Hari Kunzru on Thu, 11 Oct 2001 22:07:26 +0200 (CEST) |
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Re: <nettime> Muppets at war: Sesame Street's Bert at pro-bin Laden rally |
Some context for Bert. I don't know if he's known as Bert in Bangladesh, but for a long time muppet-like characters have been used there to teach children the basics of Islam. On Brick Lane in London, home to an established Bangla community, posters of 'Bert' in prayer cap, pointing to a koran have been around for a while. I think there are VHS distributed religious kids programs Hari Hari Kunzru www.metamute.com www.harikunzru.com current physical location: New Cross, Off World Colonies, South London # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]