Else-If-Then

Category: Netherlands

  • Americans in the Netherlands

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    I met quite a few Americans while in the Netherlands; that by itself isn’t so surprising but I was startled at how many were from Californian universities, mostly the UC. At New Network Theory, Alan Liu from UC Santa Barbara spoke, and Ramesh Srinivasan from UCLA (discussed in my last post), and Warren Sack from…

  • Scholars and Artists

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    In the last couple of months I have enjoyed meeting a host of really interesting scholars and artists. I’ve written about those I was seeing or meeting in an official way–keynote speakers, panelists, interviewees, etc. But, I also met quite a few people in a more casual way who are also doing research and or…

  • Yet another cool institution in Rotterdam…

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    I realized that while I’ve written quite a bit about the Piet Zwart first year and graduation shows, and have mentioned them in connection with Worm, but I haven’t said that much about what this school is or what my connection is. I’ll warn you now that if my last post about Worm was alarmingly…

  • Worm invaded

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    Worm invadedOriginally uploaded by cuuixsilver Not caring so much about Worm’s status, being more focused on it’s principles and goals seems to account for some of the biggest differences between this group and many of the others. For example, unlike V2, which is explicitly disinterested in having students trooping through, Worm has carried out what…

  • Evolution of Worm

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    Now I will also finally finish writing about my meeting with Hajo, which I only half-covered before it was time for me to leave the Netherlands, and I’m anxious to get it all down. –I’m sure at least a few other people will write about the conferences I attended, but I’m the only one who…

  • The transformation of Literary and Media Studies

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    Finally I have a chance to finish my report on Katherine Hayles; I’m sure you must all be relieved, waiting with baited breath as you were. Or weren’t you? tsk tsk. Well, I will finish it for my own satisfaction then. After laying out her argument for human-computer interaction being an example of intermediation, or…

  • Makedo project 1

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    Makedo project 1Originally uploaded by cuuixsilver Another cool project from the Piet Zwart students, this time from the first year show. This phone has on the first eight options statements from each artist in the first-year show, and then on the ninth, a chance for visitors to leave a message commenting. It’s a really cool…

  • A brief interruption…or maybe a long one!

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    I’m back in the US now and only have time for a very quick post. I’m at my parent’s camp in Maine where there is no phone, no tv, and no internet! So I’m in town at a cafe with free wireless for a short span…anyway, I hope to have a chance to post more…

  • More on Hayles

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    Ok, so having introduced the idea of emergent complexity and it’s requirements, Hayles next started talking about analogies as pattern recognition. She reminded us of Douglas Hofstader’s claim that all “cognition is recognition.” If recognizing patterns is what leads to understanding analogies, well so what? She gave some examples first of human ability to understand…

  • A brief interruption of the timeline…

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    Before I finish reporting on Worm, I have to pause and catch up on some earlier stuff, before I forget everything, so this entry will be on Katherine Hayles’ keynote speech at the Re-mediating Literature conference that I covered very generally a few posts back. Ok, she had a really clearly laid out talk with…