3. TED
TED has become incredibly popular as of late. TED began in 1984 as a conference designed to stimulate "ideas worth spreading." TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design and has since grown into multiple conferences and events around the world - including TEDGlobal and TEDx. Many of the talks from the conference, which tend to be short and provocative on a variety of topics, are archived on the organization's site. They currently host about 1,500 videos on a variety of topics. TED is a great place to visit if you want to watch a short and provocative video lecture that will likely inspire you to seek out more information and media about a topic.
Scott A. Lukas
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Scott A. Lukas has taught anthropology and sociology Lake Tahoe Community College for sixteen years and in 2013 was Visiting Professor of American Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. He has been recognized with the McGraw-Hill Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching of Anthropology by the American Anthropological Association (2005), the California Hayward Award for Excellence in Education (2003), and a Sierra Arts Foundation Artist Grant Program Award in Literary–Professional (2009). In 2006, he was a nominee to the California Community College Board of Governors. He is the author/editor of The Immersive Worlds Handbook (2012), Theme Park (2008), The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nature, and Self (2007), Fear, Cultural Anxiety, and Transformation: Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Films Remade, (co-edited with John Marmysz, 2009), Recent Developments in Criminological Theory (co-edited with Stuart Henry, 2009), and Strategies in Teaching Anthropology (2010). His book Theme Park was recently translated into Arabic. He appeared in the documentary The Nature of Existence and has provided interviews for To the Best of Our Knowledge, The Huffington Post UK, The Daily Beast, The Washington Post, and Caravan (India).
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