Andrew M. Shanken. Review of "The Architecture of Science" by Peter Galison and Emily Thompson.

Memorialization and Marginalization: Vernacular Sites and the American Civil War

“…According to this study, most residents reacted favorably to the period housing styles but not to the Civil War theme. 58 Perhaps, rather than evoking what Terence Young has called a generic "elsewhen" through its architecture, the development offered too great a degree of historical specificity through its street naming and monuments to Grant and Lee. 59 In comparison with the public's taste for authenticity at Gettysburg, it appears that Americans might want to visit the Civil War but not necessarily live in it.…”

Investigatory art: Real-time systems and network culture

“…3 As a recent example, art historian Caroline Jones observes that '[b]y the 1990s […] systemic artworks had emerged with a vengeance […]. Burnham's concerns […] seem tailormade for the contemporary art world.'…”