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Betting on the Alphabet

Canadian Journal of Communication Vol 29, No 2 (2004) “Dispelling the Alphabet Effect” Paul Grosswiler https://www.cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/1432/1540 This non-Western ethnocentric interpretation of the impact of Chinese script stands in stark contrast with Logan’s. What Gernet lauded as political unity, Logan mistrusted … Continue reading

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Enlightened Ears

Miriam Nichols in “Deep Convention and Radical Chance: The Two Postmodernisms of Robert Duncan and Robin Blaser” in W [dix] a Duncan Delirium published by the Kootenay School of Writing invites her reader to identify with humanism and become attuned … Continue reading

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Designing for Mutability

The imperative is identified. the need to make design as fluid as possible so that it can pour across the wires into the unpredictable receptacles, rhythms, and ultimately the lives of others. Alan Liu is here referencing material accessed through … Continue reading

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In Between Out

Nick Piombino. “The Aural Ellipsis and the Nature of Listening in Contemporary Poetry” in Close Listening: Poetry and the Performed Word ed. by Charles Bernstein. The effect of the “aural ellipsis” in poetry allows that, at certain points, the poem … Continue reading

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Sound layers

I’ve experienced Tomatis effects by which I mean the contribution that earphones can make in civilizing computer use, that is allow for two or triple sound layers to sculpt the immersive experience. You are invited to test or demo for … Continue reading

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Auricular

In some circles two English words now mark different but related formations which may or may not correspond to a possible distinction in French between labyrinthe and dédale. It effects how one reads Susan Sontag’s parenthetical remark in “Under the … Continue reading

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