Seismograph: Lectures
This series of lecture-seminars concerns itself with the relationships between the self, medium, and the environment. It uses as a platform Jean-Francois Lyotard's assessment that a direct and shared component of these social bonds is narrative knowledge. This observation from Lyotard establishes narrative knowledge, as opposed to scientific knowledge, as a major part of our understanding of the world around us. Following such an assessment the question of legitimation naturally arises. This series, based on ongoing empirical, original research looks at the ubiquitous use of contemporary communication media technology and its invention of the "active audience". The series talks about our cultural condition and discusses that under such a condition the need arises for a critical filter in media and information consumption.
The graphic for the series is based on a source image and additional text added by Greg to illustrate further the idea of observation, recording, and understanding. Source image: History of the Seismograph, http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/seismology/ history/part08.php. A record, obtained with Ewing's horizontal-pendulum seismograph, of a strong local earthquake on March 8, 1881 (reproduced from Nature, 30, 1884, p. 174). Two of the pendulums write on the same surface. The recording plate revolves continuously with one revolution every fifty seconds. The "beginning" of the earthquake is marked as a, a' respectively on the EW and NS traces. In order that the indicator pens not interfere with each other, the EW trace is put on the record at a point approximately ninety degrees clockwise from where the NS trace is put on the plate. In the center, the traces have been aligned on a common time scale.
Video Vidi Visum, Latin translation: "To see, observe, understand"
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SEMINAR ONE
Title: Media Ecology 101: It's Alive!
Sub-Title: What is the media ecology and why does it matter?
Description: TBD
Length: Approx 60 minutes, discussion
Date: TBD
SEMINAR TWO
Title: Good Art Causes World Wars
Sub-Title: A brief history of media studies, theory and philosophy
Description: TBD
Length: Approx 60 minutes, discussion
Date: TBD
SEMINAR THREE
Title: Why Your Brain Hurts
Sub-Title: A review of media effects research
Description: TBD
Length: Approx 60 minutes, discussion
Date: TBD
SEMINAR FOUR
Title: To Legit To Quit
Sub-Title: Some thoughts and research on post-legitimation
Description: TBD
Length: Approx 60 minutes, discussion
Date: TBD
SEMINAR FIVE
Title: Yes, You are a Cyborg
Sub-Title: Human Computer Interaction
Description: TBD
Length: Approx 60 minutes, discussion
Date: TBD
SEMINAR SIX
Title: The Bionic (Hu)Man
Sub-Title: Brain Computer Interaction
Description: TBD
Length: Approx 60 minutes, discussion
Date: TBD
SEMINAR SEVEN
Title: Augmenting Plato
Sub-Title: The state of the book and classroom
Description: TBD
Length: Approx 60 minutes, discussion
Date: TBD
SEMINAR EIGHT
Title: What's Free is Free
Sub-Title: A look at the open-source movement
Description: TBD
Length: Approx 60 minutes, discussion
Date: TBD
