Yet another article generalising about “students”, “profs” and online education: ‘Students are cool with MOOCs, so why aren’t profs?’. I’ve read a lot of this genre of statement over the years. Now it’s a common thing to state in the … Continue reading →

[Excerpted from (and somewhat buried in) "On Not Performing: the third enclosure and fractal neofeudal fantasies" and developing ideas from this earlier piece] … Another possible series of responses to the third enclosure and fractal neofeudalism might be found in … Continue reading →

There is a great looking Deleuze conference at Henan University in China next year. The final call for papers is here. Panel proposals due by October 31. I don’t think I can go, but I’d love to hear exciting things … Continue reading →

I write a lot/think a lot about media ecologies. But what does this mean? Well, here is a great lecture by Sy Taffel on new approaches to media ecologies. More notes here.   Media Ecologies on Prezi

Like the Adam Curtis trailer, this trailer for the new documentary film by Tiffany Shlain, Connected, indicates something of a shift in thinking about media, networks, and their connection to the rest of life.

A great essay in The Guardian by Brian Massumi on ‘media-driven nerves’, affect, media cycles, politics, disaster, ecology. A perfect read for week eight for us. Highly recommended!  

If you’re interested in this topic (and these are where I’ll be getting some of my lecture materials): Framing Wikipedia (short and sweet but good) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_(social_sciences) Lakoff on Framing http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/10/27_lakoff.shtml http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-lakoff/why-environmental-underst_b_205477.html and in fact if you search Google or here’s … Continue reading →

Ted Nelson, one of the most interesting people in the history of personal computing, is speaking at Sydney University this week. His topic: “The Computer World Could Be Completely Different“.