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Culture Jam Final Draft

Final Culture Jam

One thing which stood out in the Wanono reading is how detournement and remix have already been detourned from their original purpose by the advertising industry and newspaper business to be an effective commercial technic. A tool which was originally … Continue reading →

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The Wonano Detourn reading presents an overview of the French Revolution artists group that  Situationist International(SI) formed to fight against and destabilize capitalist society by creating visual representations, objects, and situations. Presenting an idea on their orientations can be changed … Continue reading →

What stood out to me in the Wanano story was the word detournement, it is a French word used to describe the practice of old media to new. The theory relates to remix culture. In the reading it provides a … Continue reading →

How the wonano detourn piece relates to culture jam by stating political position assaults on art. It relates to me because all of culture james were all related to major political issues ongoing around the world currently. The article used … Continue reading →

Culture Jams Draft

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The first idea I had for the culture jams project is about the discrimination the LGBTQ face and the various bills which have been proposed to take away their rights. Over the course of this year, over 500 bills have … Continue reading →

One idea for my culture jam is Tik Tok shop, which is a function within the app that allows users to purchase items shown in live videos. Users can watch a review of a product and directly add it to … Continue reading →

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One idea for the culture jam is Nike. The idea behind this is motto “just do it” and sweatshops. Nike is a brand that pushes the idea of needing their clothes and making the person feel the need to buy … Continue reading →

One idea I have for a culture jam is the book ban in Florida. Led by a group called Moms for Liberty, books have been removed from libraries and schools. These books contain subject matter that is deemed inappropriate (race, … Continue reading →

I plan to look into making a culture jam about gender roles since we have discussed Haraway’s “Cyborg Manifesto” and its metaphor for the role of gender and identity. Traditional gender roles are often shown in media which can be … Continue reading →

One of my topics for a potential paper on culture jamming is the role of women in the historical period. This topic interests me as we read “A Cyborg Manifesto” by Donna Haraway and the fractured identities portion of the … Continue reading →

One of my topics for the culture jam is the 2024 US Presidential Elections. The reason I chose this topic is because of the candidates from both parties. Another reason why I chose this topics is because of how in … Continue reading →

The section I want to talk about in “Technological Warfare” is the part where deLeon is describing deLeon wonders if he will see his friends again and if they will be alive or dead. He goes into great detail about … Continue reading →

In The Border Patrol State, Leslie Marmom Silko writes about growing up believing that everyone had the right to travel freely across the borders of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and how that freedom is now policed, especially among … Continue reading →

A passage I found interesting in “Technological Warfare” by Jason De Leon was on pages 154-155 when the author is describing the border patrol facility. The description of the facility and agent giving a guided tour is very different from … Continue reading →

In “The Border Patrol State” by Leslie Marmon Silko I found the section about when Silko spoke about the erecting of an American iron curtain at the U.S- Mexico border on pages four to five interesting. Interesting in the sense … Continue reading →

In Leslie Marmon Silko’s book Border Patrol, the book follows two main characters Irene and Robert, as they struggle to find their own cultural identity in weird timing. The author explorations of identity goes much deeper, as she looks into … Continue reading →

“The Border Patrol State” by Leslie Marmon Silko talks about the border region and the regulations on the “border state patrol” placed by law enforcement on immigration which results in the dehumanizing and criminalizing of marginalized groups. From page 4 … Continue reading →

    The reading “Silko Border Patrol” goes in-depth with the author’s realization of border security and borderline. The author presents her thoughts on the development of the border and the unfairness presented. Her experiences as she traveled the highways of New … Continue reading →

In border patrol by Leslie Silko, she discusses how patrolmen abused the K-9. It was a small female puppy. They were upset that the puppy couldn’t find any drugs on the main character so they keep hold the lease on … Continue reading →

In Turkle’s “Video Games and Computer Holding Power,” one thing Turkle brought up that interested me was this idea of an altered state when playing games. Turkle states that when people play a video game and enter the world created … Continue reading →

In Video Games and Holding Power, Sherry Turkle writes that video games have two promises, one is the “touch of infinity”, and the other is the “promise of perfection” (pg. 511). In the video game world, a user has multiple … Continue reading →

In “Video Games and Computer Holding Power” author Sherry Turkle explains the positive and negative consequences of video games on users. Rather than first discussing negative consequences, Turkle lists the many positive effects of videogames such as encouraging creativity, sparking … Continue reading →

While reading Haraway’s’ “Cyborg Manifesto” I encountered interesting ideas that was brought up by Haraway. One idea that is touched upon by Haraway is the meaning of being a human being. The “cyborg” as donna describes is partial organic and … Continue reading →

In the book, Video Games and Holding Power, by Sherry Turkle she discusses the importance of understanding how technology has changed the way we interact with each other and how this affects our sense of identity. She says that technology … Continue reading →

I took Haraway’s A Cyborg Manifesto as a deep dive into cyborg functionality and the cybernetic world. On page 3, it states, “The cyborg is a creature in a post-gender world; it has no truck with bisexuality, pre-oedipal, symbiosis, unalienated … Continue reading →

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In reading “Video Games and Computer Holding Power” I found it to be a reading where I got to learn and also put my thoughts into everything that I learned as well. Video games play a huge role in our … Continue reading →

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In Turkle, Video Games, she talks about how video games and computers impacted society in the 21st century. One aspect was addiction, people first get introduced they keep doing it over and over again but that was a myth according … Continue reading →

Within the Trask readings the author mentions colonialism, and the process of colonization of the native peoples. In what ways did this misrepresentation of Hawaiian culture facilitate the colonization process, and what were the consequences for the Hawaiian people’s relationship … Continue reading →

In the piece, From a Native Daughter, Haunani-Kay Trask writes about how she heard the history of her people, first from her parents and then from her teachers, and how those two stories differ. She felt as though she lived in … Continue reading →

My question for this class is “if you could change the education system, how would you try to implement the contact zone to combat misinformation as seen in Haunani-Kay Trask’s story?” The reason why I am asking this question is … Continue reading →

While reading “From a Native Daughter” I was curious if the spiritual aspect of culture gets lost in written history. I had this question after reading the bottom of page 125, where Trask recounts their grandmother’s description of the land’s … Continue reading →

  In reading “Trask: From a native Daughter” I found myself curious and wanting to read more as I read the first few pages. The connection to this book and the different elements presented from stories to the knowledge presented as … Continue reading →

For Pratt’s Contact Zone, I have question which is how did the Andes community struggle with Bilingualism? Why I chose this question is because of how the Government tried to stop People from speaking Bilingual. I hope learn about how … Continue reading →

Group 3’s question Ashiley Thomas Hanna Taveras Explain whether or not search engines have a negative impact on our culture’s ability to retain information. When Jay David Bolter talks about remediation, he is talking about how over time, media does … Continue reading →

Group 1  – Kaila and Abraham Is the author’s intention to attract and repulse the reader through their writing effective? Remediation is the transformation from one media to another. The “media” in remediation is referencing the media that people engage … Continue reading →

Discuss whether if the alphabetical organization should be valued more than topical organization in the context of the encyclopedia. Remediation within the context of “Writing Space” by Bolter is the repurposing or refashioning of a medium into something new. Printed … Continue reading →

Explain why we as a society should be concerned that shift to digital libraries will leave some printed text behind as previous shifts did, such as the shift from papyrus to codex or manuscript to print. Who decides what is … Continue reading →

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An idea that stood out to me in Bolters “Writing Space, Computers, Hypertext, and the Remediation of Print” was how encyclopedias are a reflection of the time that we live in. In the chapter “Encyclopedic Order” on page eighty-four Bolter … Continue reading →

In “The Electronic Book” by Jay David Bolter I found the idea that books are anthropomorphized in western culture (p. 79) interesting. I had never thought about how the outwards appearance of books are their unique visual identity that competes … Continue reading →

In “The Electronic Book,” I was fascinated by the author’s explanation of how a book should establish some sort of identity and how it should define its role in a library. (Page 79) Bolter states, “Each book must be different … Continue reading →

A concept that stood out to me from Robert Coover’s article, The End of Books, is that hypertext doesn’t translate into print (pg. 8). Today many books, magazines, and periodicals have been digitized. Some even start that way and have … Continue reading →

Jay David Bolter’s “The Electronic Book”, calls attention to the change in digital technology and defines hypertext as digital writing and moving information digitally in a non-linear way. On page 10 (92), “The computers, storage devices, and communications equipment must … Continue reading →

      In the “ Coover End of Books,”  I was very intrigued by the ideas and concepts that were demonstrated and explained in just these few pages. Learning about Hypertext and the different components that it may present … Continue reading →

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In Coover The end of book, they talk about many concepts and ideas but one that caught my attention was the obsolescent print technology on page 4. The author describes it as likely to engage in major hypertext fiction of … Continue reading →

Link to draft For this paper, I tried to think of technologies that have changed during my lifetime. There have been quite a few; televisions, public transit tokens, telephones, cameras, and computers. My first 3 choices were the telephone, the … Continue reading →

Tech and Media Exploratory Project Final Draft

My draft needs more details. I struggled with this project and had some writer’s block. The biggest struggle was deciding on 3 technologies. I also need to figure out the best way to incorporate McLuhan’s philosophies into the paper.   

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My plans for revising my paper would be to make it more cohesive and combine some of my sentences. I also intend to fix my last body paragraphs and make it more cohesive. I speak about some of the intended … Continue reading →

I am planning to structure my intro in a way where there is more focus on the direction it will go. I will try to talk more about McLuhan in my intro and I will need to think of a … Continue reading →

Some ideas that I want to present in my essay is elaborating my thoughts to more of a general audience. I wrote my introduction based off of those who know about McLuhan and the type of philosopher he was and … Continue reading →

After today’s class I plan on concising the ideas I want to use from McLuhan. I have a handful of scholarly sources, as well as normally sourced reputable ones that will aid to the ideas I have laid out already. … Continue reading →

After what we discussed in class, I would like to add smoother transitions and also clarify my points. After discussing how well you can incorporate McLuhan versus when you do it. I also want to work on broadening my responses … Continue reading →

The plan for my revision of the final draft for the tech/media is to add an title  to my paper to make it more professional. I also should make my paper MLA format not only the work cited page but … Continue reading →

Destiny Wallace TEC Intro Here is my intro for my TEC piece discussing the layout of the paper.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kvjhzytXSmGuwSMXavyquifukaeBAO9g-gwo2XMRz6s/edit The writing was okay. I finished it, and I do believe I adhered to the prompts set to a fair degree. However, I had trouble making it coherent for the reader. I felt like I was jumping from idea … Continue reading →

Tech Exploratory Project I think this project was challenging in finding research for my project. It was difficult to find expert sources talking about the technology I chose and discussing topics which were relevant to the project. It was easier … Continue reading →

Tech Exploratory I found this project to be challenging. I had trouble writing my thoughts since McLuhan’s ideas are so abstract. Also, I found myself disagreeing with McLuhan at times and struggled to apply his concepts in a way that … Continue reading →

      Exploratory Draft        My experience with writing the Exploratory draft was a task where I enjoyed researching these different technologies and looking at them from several standpoints. I researched Bluetooth, Laptops, and Headphones. The four … Continue reading →

ENG 1710 paper 2 draft   The research paper was about 3 major techs which were the iPhone, PlayStation, and Microsoft PC. I stated in the paper its history and how consumers keep buying it. I also discussed how McLuhan … Continue reading →

After today’s class discussion and reviewing my notes, I had to rethink the 3 technologies that I chose for my research paper. They didn’t relate to each other well. My third technology is now the e-reader.   I can see how … Continue reading →

While looking back at my notes on my thoughts and questions after I read the first few pages of McLuhan I saw several things I can add to my paper. One idea I will present in my introduction is the … Continue reading →

Three ideas I have are to definitely include the Four Laws of Media. I think that has a big role in my project, we are constantly talking about in class so it would make sense to include it. Also maybe … Continue reading →

One idea I would like to use from McLuhan is the idea of medium being the message. With the way we use technologies in our everyday lives, I want to explore what these pieces of technology were an extension of … Continue reading →

My focus for my TEP is (hand written letters, telephone calls, verbal face to face. The transition to Instant messaging, emails, forums/blog post, etc…) A few examples I plan on using from McLuhan are “The medium is the message”, The … Continue reading →

McLuhan’s ideas of amplification/amputation, hot and cold media, and the medium is the message can all be incorporated into my paper. Firstly, visual effects and multitrack recorder amplify and amputate the user. For instance, the invention of motion control cameras … Continue reading →

These ideas from McLuhan From Beginners will help for my technology essay. Despite help tech evolve, why would he be against if he was still alive today? How did McLuhan still have such an influence even years after his passing? … Continue reading →

One way of incorporating McLuhan into our writing is explaining his idea of cool and hot media and explain how my selected technologies operate. Another idea would be amputation into amplification. The technologies chosen should show how technology transitions from … Continue reading →

 Printers, Bluetooth technology, and Electric scooters, all in some way follow the 4 laws of media. Each of them are advanced enough that they in some way have made older forms of technology obsolete, but also had some form of … Continue reading →

McLuhan Image I would like to research some of the more mundane technology which has impacted our lives, such as the lightbulb, indoor plumbing, and pens. I would like to see the difference from the eras before and how these … Continue reading →

Link to drawn image The items I will focus on for my TEP project are ways of communication (hand written letters, telephone calls, verbal face to face. The transition to Instant messaging, emails, forums/blog post, etc…)

CamScanner luhan 09-28-2023 11.45 (pg 104) What I was trying to get at with the artwork was the concept of McLuhan’s global village. The idea of the global village is with technologies like computers, television, and other advanced telecommunication devices, … Continue reading →