Comments on: Artefact: Danbo’s day out https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/eguzman/2015/01/28/artefact-danbos-day-out/ Ed's Education and digital culture blog Fri, 20 Mar 2015 11:29:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Ed Guzman https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/eguzman/2015/01/28/artefact-danbos-day-out/#comment-18 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 22:32:29 +0000 http://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/eguzman/?p=179#comment-18 Thanks very much Jeremy! That’s a wonderful way to interpret the ending. Maybe this part-menagerie part-gadget dump can even allude to an education that, for example, addresses the needs of the entire planet (other species, the environment, etc.) instead of human societies only. And perhaps an example closer to online learning, a posthumanist view would look at how the physical design of our devices (mobiles getting thinner, computers getting lighter) affect how we learn, a perspective that sees human and technology mingling, the material having agency.

The revolving camera also suggests that humans are not at the centre, I realise now. To be honest, I never thought of this post humanist interpretation myself, and certainly not when I was making the video. Thanks for bringing this up and helping me make the link to the educational context.

Thanks, this is an a-ha moment for me!

]]> By: Jeremy Knox https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/eguzman/2015/01/28/artefact-danbos-day-out/#comment-17 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 13:06:07 +0000 http://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/eguzman/?p=179#comment-17 Amazing film Ed! A real visual treat. The final scene really got me thinking about animal/technology/human hybrids – the animals seemed to be fused with various media technologies, and the main character appeared to be much more relaxed in their presence than in front of the computer screen. Was this final gathering some kind of posthuman education I wonder?

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