Chaos Theory, Code, and Kombucha: The New School Hosts Processing Community Day 2020

The founder of Afrotectopia and NYU and Pratt Professor of telecommunications, Ari Melenciano spoke expansively on everything from peer to peer company unionization to crypto-currency bail. Photo by Emmet White.

A previous version of this story misstated Leticia Cartier Oxley’s role at Genspace. She is a Program Associate, not Program Director. Also, Suzanne Lee’s ‘kombucha leather’ was produced…

A Kernel Planted: The Corn Symposium Makes its Debut at the New School

Corn kernels on display in the University Center lobby from various Native American farmlands. One of the focuses of the Corn Symposium was to pay homage to the traditions and heritages where corn is a staple cultural food.

To many it is simply a sweet summer night cookout food served with butter, but to farmers like Zaid Kurdieh, corn on the cob has a more visceral…