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Summary: Embodied Knowing in Online Environments

Embodied Knowing in Online Environment

Gloria Dall’Alba and Robyn Barnacle

The article uses phenomenology to examine current epistemology, claiming that higher education does not necessarily contextualize knowledge towards the circumstances for which it is ultimately intended.  For example, a prospective physician requires more than the standard medical knowledge in the professional world, such as how to interact with people, technology, and environments outside of the learning milieu.  Continue reading

Summary: “Whither Psychoanalysis in Computer Culture”

In “Whither Psychoanalysis in Computer Culture,” Sherry Turkle (2004) explores how the basic principles of psychoanalysis, including object-relations theory, can provide a theory for understanding our changing relationships with computational objects (like computers) and relational artifacts (like robots and Furbies). Continue reading