{"id":112,"date":"2021-01-15T22:04:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T05:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/scottrichmond\/?p=112"},"modified":"2021-01-16T17:29:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T00:29:39","slug":"activity-1-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/scottrichmond\/2021\/01\/15\/activity-1-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Task 1: What&#8217;s in your bag?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-123\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/scottrichmond\/files\/2021\/01\/IMG_2184-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/scottrichmond\/files\/2021\/01\/IMG_2184-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/scottrichmond\/files\/2021\/01\/IMG_2184-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/scottrichmond\/files\/2021\/01\/IMG_2184-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/scottrichmond\/files\/2021\/01\/IMG_2184-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/scottrichmond\/files\/2021\/01\/IMG_2184-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/scottrichmond\/files\/2021\/01\/IMG_2184-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Items: Laptop, tablet, ear buds, work keys, lanyard, whistle, backup food, glasses cleaner, hand sanitizer, backup mask, and ear plugs. Conspicously absent though I still carry on my persons: GPS smart watch and smartphone.<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t think I have a daily need for EACH of these items except for the laptop, ipad, ear buds, and keys. the rest of the items are the things I may need at some point.<\/li>\n<li>My items could be thought of as\u00a0<em>texts<\/em>, in the sense that they have been both literally and figuratively woven together from materials. They are creations thought up by someone somewhere, and I am afforded their use for my purposes. I look at this picture and see someone who values efficiency of space for learning and creating (not carrying around books, notepads, and a bunch of pens), and safety redundancies (back up calories, mask, sanitizer, visual clarity, audio protection).<\/li>\n<li>My text technologies would be the four digital items: earbuds, digital pencil, tablet, and laptop, as well as the two absent items I carry around everywhere &#8211; my smartphone and my GPS watch. These items communicate that I would rather use networked texts than otherwise. I prefer the dynamic nature of texts that can change over time.<\/li>\n<li>My literacies would include technology (conventionally speaking) and safety. Some might accuse me of being a utilitarian.<\/li>\n<li>The contents of my bag match pretty well with who I outwardly project to the world; I&#8217;m a techie guy who cares about my health and wellness, be it safety or exercise. The noise-cancelling earbuds and earplugs give me moments of serenity when I need them most.<\/li>\n<li>15 years ago my bag would be fundamentally different &#8211; a testament to the drastic change in values over that time. Everything from my worldview, values, consumer patterns, media, language, and behaviours has shifted. There might be a religious text, a small notepad, pencil, a digital camera, a wallet, and a swiss army knife.<\/li>\n<li>An archeologist might look at my current bag and infer a few things: that this person lived in a transitional period between physical texts and neurological texts. This person cared about keeping volume low, but consequentially weight was less of a factor, and therefore must have been comfortable to bear the weight of all these lithium-ion batteries. They would interpret this bag as belonging to someone who likes having information efficiently delivered (on-demand, hands-free, voice-activated, etc).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Items: Laptop, tablet, ear buds, work keys, lanyard, whistle, backup food, glasses cleaner, hand sanitizer, backup mask, and ear plugs. Conspicously absent though I still carry on my persons: GPS smart watch and smartphone. 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