Finding the Now in Big Science

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
S. Alexander Reed
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Big Science ◽  
Twenty First Century

This chapter articulates how Laurie Anderson’s work obscures its own origins and processes. After providing an overview of her biography and output (most notably, the Big Science LP), it declares an intent to find a “now” in the music. In this case, “now” refers simultaneously to the now of the album’s circa-1980 making (chronos), the now of our hearing it moment by moment (kairos), and the cultural now of the twenty-first century. As an introduction to the book, the chapter also describes the structure, methodology, and audience for the total volume.

Bigness as Usual

2021 ◽  
pp. 129-138
Author(s):  
S. Alexander Reed
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
First Century ◽  
Big Science ◽  
Twenty First Century

This chapter revisits themes of magnitude first articulated in the book’s second chapter, comparing the state of megasystems in the 1980s to those of the twenty-first century. In so doing, it recognizes the often-discussed prescience of Big Science and Laurie Anderson’s work in general. In a final analytic move, the chapter argues that Big Science structurally gestures beyond itself, modeling to listeners a reality or a way of being in which they might be free from the grip of the world’s ubiquitous megasystems.

Introduction: Big Science Challenges in the Twenty-First Century

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Max Boisot ◽  
Markus Nordberg ◽  
Saïd Yami ◽  
Bertrand Nicquevert
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Big Science ◽  
Twenty First Century

scholarly journals Why Brazil is not ready for the Twenty-First Century Taxonomy: a zoological view

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Ricardo Andena
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Big Science ◽  
New Era ◽  
Biodiversity Crisis ◽  
The Status ◽  
Twenty First Century

Taxonomy has suffered from a lack of funds, attracting fewer students, and has been considered by some a mere descriptive field, a second-class science. Many authors have extensively pointed out the urgency of increasing our knowledge of biodiversity. Recently, a movement integrating researchers, institutes, and collections arose for addressing the biodiversity crisis and raising the status of taxonomy to ‘Big Science’. This article discusses some impediments that are preventing Brazil entering the new era of taxonomy.

Managing Networks of Twenty-First Century Organisations

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Perri Six ◽  
Nick Goodwin ◽  
Edward Peck ◽  
Tim Freeman
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Twenty First Century
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