I am reading Edward Casey’s Giving a Face to Place in the Present: Bachelard, Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, Irigaray (from The Fate of Place: A Philosophical History) and so far, I am impressed with a few of the ideas he sews together – something I wish I had read before I wrote my MA thesis,Continue reading “Thinking About Space”
Category Archives: Thinking
Cinema as “social imagination”
My first text that I have to read for the Doctoral Seminar is La Theorie du Cinema: Enfin en crise – which is a volume from the journal CiNeMAS. I have to read the opening chapter by Roger Odin. As a film theory virgin, I had no (real) idea about what film theory was about.Continue reading “Cinema as “social imagination””
Thoughts Among Distractions
It isn’t that early in the morning, yet I am finding myself struggling with concentration. The air is heavy with humidity and sound travels clearly. Today is the trials for Montreal’s annual Formula 1 races, and all I can hear are the cars zooming around and around – the track is a good 10km awayContinue reading “Thoughts Among Distractions”
Research Idea/More Ramblings
Just a quick note … I was thinking, perhaps it would be interesting to write a book of play(er) biographies – using the networked identity framework that I etched out in my MA Thesis. The whole point of my thesis was to introduce a framework – a tool – for researchers to use when thinkingContinue reading “Research Idea/More Ramblings”
Calculations & Play Patterns
I have been reading this book over the last few days, and one of the characters is obsessed with plotting numbers of occurences and distances (related to the holocaust in his example) and correlating them to the result of a double dice role. Inspired by the game of roulette, he is convinced that by using these numbers, there isContinue reading “Calculations & Play Patterns”
Reading Karma
Last night, as I searched for another book to read – avoiding the theory shelves and work related titles, I reached down to the lower shelf and took out two books; Gibson’s Virtual Light (my former advisor was always astounded that I have read very little Gibson given my field of study…) and James Flint’sContinue reading “Reading Karma”
The Question of Community
As I try to get my head into the work-space necessary to get the research done for our AoIR paper, I am faced with the question of community. Last week, I had attended the Spirit of Inquiry conference, and the word community was flung about quite liberally, often to the point that the word hadContinue reading “The Question of Community”
Does it even matter?
I write each post under my full name – does the question of public and private even matter anymore? Is it a line I should think about only in terms of my career and family’s safety? After re-reading my last post, and thinking about it, there is very little anonymity in my blogging anyways.
The Battle Between Public & Private
After many conversations over the last three years about blogging, I am reminded again about the lines between public and private online. This is not a new dilemna. The news is riddled with stories about “private” spaces online; as is an entire section of digital research. But as someone who maintains an online space, theContinue reading “The Battle Between Public & Private”
Getting Back Into The Game
Since my formal academic work is complete until I hear word about my fate at Universite de Montreal for the fall session, I have been in a sort of ‘float’ mode. Returning my focus to my family, our new condo (we still have many boxes that need to be unpacked, and the white walls couldContinue reading “Getting Back Into The Game”
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