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Category Archives: Commentary 1
The Technological Invasion: Is it adding, subtracting, or overpowering our thoughts and actions?
One cannot dispute the fact that technology is at the center of global affairs and is causing panic, excitement, intrigue, and fear among others across the world. These emotions span many languages and transcend all geographical boundaries. With this rapid … Continue reading
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Commentary #1: Determined by technology or determined by our actions
Postman’s article, The Judgement of Thamus (Postman, 1993), illustrates how new technologies alter our conception of reality. This transformation is an ecological change. The intrusion of a new technology involves an entire culture and context. It is not possible to … Continue reading
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Ecology of Orality
The gradual shift from orality to literacy has been much discussed and marveled at. It is fascinating to see how orality dominated the human culture for so long and then was over taken by literacy. Now many call orality primitive … Continue reading
Commentary 1: Is Rote Learning Valuable Today?
Photo posted on Flickr by Terr-Bo The main purpose of rote learning is to memorize information such as basic math skills, dates, poetry, spelling words etc. As we become more dependent on mobile devices it seems like there is less … Continue reading
Commentary 1 – Thought Processes
To answer the question, What effects has writing had on human thought processes? I went back to investigate the emergence of the concept of the environmental impact on human cognition. Nell (1999) postulates that this idea emerged in Marxist thought, … Continue reading
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Paradox and Tension in Theories of Orality, Text and Technology
Paradox is defined as contradiction or conflict with statements that are reasonable or possible. (Merriam Webster Dictionary) Theories surrounding the nature of orality, text and technology is rife with paradox. It is through illuminating paradox that we become comfortable with … Continue reading →