Distance No Object

I have now started my routine postings on ‘my other blog’ which I am using for my ethnography. I feel remarkably quiet within these blog boundaries, but with a new shoot, distinctly rhizomatic!

This seems an interesting example of how one news topic (the de-facing of Rothko’s painting in the Tate) is being aggregated into an arts community forum by the power of hastags. although it is a powerful collating force, does it represent a community?

I spent the evening on my Google blog for the ethnographic project and I feel rather odd…. The blog seems so lonely, my online community feels over here! Digital spaces are like touching circles, some small, some large, some close, some distant.  

This week was a shift in direction from previous weeks, with preparing for the task of deciding on a topic for a virtual ethnography. I looked at a number of examples and also finally managed (being inspired) to refresh the look of my blog. I cast the net far and wide (excuse the pun) and [...]

I have been researching the online environment looking for a suitable topic for my internet ethnography and decided on a YouTube media artifact entitled  ’Simon Shama’s Power of Art – Rothko (part 1-7).‘ I hope the study will give me a foundation for considering my future dissertation on the topic of aesthetic experiences in online [...]

1)     What ethical expectations are established by the venue? YouTube guidelines for visiting the site are being followed. The comments are public and viewers do not need to have signed up to YouTube with a personal account to read any of the comments made. 2)     Who are the subjects’ posters / authors / creators of [...]

Internet research encompasses inquiry that: (a) utilizes the internet to collect data or information, e.g., through online interviews, surveys, archiving, or automated means of data scraping; (b) studies how people use and access the internet, e.g., through collecting and observing activities or participating on social network sites, listservs, web sites, blogs, games, virtual worlds, or [...]

Folding back ideas about the constructed nature of knowledge on to ethnography itself poses an interesting paradox: ethnographic knowledge too might be a cultural construct. (C. Hine, 2000, p. 55) I find this argument odd. How can ethnography not be a cultural object. How can ethnography be an objective and factual portrayal?   How dealing [...]

I spent quite some time looking at the previous course participants’  ethnographies and was amazed at the diversity of the topics. It also made me think how to refurbish this WordPress blog, hoping to get a more appealing style. Experimenting did not give too many results I haste to say….I am still working on it…. [...]

Part of my ethnography will be looking at artworks. Experiencing artworks online is potentially a media event available every moment of the day. Online space versus the museum space has offered increased  prospects in terms of accessibility and education. We expect that these images are ‘true’, true to the original. We also accept that there may [...]

I was particularly taken by Michela’s chapter and how she approached her ethnography (Library of Congress’ collection of Abraham Lincoln portraits) In particular, her questions with regards to my potential study are worth considering in the task ahead: 1. Is this a good place to study given the overall cultural themes we are tackling? 2. [...]