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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
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
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
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
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