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Text: The Technology of Communication

Posted on September 14, 2012 by troos

After reading the course materials on ‘text” and ‘technology’, I feel the two are inseparable as they relate to communication.  Text happens to be the technology of communication.  It is what humans use to share information; to communicate thoughts and … Continue reading →

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Erosion

Posted on September 14, 2012 by joypenner

I chose this image of Greek text from Amheida, Egypt, to represent the erosion of text as written authority. As a child I grew up with the concept that if something was in print, it was authoritative and couldn’t be … Continue reading →

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All encompassing, I believe

Posted on September 14, 2012 by milenab

Words : a Poem David A. Reinstein, LCSW Words to express and Words to conceal. To create a dream Or describe the real. Words to engage and Words to reject. To be in agreement Or to curtly correct. Words to … Continue reading →

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The Unknown

Posted on September 14, 2012 by awhetter

Hart Seely at Slate Magazine has created found poetry from speech transcripts of various U.S. political figures… Sarah Palin, Donald Rumsfeld, and others.  The example from Donald Rumsfeld below is reproduced in the Wikipedia entry for found poetry, which is what … Continue reading →

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Text beyond words

Posted on September 13, 2012 by adi

http://www.flickr.com/photos/williamcromar/6653497785/ I chose a calligramme by the poet Gillaume Appolinaire, because he took printed text to new heights. Appolinaire felt poetry was not exploiting shape and sound. Poetry could be a visual and aural experience. He invented the calligramme, a … Continue reading →

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Technology and Text: One in the Same?

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Sarah Richer

Is Technology, Text? Through the exploration of text and technology, it created a vision in my mind. I found the two concepts to be related and eventually came to the conclusion that “technology is text”. Think about the tools we … Continue reading →

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Above subtext?

Posted on September 13, 2012 by kstooshnov

Here is part of a scene from Whit Stillman’s movie, Barcelona (1994): EXT. AVENUE – DAY Ted and Fred, dressed for work, walking up Paseo de Gracia in 8 a.m. pedestrian traffic. This morning the uniform wearing Fred and, by … Continue reading →

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The changing nature of text.

Posted on September 12, 2012 by jmah

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g&feature=share&list=ULNLlGopyXT_g[/youtube] The Machine is Us/ing Us (Final Version) Michael Wesch Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Although this very popular Youtube video is quite literal in defining the changing nature of text, I felt it illustrated some interesting elements from our Papyrus to … Continue reading →

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My Thoughts on “Text”

Posted on September 12, 2012 by anne

When searching for a phrase that represents the meaning of text, I came across this statement by James Elkin that seemed to sum up my view of what text is. He stated that, ” ‘Text’ refers to anything which is … Continue reading →

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Nietzsche and the writing ball

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Ginelle Stutt

I would like to reference a short passage from The Shallows, by Nicholas Carr, in reference to how I see text represented. Textual creation is very personal, ever changing, or ‘woven’, and is certainly not beholden to the written word, … Continue reading →

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