databases our blogs are all databases – pages don’t exist outside of the database it’s a part of – archives our webpages made in html coding are not databases – these are static database is the opposite of narrative structure… Continue Reading
Half of this symposium was dedicated to helping us through questions we might have about the creative mixed media essay, and ways in which we might go about structuring it. I’m not sure that all of the tutors even agreed… Continue Reading
I’m just going to be completely honest here and say that I didn’t get much from this symposium… It was a different set-up than usual where each tutor picked a part from one of the readings and discussed it, and… Continue Reading
Murphie and Potts identify some technologies as ‘neutral’ (as in reference to the gun violence debate). How does this apply to networked media and technologies? intended use vs actual use – eg. social tech/systems such as pedestrian crossings; use of… Continue Reading
General Notes: Intent can be lost through context – eg. changing the tone of a sentence changes its meaning Frued – conscious vs. unconscious Semiotics – notion of a signifier and a signified – signifier = the body; signified =… Continue Reading
Can technology progress independently of art and culture? what is meant by key words? culture vs. technology – use of everything = technology adrian: there is no culture without technology to make art you need technology – dependent – development… Continue Reading
I found this symposium to be a bit all over the place, but not in a way that made any of it feel irrelevant or unimportant, but more so in a way that was just so overloading in terms of… Continue Reading
I found the symposium this week a little confusing, especially considering the throwing around of opinions between tutors before Adrian would butt in with a concluding and final remark. What interested me the most was the idea that we are not network… Continue Reading
Today’s symposium was our first actual, Q&A style “non-lecture”. It was interesting, and honestly I didn’t expect the whole hour to be dedicated to the three pre-decided questions, but it did clear up a lot. In saying that though, a… Continue Reading
The symposium for this week was little more challenging than the last. Another lecture, Adrian discussed how stories are prompted by the ‘technology’ that is available or created, and that the technology itself is influenced by the past. Why is… Continue Reading