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Convivial Tools
Although there are problems with referring to technologies as “tools” (which implies that they are relatively neutral conduits for solely human-derived action), I love this Ivan Illich quote that Digital Storytelling maestro Daniel Meadows brought to my attention: “Tools are intrinsic to social relationships. An individual relates himself in action to his society through the…
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..and other sad news
Jacques Derrida has died of pancreatic cancer: … from the invisible inside , where I could neither see nor want the very thing that I have always been scared to have revealed on the scanner, by analysis – radiology, echography, endocrinology, hematology – a crural vein expelled my blood outside that I thought beautiful once…
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A plague on both the Houses
Now that disbelieving horror has given way to grief, shame, but not quite yet anger… I had a nice day out on the water, far away from my fellow Australians, over half of whom voted, not only to keep the current government, but also to strengthen their hold over the Senate into a vice-like grip.…
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Storybox
Storybox is “an Internet writing project for people who have come to Western Sydney as refugees or recent migrants”: the outcome is a network of blogs written by participants in a series of workshops. Ben Ho is behind it all – I’m most interested in hearing his thoughts on how it is going, especially in…
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I don’t know what to say about this. So I’m off to Moreton Island, to get out of the suburbs and wash away the lingering stench of yesterday’s events.
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Mark Poster Lecture
I’m going to this free public lecture presented by the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland (can’t keep away from that sandstone lately)… Professor Mark Poster “Identity Theft, or What’s the Use of Having an Identity?” Date: 5.30-6.30pm Time: Thursday 7 October 2004 Venue: The Mayne Centre This lecture examines…
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Sonic Interventions
Call for Papers: Sonic Interventions: Pushing the Boundaries of Cultural Analysis (ASCA Conference, Amsterdam, March 2005).
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Videoblogs as Collective Documentary
Jon Hoem, Videoblogs as Collective Documentary (conference paper – pdf).
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Discipline, Dissonance, Disconnection 1
A rant in two parts Part 1: Internet Studies, Cultural Studies The delightful Kris has just come back from AoIR, and reflects on the lack of connection he felt with the approaches of many people there; people with whom he shares a common subject of study (weblogs), but whose objects of study, and methodological frameworks,…
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Busted comments
My comments are busted on certain entries (i.e. the last 5 or so) and I have absolutely no idea why, because I haven’t touched anything, I swear. I’m investigating; in the meantime, comment here instead, or just hold your breath 😉