Embodiment, Identity and the Posthuman
12 months ago I don’t think I knew what any of those words meant, been quite a year. I’ve been reading more around posthumanism after Sian directed me towards it. I wanted to try and share my (frankly limited…) understanding of the area so far, along with the bits of interest for those working around e-learning.
“The posthuman subject is regarded ‘an amalgam, a collection of interchangeable components, a material informational entity whose bodies undergo continuous construction and reconstruction’” (Hayles)
On video conferencing
Having just come out of a video conference tutorial I wanted to briefly reflect on the technology rather than the discussion itself. Over the last few months we have largely been researching web technologies, building towards those that most closely reflect f2f interaction. Video conferencing is the closest we can get to a physical classroom environment while separated by hundreds of miles.
Is silence over-rated?
Thoughts last week on speed and acceleration lead neatly onto the need for silence. If we are losing time for reflection because of information overload we clearly need an understanding of the best possible environment for that to occur in. Is the ideal environment silence and sanctuary? Cutting ourselves off from the world around us? Can technology and the noise that so often comes with it actually be a positive? Is silence over-rated?
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