Archive forNovember, 2011
Nov
28
Week 10: Full circle.
November 28, 2011 | 4 Comments
One of the things I’ve liked about the Lifestream has been the way that links have become apparent between weekly or two-weekly topics because some feeds that I have subscribed to, with one topic in mind, have provided interesting insights into later topics. This week newwaysofinteraction dumped about 6 feeds into my Lifestream and I [...]
Nov
28
Posthuman pedagogy task: Exopedagogy
November 28, 2011 | 3 Comments
I took my lead in thinking about posthuman pedagogy from considering Hayles’s critique of anthropocentrism and Pederson’s critques of, firstly, the ‘”humanist” tradition, where the human subject is considered both the instrument and the end product of education’, and, secondly, the ‘distinct human-animal boundary’. On the instrumental level, as Pederson points out, we might consider [...]
Nov
24
Week 9: Are we human?
November 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment
A strange disconnected week. I spent much of my time at Glasgow Sheriff Court waiting to see if I would be picked for jury duty and pondering what it is to be human in a place where the complexities, the tragedic and the comedic in life , are so evident. People leaving chastened or led [...]
Nov
14
Week 8: What are you, a freakin’ cyborg? What does that mean?
November 14, 2011 | 4 Comments
My lifestream this week has been taken up with looking at three areas, the latter two as preparation for deciding on and writing my assignment: the posthuman; politics, digital culture and e-learning; and transliteracy. I have to admit, on the first subject, I find Haraway’s style detracts from meaning. I am used to the excesses [...]
Nov
7
Week 7: Some breathing space….
November 7, 2011 | 4 Comments
This week I was in the relaxed position of having posted my ethnography, partly because I misread the timetable and partly because I knew I wouldn’t have time to do much later on in the week. This meant that I could spend the week looking at others’ ethnographies and commenting, but also keeping an [...]
Nov
2
Week 6: Magpie lifestream
November 2, 2011 | 28 Comments
It’s been a strange week in my lifestream. Last week was very much focused on finding information on ethnography and on online communities, with an emphasis, once I had decided to look at Mumsnet, on all things woman and blogging/chatting. This week though has been one of magpie activity…the collecting of shiny things! I’ve continued [...]