Monthly Archives: September 2007

Hayles

I hope you all found the Heidegger seminar thoroughly entertaining and informative (better than cliff notes). For Tuesday: Hayles, Parts I&II. Hayles is far more transparent than Heidegger so you should not have the same difficulty tracing her argument (on … Continue reading

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And so to Heidegger

Post your thought upon reading Heidegger here. As with Derrida in you post explain what you took to be crucial point(s) from the essay, as well as highlight the places where Heidegger’s argument was unclear. See you in class at … Continue reading

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Remediation

Post your comments/thought on Bolter and Grusin here. For this post try to think of an example from your own dealings on the web which highlight/illustrate what Bolter and Grusin are talking about, particularly in relation to how networked communication … Continue reading

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Derrida-Paper Machine

Post your questions regarding Paper Machine here. Focus on three things: 1. Highlighting what you understood to be the key point(s) 2. What in this writing you were unsure of, or did not quite understand. 3. Issue(s) that the readings … Continue reading

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How to Read a Book

This is the video to which I referred in class about calling the ITS help desk for how to use a book (i.e. what happens when you move from scrolls to codes).

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