Some thoughts on Hayles (1999).
It seems that being posthuman is a state of mind – a subjectivity. It is a multitude of subjectivities which we draw upon in different contexts. And here are the some – I know they are images of Justice, but for me, they are women analysing and weighing things up :
I found this video – Visual Ethnography. It is a brief overview of using film as a way to construct and present ethnographies. About 3.30 minutes in, there is a film of an interview with a documentary maker, Jean Rouch, talking about how he decided to avoid using music in his films. This has made [...]
I have found the theme of transliteracies really interesting, even if I am not completely sure what the term means, yet. As you can see from this week’s posts, I’ve been looking on YouTube for videos which explain the concept, but they all seem to be saying different things. Maybe this is just because there [...]
This is just silly and I am doing it just because I can:
The Mighty Boosh – Tundra
Cyberia
Siberia
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cyberia
Main Entry:
Cyberia
Part of Speech:
n
Definition:
the computer and Internet world and its virtual reality, the ‘global village’ of electronic communication; also called cyberworld, cyberspace
Etymology:
a pun on Siberia
Usage:
computing
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This was an interesting choice of clip for the film festival. If you watch the director’s cut of Bladerunner, it is pretty clear that Deckard is also an android, he just doesn’t know it.
Looking back at this post at the end of the course, it is clear how it links with the posthuman. If we [...]