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Monthly Archives: January 2015
More superman less human, and are we sacrificing our humanity? http://t.co/foqI5LOpH2 #mscedc
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Visual Artifact – Being Human
After deliberating and changing my mind on numerous occassions I decided to create a prezi on Being Human and experiencing ‘real life’. Warning – Make sure your speakers are low, there is a backing track 😉 http://prezi.com/p706pmaxqg5p/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy Ben Read more →
Posthumanist Art – INTERSECTION OF THE PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL WORLDS – http://t.co/MTBW4NCZa1 #mscedc
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Comment on Week 2 Lifestream summary by Jeremy Knox
Good summary here Ben, and your lifestream in general is shaping up nicely. I like that you have lots of comments feeding in, and this really helps to surface the discussions that are happening around the blogs – nice work. Two things that you could build on here are: 1. more commentary on the specific lifestream content each week, and… Read more →
Critical posthumanast view
Reading through the Bayne paper “What’s the matter with ‘technology-enhanced learning’?, I came upon an interesting critical posthumanist view of the relationship between technology and education, one which I certainly agree with and try to advocate within my own practice; A critical posthumanist position on technology and education would see the human neither as dominating technology nor as being dominated by… Read more →
Have we decommisioned natural selection?To Be Human Is To Be Transhuman: http://t.co/FTBLKr9QOz #mscedc
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Week 2 Lifestream summary
This week I have engaged in various different posthumanism debates partiulary around Cyber-punk culture ideologies and digital memories.  After a Monday evening screening of Blade Runner, I was able to identify what constitutes Cuber-punk and how it is seen within different texts.  Is the narritive always dystopian or is there room for a utopian elemant, and is there room between the two to create a… Read more →
Comment on Digital Memory – initial thoughts by Judith
Hello! I know this is kinda off topic however , I’d figured I’d ask. Would you be interested in trading links or maybe guest writing a blog article or vice-versa? My blog addresses a lot of the same topics as yours and I believe we could greatly benefit from ach other. If you happen to be interested feel free to… Read more →
Comment on Digital Memory – initial thoughts by bhenderson
Thanks for the comment, some key questions here, but ones which are very difficult to answer at this stage. There is a lot of speculation around ‘preserving’ mental processes through technology and ‘brain training’. from Comments for Ben’s EDC blog http://ift.tt/1zIGThW via IFTTT Read more →