Category Archives: epistemology
Sari tales
S writes – “Master weavers did pick up this technology…true, it was more for furnishing products, especially when markets opened out….but I again come back to narayanpet, where master weavers have framelooms, and are making sareees on it. It does have a clear product identity (unlike a more universal fursnishing fabric), but I think what [...]
Research paradigms, IRBs, Epistemologies of online research…
There is a very interesting discussion going on on the AIR-L list that I am trying not to get drawn into replying to posts on. Too much stuff to do here with Grad step week and all (and last week the Digital Mirror and New Faculty presentation as well as prep for Grad step week [...]
conceptual Quilting
to find out more about what it means to “quilt conceptually” according to rad Zabibha (born in 2006) and Cyb Tabla (born in 2004)
go to http://slurl.com/secondlife/Brouwer/172/149/42
work in-progress – always
considering also linking to Diva’s earlier moo projects – at least those that are still accessible
AVATAR: BlackMail machinima trailer
There is a discussion of this going on the sled list. The idea of roleplaying and problem solving is not what is being questioned. My question is – how might we do this sort of “role-play” without perpetuating social problems through the very clear racial and ethnic stereotyping that is happening here in the name [...]
hmm – SL economies…
A says she sees some parellels between how Sudhir Alladi describes the Chicago “underground” economy and SL economies…
hmmm – I’m not sure I agree myself but can be made to see why she thinks so I am sure
well I am going today – so can discuss this f2f (or cellphone to cellphone locally) at [...]
I have some notes and observations regarding saris on SL
which link to issues of “Othering” – but more on that some other time.
“staging authenticities” by itineraries that never take us “home”?
what can I say?
whose voices am I consuming as I say
why can I not say
when you can
but yet you want their authentic voices
what I tell you cannot be trusted
that’s what you say
as if you had heard the authentic
yourself
then why do you need me to reveal it to you
if you know what it should [...]
