So I’m going to delve into the argument of form vs content. If it must be a matter of ‘versus’, then my answer will be content every time. If someone has a great story to tell then I’m going to enjoy it regardless of its form – music, novel, poem, film, video game, doesn’t matter. … [Read more…]
Brady has a lot to say on the recent announcement that Community TV would be moved to an internet platform. And I pretty much agree with everything he has to say. Kiralee posted some solid notes on the lecture, which would be very helpful for someone that didn’t attend said lecture. Rachel talks about a … [Read more…]
I found myself quite enjoying this week’s collage reading. The point wasn’t clear to me early on, as I read the piece chronologically from 312 onwards, but after a few hints that the ordering of things should not be relevant, I began scrolling randomly through the document, reading which ever number that caught my eye … [Read more…]
Kiralee gives a non-symposium altered view on the idea of form vs. content. She strongly favours the content, feeling everything ‘should be done for the benefit of story’. I tend to agree that story is number one, though the purely stylistic elements of certain films and books do often appeal to me. But yeah, story … [Read more…]
edit: Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in Mysterious Skin So a trailer for a movie I’ve been looking forward to for a while came out the other day. The movie’s called White Bird in a Blizzard, and I’m pretty excited for a number of reasons. Firstly, it’s a pretty neat trailer and the premise is super intriguing. … [Read more…]
Jane found a surprising amount of enjoyment in the reading, as she was ‘shocked’ by the accuracy of some of Nelson’s predictions, including the changes in structure of education through computers and other devices. On the Nelson reading, Gemma makes what I feel is a relevant connection to a Goosebumps Choose Your Own Adventure book, … [Read more…]
The reading As We May Think was written by Dr Vannevar Bush in July, 1945, when the Second World War was coming to a close. A short introduction from the editor makes several points, a strong one being that the inventions of Bush’s time had acted as a way to extend physical power, but not … [Read more…]
This weeks symposium was a definite improvement on last weeks, as there was far greater discussion and great pints made by both the tutors and several students. Unlike last week’s copyright centred questions, this week’s questions really benefitted from the symposium structure – even if it sometimes felt that Adrian had a definite idea of … [Read more…]
So rather than buy new books to write in for uni, I just make use of some of my old books from school for subjects that only saw me using a couple of pages. I went to a Catholic school, so one of these subjects was obviously RE, which rarely involved a great deal of … [Read more…]
This week’s symposium (and it was a symposium) consisted of discussion on copyright, and basically what we can get away with. I felt that this symposium was just alright, but at times it felt as though it could have simply been a lecture, as there didn’t really seem to be a great amount of opinionated … [Read more…]