Monthly Archives: April 2012

Links from the chat-session on April 23rd

Posted on 30. April 2012 by Wey

The contest between two artists, Zeuxis and Parrhasios Two ancient artists competing against each other: Zeuxis paints grapes so realistic, that birds try to eat them. Parrhasios paints a curtain ‘hiding’ his painting, which is so realistic that the other … Continue reading →

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A culture’s game as a game of culture

Posted on 30. April 2012 by Wey

Another snippet from our chat session from April 23rd. Cross-and-circle-games are known and played around the world, and throughout the ages: The idea of moving a token by random factors around a closed-circuit-course, hindering your opponents and trying to get … Continue reading →

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Reply to Jenny: Blind spots and “She who measures”

Posted on 29. April 2012 by Wey

About Heinz von Foerster’s notion of a “Blind Spot” Link to Jennys’ blogpost I refer to. Jenny: “Somehow I feel that we are scared of thinking far beyond and making desitions upon those thoughts.” It is a conflict between safety … Continue reading →

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She who measures

Posted on 23. April 2012 by jenniferramirez

I wanted to add this animation called “She who measures” where the analogy of a world where everybody sees the same feels very similar to what we face day by day. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CNrFFM59aU[/youtube] Some questions that came to my mind while … Continue reading →

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Kaie on blind spots

Posted on 22. April 2012 by kaiekaabel

Some examples that came to my mind when trying to comment on blind spots: I read a book by brothers Arkadi and Boriss Strugatski called “The Snail on the Slope” (in Russian: Улитка на склоне). Because of the power of … Continue reading →

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On blind spots in our culture and creating changes

Posted on 20. April 2012 by noora

(Here is a response or a fusion of all the blogposts I read from Wey so far-still have to read more texts from drop box) Examples of making our everyday life blind spots more conscioous to us, regarding in how … Continue reading →

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Platon’s Cave and Wells’ Country of the Blind: Culture as disability

Posted on 18. April 2012 by Wey

“Before entering the Country of the Blind, Nunez thought that sight was essential to being fully cultured and that having sight in a world of people who cannot see would net him the cultural capital of a king.” – McDermott … Continue reading →

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April 15th: Blind spots and technical media

Posted on 15. April 2012 by Wey

In our last chat-session we talked about blind spots as an entry point to Pedagogical Media Theory. The main task was to be on the ‘lookout’ for cultural blind spots (this maybe a paradox?) that would translate into individual blind … Continue reading →

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Improv Everywhere: Frozen Grand Central Station

Posted on 6. April 2012 by Wey

For inspiration: Frozen Grand Central Station, a flashmob intervention by “Improv Everywhere”. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo[/youtube] There’s already a hint on ‘blind spots’ of specific media: “Another thing we learned at the Home Depot mission is that it’s really tough to convey this … Continue reading →

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April 4th: Blind spots – We do not see that we do not see.

Posted on 5. April 2012 by Wey

Yesterday Kaie, Noora, Jennifer and me had a videochat via Adobe Connect. Despite some minor technical problems it went quite well, and turned up some basic directions this course may take. Probably a good starting point to approach the interdependece … Continue reading →

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April 1st: Culture and medial blind spots

Posted on 1. April 2012 by Wey

As Torsten Meyer and Christina Schwalbe state, the use of media, the form of education, and the notion of knowledge are shaping and being shaped by the culture they are part of. As an introduction to the blind spot connected … Continue reading →

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Kaie on decidable and undecidable questions

Posted on 1. April 2012 by kaiekaabel

Aspects in the texts of Schwalbe and Meyer that would be interesting to discuss From the text by Meyer, Torsten: “Education within a New Medium” On page 266, Meyer writes: “If we imagine the relation of »media« and »education « … Continue reading →

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