I’m about to run to class, so I can’t say much about this, but here are the notes I took on an amazing presentation by a super smart guy. I’m going to e-mail him and get his slideshow for you guys and ask him a few questions so let me know if there’s anything you’d like to know!
He knows about all kinds of things, including trolling and griefing, so don’t think your question has to be solely related to blogging. At any rate, his main domains are identity construction and language, so relate those to technology and come up with some things you’d like to ask.
Or you could just e-mail him yourselves but that might be a bit weird.
edit: I mention trolling and griefing to say that he knows about internet stuff in general and he’s not like a stuffy dude in a suit who doesn’t really understand what he’s studying
Just a quick reminder: we do have a small repository of knowledge available at http://uninotes.utopianarmy.org for anyone who’s interested in linguistics, psychology, Echo Bazaar. (unless you’re interested in french for some reason)
Here’s a pet peeve about school.
Language and identity have three connections - symbolic (language says who we are), instrumental (language enables us to do things), and constructive (language can be used for creation)
When you know a language well enough to express yourself in it, you can re-interpret yourself through the use of it
REALLY?! Whoa! I didn’t know that if you know a language well enough, you can, uh, re-interpret yourself through it! Good thing I learned this obvious fact that I will throw away but be tested on.
Symbolic, instrumental, and constructive. This is going to help me understand the course better, I guess? The worst part is it will for some people, but not for me. I love learning things through the ‘net because there’s usually a whole webpage or article for what I’m learning. If I learn some coding stuff, I just do it, it’s in my memory bank. Done. I can throw out the bullshit, if there’s even any.
Don’t forget I took four college courses. >:O