Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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The debate of whether or not games are an art form is a lively one, but it's not unique. The same debate has raged from the early to late 20th century with the Ready-made art objects of Marcel Duchamp to the controversial photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe.
Chi Kong Lui, Gamecritics.com, 27 May 2003
David Ashford, Imperial College Press, 5 February 2003
The 'blue skies' thinking for UK transport is…find more and more ways to stop people from driving.
Austin Williams, spiked, 28 November 2002
Local environmental activism is getting a new lease on life, sparked by a public backlash against runaway and poorly planned development of cities and towns
D L Parsell, National Geographic News, 1 April 2002
Mobility is liberating and empowering. But it is possible to have too much of a good thing. The growth in the numbers exercising their freedom and power is fouling the planet and jamming its arteries.
John Adams, RSA, 21 November 2001
Classical Philosophy? Create a game in which philosophers debate and learners have to pick out what each would say
Marc Prensky, On The Horizon, 30 September 2001
The European Space Agency (Esa) is studying science fiction for ideas and technologies that could be used in future missions.
Mark Ward, BBC News, 11 May 2000
A New York City-based urban systems design practice — urbanists, interaction designers, cartographers, graphic designers, interface specialists and software developers united by a deep love for big-city life
After the Games the Olympic Park will be transformed into one of the largest urban parks created in Europe for more than 150 years.
London 2012
Innovation now showcases a diverse range of UK companies at the forefront of innovation. These companies, both large and small, have one thing in common – they have engineering at the core of their business. Their engineers have developed world-class, leading-edge products and services that are sold around the world and demonstrate that the UK is home to world-class manufacturing and engineering.
Royal Academy of Engineering
Public inquiries in the dock
"I was impressed by the intensity of the debate and the high level of intellectual engagement, not least by the audience. It was an invigorating, even exhilarating experience to be part of a festival based on the conviction that disagreement is good. The Battle of Ideas is a fantastic concept, may it spread epidemically to the rest of the world. I am already looking forward to next year's event."
Thomas Hylland Eriksen, professor of social anthropology, University of Oslo; novelist
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