https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/bhenderson Education and Digital Cultures January 2015 Mon, 11 May 2020 01:21:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/bhenderson/2015/01/25/week-2-lifestream-summary/ https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/bhenderson/2015/01/25/week-2-lifestream-summary/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2015 20:32:33 +0000 http://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/bhenderson/?p=76 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 →

]]> https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/bhenderson/2015/01/25/week-2-lifestream-summary/feed/ 1 https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/bhenderson/2015/01/23/digital-memory-initial-thoughts/ https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/bhenderson/2015/01/23/digital-memory-initial-thoughts/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:53:44 +0000 http://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/bhenderson/?p=69 After considering discussions around digital memory in texts such as Blade Runner and Gumdrop, I wonder how the wealth of digital recording devices in modern times gives us the opportunity to store our memories in digital format allowing us to recall them at any time.  Having libraries of videos and images from our past allows us to relive that moment, very… Read more →

]]> https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/bhenderson/2015/01/23/digital-memory-initial-thoughts/feed/ 3 https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/bhenderson/2014/12/17/hello-world/ https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/bhenderson/2014/12/17/hello-world/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:16:35 +0000 http://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/bhenderson/?p=1 This short film captures the potentially addictive nature of technology in a realistic and believable manner.  From recording memories in black and white photos 100 years ago, to recording everything and anything in modern times,is this the next step in experiencing memories, or do the lines become too blurred?  Will experiencing our memories virtually become part of our entertainment in… Read more →

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