The text I chose for us to read and to lead a discussion of as my student led seminar was Jerome Bruner’s essay, “Two Modes…
Read the rest of this post...Judith Donath recently spoke at MassArt. In anticipation of her talk I went to see the Connections exhibition of works by Donath and her Sociable…
Read the rest of this post...On Wednesday night Scott Kirsner gave a fascinating presentation on the history of Hollywood (including some wonderful clips of classic movies along the way) illustrating…
Read the rest of this post...[ [ Addendum (May 6, 2009): Here is a link to an updated version of this document in PDF format: tames-prelim-thesis-prop-v2 ] ]
Here’s another…
Map of experience and interests A mind map and exploration towards a preliminary thesis proposal, version 1.0
the notion
Documentary has traditionally been a monologic…
The transformation from media as a form of cultural production to media as entertainment has lead us into a crisis as we enter the fifth…
Read the rest of this post...In Gui Bonsiepe’s essay, “Some Virtues of Design,” he writes:
“Nobody would doubt that literacy is a prerequisite for higher learning, but graphicacy as it…
After our discussion at Jan’s house I was left thinking “what is design,” in terms of the work we do in DMI, it’s certainly not…
Read the rest of this post...In Gui Bonsiepe’s essay, “Some Virtues of Design,” he suggests the design virtue of “respect for otherness,” which I’ve chosen as one of the two…
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