Monthly Archives for October 2012
Walter Benjamin – The Work of Art in the Age of its Technological Reproducibility
Benjamin’s essay discusses the role of technological reproduction in determining aesthetic experience, specifically looking at the effects of film and photography in altering our perceptions of art. In a way, he sees technological reproduction as a means of creating new … Continue reading Continue reading
Impressions on “Culture is Ordinary” by Williams
Raymond Williams is probably seen as the founder of cultural studies as his view of culture encompasses classical music, opera, a certain literature and other high culture seen as superior by elitists Englishmen of the mid-twentieth century. A question that … Continue reading Continue reading
Impressions on “The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility” by Benjamin
An art that is not really mentioned by Walter Benjamin in The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility is music. Since the 20th century, singers and musicians have been recording their art on tapes, discs and … Continue reading Continue reading
The work of art in the age of its technological reproducibility—Benjamin
Technological reproducibility has brought a serious of changes in the domain of art, the transformation of art is, in a large extent, promoted by the development of technology, modern artworks are now endowed with new modes, features and values along … Continue reading Continue reading
The work of art in the age of its technological reproducibility—Benjamin
Technological reproducibility has brought a serious of changes in the domain of art, the transformation of art is, in a large extent, promoted by the development of technology, modern artworks are now endowed with new modes, features and values along … Continue reading Continue reading
Culture is ordinary, culture is life
Culture is ordinary, in the society and individual mind. Williams summarized the nature of culture: both traditional and creative; it’s both the most ordinary common meanings and the finest individual meanings. Culture has two senses: a whole way of life; … Continue reading Continue reading
Culture is ordinary, culture is life
Culture is ordinary, in the society and individual mind. Williams summarized the nature of culture: both traditional and creative; it’s both the most ordinary common meanings and the finest individual meanings. Culture has two senses: a whole way of life; … Continue reading Continue reading
Austin, Derrida & Searle
J.L. Austin Just the title of J.L. Austin’s work, one of this week’s readings, is already saying something of the project which will be undertaken in the text to follow. The title is “How to Do Things with Words.” With this title I start thinking of a type of map; that is to say, that … Continue reading Continue reading
Austin, Derrida & Searle
J.L. Austin Just the title of J.L. Austin’s work, one of this week’s readings, is already saying something of the project which will be undertaken in the text to follow. The title is “How to Do Things with Words.” With this title I start thinking of a type of map; that is to say, that … Continue reading Continue reading
Austin, Derrida and Searle
My first question when I faced those four texts was, how can I read them? Then, I realize that there was actually a kind of “order” to do it. Of course, is not the way to do it, but was … Continue reading Continue reading
