Usuario:Fiskeharrison

Alexander Fiske-Harrison es un escritor y actor inglés de 32 años.

Vea su página en Wikipedia inglés aquí: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Fiske-Harrison Alexander Fiske-Harrison]

== Fiction ==

El sitio web para su obra de teatro, ''The Pendulum'' (El Péndulo) [http://thependulumplay.wordpress.com/ es aquí]. O, su página en Wikipedia inglés es aquí: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pendulum_-_A_Tragedy_of_1900_Vienna The Pendulum - A Tragedy of 1900 Vienna].

== Non-fiction ==

El sitio web para su blog sobre tauromaquia [http://www.alexanderfiskeharrison/ es aquí].

I began as a judge on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loebner_Prize Loebner Prize] 2000, the 10th annual international contest of [[Artificial intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]], and wrote about it for ''[[The Times]]''<ref>Fiske-Harrison, Alexander. "Artificial Intelligence", ''The Times''. February 7 2000. Retrieved on 2009-01-24</ref> and ''[[Financial Times]].''<ref>Fiske-Harrison, Alexander. [http://www.businessday.co.za/Articles/TarkArticle.aspx?ID=256418 "Dim Ghost In The Machine"], ''Financial Times''. February 2 2000. Retrieved on 2009-01-24</ref> I also wrote a commentary essay on it for ''[[The Times Literary Supplement]]''<ref>Fiske-Harrison, Alexander. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/incomingFeeds/article770337.ece "A.L.I.C.E.'s Springs: Do computer's really converse?"], ''The Times Literary Supplement''. June 9 2000. Retrieved on 2009-01-24</ref>, and was interviewed on [[BBC Radio 4]]. <ref>Lewis, Alun [http://www.fortunecity.com/emachines/e11/86/tbed1.html "Testbeds"] transcript. BBC Radio 4. February 17 2000. Retrieved on 2009-01-24</ref>

I then visited the Language Research Centre of [[Universidad de Georgia|Georgia State University]], where I witnessed the Great Ape language research work of Prof. [[Sue Savage-Rumbaugh]] and the bonobo Kanzi. I wrote about this in a cover page essay for the ''[[Financial Times]]'' "Weekend" section. <ref>Fiske-Harrison, Alexander. "Talking With Apes", ''Financial Times'', November 24 2001</ref> I also wrote pieces on animals for the contemporary arts magazine [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frieze_(magazine) ''Frieze'']<ref>Fiske-Harrison, Alexander. [http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/if_we_could_talk_to_the_animals/ "If we could talk to the animals..."], ''Frieze''. November/December 2003, Issue 79. Retrieved on 2009-01-24</ref> and the essay and debate magazine [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospect_(magazine) ''Prospect''] <ref>Fiske-Harrison, Alexander. [http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?search_term=fiske&id=9618 "Tough times for chimps"], ''Prospect''. June 7 2008. Retrieved on 2009-01-24</ref><ref>Fiske-Harrison, Alexander. [http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=10571 "Four legs good, two legs bad"], ''Prospect''. January 2009. Retrieved on 2009-01-24</ref>.

Combining this with a longstanding interest in Spanish culture (see my travel articles for the ''[[Financial Times]]'' <ref>Fiske-Harrison, Alexander. [http://search.ft.com/iai?referer=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fw%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DUser%3AFiskeharrison%26action%3Dsubmit&queryText=alexander+fiske-harrison&location=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ft.com%2FftArticle%3FqueryText%3Dalexander%2Bfiske-harrison%26id%3D040408005040%26ct%3D0%26nclick_check%3D1&nclick_check=1&ct=0&id=040408005040 "Be seduced by the dance of death"], ''Financial Times''. April 8 2004. Retrieved on 2009-01-24</ref> <ref>Fiske-Harrison, Alexander. [http://search.ft.com/iai?referer=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fw%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DUser%3AFiskeharrison%26action%3Dsubmit&queryText=alexander+fiske-harrison&location=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ft.com%2FftArticle%3FqueryText%3Dalexander%2Bfiske-harrison%26id%3D040308006745%26ct%3D0&ct=0&id=040308006745 "A world city rises again"], ''Financial Times''. March 8 2004. Retrieved on 2009-01-24</ref> ), I wrote an essay on the ethics and aesthetics of the bullfight, entitled [http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=10357 'A Noble Death'], for ''Prospect'' in September 2008.<ref>Fiske-Harrison, Alexander. [http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=10357 "A Noble Death"], ''Prospect''. September 2008. Retrieved on 2009-01-24</ref> In the words of the books editor, "in his much-noted essay for ''Prospect'' on bullfighting" Fiske-Harrison "sparked one of the most in-depth discussions ever to feature on this (magazine's) blog."<ref>Chatfield, Tom. [http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2009/01/22/on-philosophers-and-wolves/ "On philosopers and wolves"], ''Prospect'' editorial weblog. January 22 2009. Retrieved - 2009-01-24</ref> You can read the blog at [http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2008/08/27/a-noble-death/ "First Drafts"]. It was commented on by blogs around the world (<ref>[http://www.worldhum.com/travel-blog/item/what_we_loved_this_week_jose_feliciano_rub_al_khali_and_raw_oysters_2008090/ Blog: World Hum Travel]</ref><ref>[http://flotsam.sellingwaves.com/post/48095993/a-noble-death Blog: Flotsam & Jetsam]</ref><ref>[http://explanadadeavente.blogspot.com/2008/08/ones-who-walk-away-from-bullfights-at.html Blog: La Explanada de Avente]</ref><ref>[http://bigjimindustries.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/08/this-bull-has-probably-never-seen-a-man-on-the-ground-before/ Blog: James Frey]</ref><ref>[http://www.blogcatalog.com/blogs/thoughts-from-galicia-spain.html Blog: Thoughts from Galicia, Spain]</ref><ref>[http://richarddawkins.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=56153&start=0 Blog: Richard Dawkins.net]</ref><ref>[http://evylmusings.blogspot.com/2008/09/noble-death-or-whole-lot-of-bull.html Blog: The Musings of Evyl Schnukums]</ref> <ref>[http://www.artsandammo.com/2008/08/ Blog: Arts & Ammo]</ref><ref>[http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/2008/09/cruelty-for-pleasure.html Blog: Normblog]</ref>) and was reprinted in the Bombay-based ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Express Indian Express]''<ref>Fiske-Harrison, Alexander. [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/an-appetite-for-death/356067/ "An appetite for death"], ''Indian Express''. September 2 2008. Retrieved on 2009-01-24</ref>, cited in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spectator The Spectator]'' editorial weblog<ref>Davis, Clive. [http://www.spectator.co.uk/email/clivedavis/2051291/the-meaning-of-bullfighting.thtml "The Meaning of Bullfighting"], ''The Spectator'' editorial weblog. September 1 2008. Retrieved on 2009-01-24</ref> and even as far afield as the Ohio-based ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton_Daily_News Dayton Daily News]'' editorial weblog.<ref>Rollins, Ron. [http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/o/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/rollins/entries/2008/09/02/have_you_ever_s.html "Have you ever seen a bullfight?"]], ''Dayton Daily News'' editorial weblog. September 2 2008. Retrieved on 2009-01-24</ref> Following this, I was interviewed on the subject by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_English Al Jazeera TV] UK with the campaign manager of the anti-bullfighting organisation, CAS.

I am currently studying bullfighting in [[Sevilla|Seville]] as research for a forthcoming book on the subject. I write a regular weblog about my activities called [http://fiskeharrison.wordpress.com The Last Arena - In Search Of The Spanish Bullfight].

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