Although the theme for this month is the juxtaposition of “page vs. screen,” the two objects do not necessary have to be natural opposites and there are fruitful projects that can bridge the gap. In electronic literature, this is apparent in works such as Amaranth Borsuk and Brad Bouse’s Between Page and Screen, which features machine-readable hieroglyphics that reveal kinetic … [Read more...] about Between Page and Screen
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Reading in Flatland?
In 1884, “A. Square” (a pseudonym of Edwin A. Abbott) published Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, a treatise on Victorian culture through the metaphor of Euclidean geometry. The narrator, A Square, encounters a sphere that has intruded in his own two-dimensional flatland and marvels at the possibilities of higher dimensions. This work of fiction resonates with debates … [Read more...] about Reading in Flatland?
Cultural value gone wonky ?
In my last Blog post, I mentioned systems of value, each with an explanatory discourse, and that cultural value was but one of these. I would like to follow up on that remark, and end by straying into the realm of economics. By way of declaration, I should state that I’m not writing as some neophyte to neo-liberalism – quite the opposite. Like many, I can think of nothing more … [Read more...] about Cultural value gone wonky ?
Cultural value – again
Cultural Value The hoary old chestnut roasting on this December’s open critical fire is cultural value. Much loved by those wishing to instrumentalise the humanities, cultural value appears in European funding cfps (last year’s British AHRC had such a call) as a strategy to identify sources of utility through public-funded humanities projects. Theoretical responses from … [Read more...] about Cultural value – again
Writing on/from the Margins
Following my previous post in which I mentioned marginalia, I thought I would share some of Simon Rowberry’s recent tweets (@sprowberry), incorporating photographs of some amusing and telling examples of this phenomenon. Having recently turned my attention to the highlighting facility on the Amazon Kindle, I thought it might be interesting to compare some aspects of the … [Read more...] about Writing on/from the Margins