Comments for Arthur's E-learning and Digital Cultures Blog http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh Part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:33:11 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Powerful Cyborg Infidel Heteroglossia by arthurh http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/2009/11/09/powerful-cyborg-infidel-heteroglossia/comment-page-1/#comment-49 arthurh Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:33:11 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/?p=402#comment-49 Actually I didn't but thanks for asking. Actually I didn’t but thanks for asking.

]]> Comment on Week Eight Summary by arthurh http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/2009/11/18/week-eight-summary/comment-page-1/#comment-48 arthurh Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:32:19 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/?p=533#comment-48 Sorry about the delay Silvana - I have been ill. Essentially I see the potential for self development in posthumanism through routes which the self selects and which remain true to values which are self-determined rather than imposed by others. I suppose I would say real choice is the key. Sorry about the delay Silvana – I have been ill. Essentially I see the potential for self development in posthumanism through routes which the self selects and which remain true to values which are self-determined rather than imposed by others. I suppose I would say real choice is the key.

]]> Comment on From Cyber Space to Cybernetic Space: Rethinking the Relationship between Real and Virtual Spaces by arthurh http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/2009/11/19/from-cyber-space-to-cybernetic-space-rethinking-the-relationship-between-real-and-virtual-spaces/comment-page-1/#comment-42 arthurh Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:43:30 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/?p=559#comment-42 Hi John, Of course I and they agree with you but the fact is normal talk is about being in an everyday (geographically- locational) world on the one hand and being in a virtual world on the other. There is a significant difference though; in cybernetic space you can disguise your identity much more easily and that appears to be important for some people as the reactions to the ethnographic research on virtual Dublin showed. Hi John,
Of course I and they agree with you but the fact is normal talk is about being in an everyday (geographically- locational) world on the one hand and being in a virtual world on the other. There is a significant difference though; in cybernetic space you can disguise your identity much more easily and that appears to be important for some people as the reactions to the ethnographic research on virtual Dublin showed.

]]> Comment on From Cyber Space to Cybernetic Space: Rethinking the Relationship between Real and Virtual Spaces by johns http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/2009/11/19/from-cyber-space-to-cybernetic-space-rethinking-the-relationship-between-real-and-virtual-spaces/comment-page-1/#comment-41 johns Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:23:25 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/?p=559#comment-41 'we claim to be inhabiting presently two worlds' Hi Arthur, How do they differentiate between these worlds? I would have thought also that space-wise, it is one world that we inhabit, which can be broken down into different aspects that make it up. John ‘we claim to be inhabiting presently two worlds’

Hi Arthur,
How do they differentiate between these worlds? I would have thought also that space-wise, it is one world that we inhabit, which can be broken down into different aspects that make it up.

John

]]> Comment on Culture, cultural artefacts and community acceptance by arthurh http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/2009/11/16/culture-cultural-artefacts-and-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-39 arthurh Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:42:35 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/?p=481#comment-39 I think that's about the size of it Sarah, it's not only advertising folk who use jargon. I suspect that in academic circles especially there is a tendency to pack vocabulary and subject jargon so densely that it needs to be unpicked like a ball of tangled wool. There is then always the chance that something will be 'discovered' and with which you will be 'credited' which you never even thought of. I prefer the straightforward writing which Conrad and D. H. Lawrence both use in their different styles. I'm getting much more cynical as I get older... I think that’s about the size of it Sarah, it’s not only advertising folk who use jargon. I suspect that in academic circles especially there is a tendency to pack vocabulary and subject jargon so densely that it needs to be unpicked like a ball of tangled wool. There is then always the chance that something will be ‘discovered’ and with which you will be ‘credited’ which you never even thought of. I prefer the straightforward writing which Conrad and D. H. Lawrence both use in their different styles. I’m getting much more cynical as I get older…

]]> Comment on Culture, cultural artefacts and community acceptance by Sarah Payne http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/2009/11/16/culture-cultural-artefacts-and-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Sarah Payne Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:01:39 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/?p=481#comment-38 Hi Arthur Another intersting post. <blockquote cite="The parallel with the process of the brain struck me with the original impulse being transmitted and the synapses being the disseminating academics in this case. Thus the original idea is communicated to the few who interpret it for the many. But what they pass on is their interpretation (often with their own input, slants, comments, or even changes in focus) added. "> Good point - that transmission will generally lead to degradation of the original message; much like my broadband signal over copper telephone wires! Is this the fault of the originator of the message, in that they are transmitting it in a form that will not 'travel' i.e using incomprehesible terminology? Hi Arthur

Another intersting post.

Good point – that transmission will generally lead to degradation of the original message; much like my broadband signal over copper telephone wires!

Is this the fault of the originator of the message, in that they are transmitting it in a form that will not ‘travel’ i.e using incomprehesible terminology?

]]> Comment on Culture, cultural artefacts and community acceptance by arthurh http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/2009/11/16/culture-cultural-artefacts-and-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-37 arthurh Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:15:45 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/?p=481#comment-37 Hi Sarah, interested in your point, of course, please see blog as extension of your point at: http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/ Hi Sarah, interested in your point, of course, please see blog as extension of your point at: http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/

]]> Comment on Culture, cultural artefacts and community acceptance by Sarah Payne http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/2009/11/16/culture-cultural-artefacts-and-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Sarah Payne Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:38:49 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/?p=481#comment-36 Hi Arthur Again, a good point about the cathartic nature of writing for 'no man'. There must be some reason of we wouldn't be doing it! Just wanted to let you know that your blog (and tonight's TV) have inspired a blog of my own... http://digitalculture-ed.net/sarahp/2009/11/17/horizon-haraway-and-artifacts-of-knowledge/ Sarah Hi Arthur

Again, a good point about the cathartic nature of writing for ‘no man’. There must be some reason of we wouldn’t be doing it!

Just wanted to let you know that your blog (and tonight’s TV) have inspired a blog of my own…

http://digitalculture-ed.net/sarahp/2009/11/17/horizon-haraway-and-artifacts-of-knowledge/

Sarah

]]> Comment on Culture, cultural artefacts and community acceptance by Horizon, Haraway and artifacts of knowledge « Sarah's E-learning and Digital Cultures Blog http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/2009/11/16/culture-cultural-artefacts-and-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Horizon, Haraway and artifacts of knowledge « Sarah's E-learning and Digital Cultures Blog Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:36:33 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/?p=481#comment-35 [...] for the reasons given – oft cited etc., is a cultural artifact” Arthur Hall blog: Culture, cultural artefacts and transition posted 16th [...] [...] for the reasons given – oft cited etc., is a cultural artifact” Arthur Hall blog: Culture, cultural artefacts and transition posted 16th [...]

]]> Comment on Powerful Cyborg Infidel Heteroglossia by eneasm http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/2009/11/09/powerful-cyborg-infidel-heteroglossia/comment-page-1/#comment-33 eneasm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:35:11 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/arthurh/?p=402#comment-33 Very incisive analysis, Arthur Very incisive analysis, Arthur

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