Archive for February 18th, 2008
Monday, February 18th, 2008
The effects of old narratives
In the focus group I did with HIV+ people on Sunday, someone raised a really interesting point. There used to be all sorts of movies about AIDS, all with the same inevitable theme — death. Someone gets AIDS, and they have to set their affairs in order, or reunite with their family, or […]
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Technocultural moment
I wonder if the complete lack of alarm clocks so far in my South African hotel rooms is in any way related to the intermittent blackouts the country is being plagued by? An alarm clock not guaranteed to ring in the morning is worse than no alarm clock at all. I will try […]
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Oh, Internets.
I’m not sure who’s responsible for this…
Originally uploaded by Kelly Sue.
The way LOLcats spread last year showed me that the increased growth of the Internet has both homogenized it and just allowed a whole range of subcultures to flourish and interact.
Or, to put it less wonkishly, it means the weird can spread.
This Obama […]
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Closing thoughts on Interactions, opening thoughts on South Africa
It’s overcast here, which is a drag - there’s so much sky in Cape Town, and by all accounts it’s spectacular when it’s sunny. But hopefully the sky will clear tomorrow, when we have some more tourist time.
(I just went to check the weather forecast online, having forgotten that I’d already logged off the […]
