However, Hand (2008) Hardware to everywhere: narratives of promise and threat, and Bell  (2001) Storying cyberspace 1: material and symbolic stories, have reassured me that it will be an accessible module.  Watching the videos on the EDC13 Lino Wall  has also whetted  my appetite for learning more about Digital Culture.

My feelings at the moment can be somewhat personified in the artform by Kasey Mcmahon found on this site: http://www.switched.com/2010/04/22/kasey-mcmahons-connected-cables-elevate-ethernet-to-art/

Mcmahon’s sculpture of the Wire Woman, is  interesting, as although it is named connected, it seems to have captured or bound the person up, indicating both the positive and negative dimension of  digital culture.

At the moment I am not sure which camp I belong to:  utopia or  dystopia view of  digital culture. Certainly my exploration this week, has already helped debunk some myths I had about cybercultures.

Finally, I have to say that my favourite terminology that I have come across this week is cyberpunk.

Reference:

Hand, M (2008) Hardware to everywhere: narratives of promise and threat, chapter 1 of Making digital cultures: access, interactivity and authenticity. Aldershot: Ashgate. pp 15-42.

Bell, D (2001) Storying cyberspace 1: material and symbolic stories, chapter 2 of An introduction to cybercultures. Abingdon: Routledge. pp6-29.