variables that are loosely correlated if correlated at all. Though generally viewed as negative perceptions, stereotypes may be either positive or negative in tone." In the 1950's and 60's when men dominated advertising stereotypical impressions of women as inferior or subservient were not only commonplace but usual. It was normal to show women as housekeepers, largely because most wer...

ThoughtSpurs

Search This Blog