I was attracted to the idea of a lifestream as an adaptation of the 17th century practice of ‘commonplacing’ but I had no idea how a digital version of this would work in practice. Before I started the MSc, my digital presence was very limited. Since starting [...]
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Before summarizing my lifestream experience I want to reflect on two insights I had while reviewing my own lifestream. Lifestreaming and Giorgi's phenomenology As a qualitative analyst, I was struck as I was reviewing and in a sense analyzing my own lifestream the similarities between the lifestream process and Amadeo Giorgi's approach to analysis. I am not [...] Summary Week 12
Boundaries. The lifestream makes you think about boundaries between: My text and the texts that I have fed into my lifestream
All of these boundaries seem to be breached in the lifestream. If [...] Summary Week 11
I have been concentrating on the essay and on editing the lifestream and these have taken me away from posting on the lifestream itself. The course has drawn to a close, in a way. There is no more reading. There are no more weekly introductions. As a result, it is difficult to know [...] This week I have been thinking about my assignment topic. I had a Skype Chat on Monday with Sian which was helpful in clarifying my ideas about a topic area. (see blog) I have been using my lifestream to collect information, links etc which I may use in my assignment. Tumblr has been useful as a [...] Producer and Process
This is a little belated, but nonetheless sincere. The last week of the reading was focused on cyborg pedagogy (Angus, Cook, Evans et al, 2001; McWilliam and Palmer, 1995). Cyborg pedagogy with its three cornerstones of border pedagogy, cyborg ontology and situated knowledge takes us further down the line, across the continuum, of [...] I spent most of the week reading the core texts – Usher and Bayne – as well as some of the secondary readings. This is reflected in my Tumblr listings in the lifestream. I also spent more time this week reading and sometimes commenting on fellow students’ blogs. I have found this process [...] Week 9 – flaneurs and cyborgs – cyborgs and flaneurs – both transgressors; both providing us with new ways to view the world and to be viewed in it. Both providing new worlds, maybe. I have recently had some comments on my posts- all of which were unashamedly requested. It was nice to get someone in [...] Reflections on cyborgs, embodiment and cognispheres This week my lifestream reflects the readings I have been doing on Gies, Badmington, Hayles, Shields, and Muri. I have continued with my experiment of copying out into Tumblr passages from my reading on which I wish to reflect. My usual method is to outline writers’ ideas in MindManager – mapping [...] Cyborg?
I have just read the text by Shields (2006). The content about cyborgs was interesting. He seems to questioning the human representation of the cyborg, preferring “a virus, a ‘mote’ or ‘crumb’”. The mote and the crumb do not make sense to me, but I am quite taken with re-forming the cyborg as a [...] |
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