1. We normally think of the arts as very different from technologies in spite of the fact that art (with perhaps a few exceptions) is practiced with the help of technology. This practice creates interdependence between technology and art. To what extent does art respond to, or is shaped by, the technology that enables it?
To what extent have advanced and accessible digital technologies, such as websites, digital photography, and YouTube, changed the relationship between art and technology?
Are these technologies reshaping our attitudes toward artists?
2. Why have poorer countries become offshore manufacturing centers?
What impact does this manufacturing have on local water supplies?
What implications does this have, especially in locations where clean water is already in short supply?