Monthly Archives: January 2015

Expression of the Hands (Ausdruck der Hände)

Posted on January 29, 2015 by friesenn

In this 1997 documentary, director and narrator Harun Farocki offers what might be called a phenomenology of the hand in cinema. The phenomenon in question, of course, is the expressive power and possibilities of the hands in film. In this … Continue reading →

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Hiedegger – the Magus of Messkirch

Posted on January 28, 2015 by friesenn

A 1989 documentary about Martin Heidegger, born and raised a Roman Catholic in Messkirch, Baden-Württemberg. An excellent video with well-translated English subtitles. In a number of interview fragments included here, Heidegger explains his thinking with atypical simplicity and clarity. His … Continue reading →

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Old Literacies and the “New” Literacy Studies: Revisiting Reading and Writing

Posted on January 28, 2015 by friesenn

Video “abstract” and paper that recently appeared in the open, online journal Seminar.net. This paper traces a discontinuous and material history of “schooling,” writing and its technologies, rather than one that would be continuous and etymological or cultural in focus (i.e. going … Continue reading →

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