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Issues on the horizon: technology, cops, contemplation, sacred space

by Aiden Enns | Published 20th July 2010 in Ways of Seeing

Here is a line up of themes that we’ll be covering in the months to come. Please note, this is a rough outline only and is subject to change according to edtiors’ discretion. Of course each issue has regular sections in which non-thematic material may fit: Culturosities, News, Reviews and Experiments. We welcome pitches for those as well. - Aiden Enns, editor

Geez 20 Tech-intensity versus low-tech lives

We’ll explore the side effects of too much technology. What is social networking when you’re not even in the same room? Is virtual reality real reality? Are we becoming lazy or efficient? Helpful or un-compassionate?
Pitches welcome any time until: August 15, 2010

Geez 21 Cops and robbers

Here we’ll deal with security issues – in the home, neighbourhood, church and state. Consider the cops, are they friends or foes? Should peaceniks call for “protection”?
Pitches welcome any time until: November 8, 2010

Geez 22 Sit for a minute

This issue will probe the inner work needed for outer change: contemplation without disengagement, surrender without capitulation, worship without hierarchy, humour without disrespect.
Pitches welcome any time until: February7, 2011

Geez 23 Design for sacred space

How does the space we design and inhabit affect our values and aims. We’ll consider the psychogeography of sacred space. Cement, glass, steel and carpet: does the very space we inhabit subject our souls to capitalist dreams?
Pitches welcome any time until: May 2, 2011

Send ideas, pitches and images to stories [at] geezmagazine.org or Geez stories, 400 Edmonton Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 2M2 Canada