trish's blog

Is TV soon going to become another nostalgic relic of our technological past like radio stars or record players?  Read More »

With finals coming and PhD applications looming for many of us, it is no wonder WIRED’s retrospective “The Creatures that Ate Hollywood” delighted me.

King Kong Vs. Godzilla, 1962  Read More »

On Gnovis:

A sermon in her family’s church, frames an ethical and moral wrestling match in Sarah Thompson’s first (hopefully of many) blog for gnovis. She asks:

“Rights…how do we draw a line between what constitutes a right and what does not, while respecting peoples’ differences? ….When is culture itself a right, and when does culture stand in the way of rights?”  Read More »

Like Brad's blog posted this morning, I could not discuss anything other then this week's historic election and I will also start with a question. Unlike Brad, I can not promise to avoid all emotional gushing. Please excuse me this once.

“What, then, is the American, this new man?”  Read More »

on gnovis...

On Gnovis, around CCT, and in the wider blogoshere, people are discussing the increasingly convoluted relationship between Technology, Authenticity and Affect. What technologies produce the most 'authentic' communication, memories, experiences? Why are we often nostalgic for older technologies? See how these blogs collectively create a really interesting discussion of these questions.  Read More »