When we were thinking of examples of a pair of things that we normally don’t necessarily associate with each other that we could apply cultural logic to, as defined as -a broad pattern, set of practices, or set of rules that crosses many levels of a culture I thought of the comparison of the two…
I really thought the discussion in class today about people creating based on preexisting items instead of creating a brand new object was interesting. And if you stop and think about it…. what’s happened in the last 10 years or even the last 20 thats really been “new?” Google, which according to Digg is in…
Phenomenology and Structuralism Skeptical Phenomenology: no access to truth, cannot understand objective reality as it is or the language that claims to construct it Skeptical Structuralism: thought occurs after language, language is prior to and constitutive of consciousness Combining the two cancels each other out by removing both our consciousness and access to reality. Wittgenstein:…
For those of you who enjoyed “Watch the World’s” during Tuesday’s lecture, here are some more SL machinima works by Robbie Dingo. Meteors Masks More videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/RobbieDingo
Mingxian was recently talking about using structuralism to analyze interaction design portfolio sites. I think this is a great idea, and it prompted me to think about what constitutes a good portfolio site for an interaction designer. I am particularly interested in the role of design process in an interaction design portfolio. A…
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Phenomenology and Structuralism Phenomenological analysis of shots in a film depends largely on actual knowledge of the director. What time did the director live? What were their beliefs on film and cinematography? etc. Without this knowledge, you’re not performing an exclusively phenomenological inquiry. Structural analysis of film can access a director’s intention, but the intention…
Manivich says that “Although more complex types of interactivity can be created by a computer program that controls and modifies the media object at run-time, the majority of interactive media uses fixed branching-tree structures.” He goes on to claim that we can choose one of two perspectives regarding the use interactive media: (i) Author “…the…
Read more Q: What is the difference between authorship and use?
Some research is finding that people of different continental origins have different DNA. The article does give examples of products/designs that are already operating under that assumption (the heart disease drug for African Americans). Concern about “support” for racism is mentioned (if people really are genetically different, then…) and talk of this research leading to…
A map of “Terrorism Events and Other Suspicious Activity”. One can click on the event icons and get details and links related to the incident. Note also at the bottom of the page that other maps coming soon are: Gang Activity Outbreaks/Bird Flu USA School Incidents I’d love to make a comment about this, but…
A temporary subject When designer are describing user.. . Premise: 1.The aspects of aesthetical experience 2.Designer and User Investigation method: 1.Literature study 2.Case study of user and interaction design 3.Designing interaction style < ? still keep thinking > Goal: 1.To research various criteria to analyze experience 2.To describe user’s experiences by consummating self and other…
Interaction Culture 