http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/candacen/2013/01/20/week-1-summary/ part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:27:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/candacen/2013/01/20/week-1-summary/#comment-48 Francia Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:06:22 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/candacen/?p=4#comment-48 I believe that the need to create objects that bring us to the greater reality possible like in the movie Artificial Intelligence has become an obsession. This leads us to think about how close is this science fiction into our reality. I believe that the need to create objects that bring us to the greater reality possible like in the movie Artificial Intelligence has become an obsession. This leads us to think about how close is this science fiction into our reality.

]]> http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/candacen/2013/01/20/week-1-summary/#comment-32 sbayne Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:56:04 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/candacen/?p=4#comment-32 I often wonder about the relative dominance of dystopian views too Candace. I like what Neil Badmington says about this in his book 'Posthumanism' - he suggests that posthumanism emerged through the coming together of ‘theory and mass culture’. Both were concerned with the end of human dominance. In productions such as War of the Worlds, The Blob, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, he says, we consistently see ‘Man’ at risk from ‘an inhuman other: “his” position at the centre of things’ being placed in question. But humanity is almost always ultimately triumphant over the alien Other in popular culture - so despite the dominance of the dystopian vision, the 'threat' to humanity is generally placed within limits. Badmington's view was that this was a response to the rise of 'anti-humanist' theory – ‘Humanism was in trouble: Hollywood knew this but took refuge in denial’. An interesting view, even if you don't agree! I often wonder about the relative dominance of dystopian views too Candace. I like what Neil Badmington says about this in his book ‘Posthumanism’ – he suggests that posthumanism emerged through the coming together of ‘theory and mass culture’. Both were concerned with the end of human dominance. In productions such as War of the Worlds, The Blob, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, he says, we consistently see ‘Man’ at risk from ‘an inhuman other: “his” position at the centre of things’ being placed in question. But humanity is almost always ultimately triumphant over the alien Other in popular culture – so despite the dominance of the dystopian vision, the ‘threat’ to humanity is generally placed within limits. Badmington’s view was that this was a response to the rise of ‘anti-humanist’ theory – ‘Humanism was in trouble: Hollywood knew this but took refuge in denial’. An interesting view, even if you don’t agree!

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