When working with medieval texts one is working with a composite, a tale that has been spread by troubadours even before being written, one that has been re-articulated and circulated times and times again. I kept from using Distant Reading methodology on such objects during this course since I couldn’t shake away the feeling that Read More
(*SPOILERS ALERT*: If you plan on playing the game Heavy Rain in the future, please avoid looking at the diagrams included in this boot camp: you can still follow the first part of my discussion spoiler-free, but avoid the second part of this boot camp.) Part I Before explaining what lead me to chose Heavy Read More
Hi fellow Distant Readers—and Others, Here are some clips that I will discuss during my presentation, so you can have a peek at them if you wish. I will show them during class, so you don’t need to watch them right away. Now just to make my presentation sound mysterious and be sightly more engaging, Read More
Perhaps one of the best ways to visualize the concepts of articulation and assemblage from for this week’s seminar, ‘Drawing Things Together,’ is the process of learning: by making associations and parallels between complex elements and familiar and/or simpler concepts, we are crafting and superimposing patterns that enable us to understand what appears to be Read More
Mess is inevitable: it is in our thought-process, our social interactions, our work, our mistakes and accomplishments, but most importantly it is also there in the creative process. When looking for supercuts on the internet, this website leads you to an archive of supercuts, which provides a definition for them: Supercut: noun \ˈsü-pər-kət\ — A fast-paced Read More