A quick review of my lifestream will show that this has been somewhat of a disjointed week, due mostly to my inability to settle on a topic for the Posthuman Pedagogy assignment. I began the week confident in my decision that I wanted to focus on the idea of distributed consciousness (lifestream: 22:11.2011 #1, #2, [...]
This week we’ve been considering the themes of Being Human and Other Worlds (lifestream 04.10.2011 #5). Being somewhat of a gamer and virtual reality hobbyist, the notion of Other Worlds holds particular interest for me and seems to tie in well with the readings and discussions from last week. However my ramblings across the web [...]
In my summary this week I note that we seemed to be focusing on the unreality of cyberspace, and on how it is a type of shared fantasy world in which our connections are taking place. The chapter in this weeks reading from David Bells Introduction to Cybercultures illustrates these interactions through different types of [...]