Watch here for examples of the latest work from CultureNet students and Capilano students enrolled in CultureNet core courses.
Our primary web-based project for Spring 2009 is The Capilano Remix Project. Here you will see students responding to articles, editorials, and advertising in the North Shore News. The North Shore News – like Capilano University – is published in North Vancouver, BC CANADA. This community paper circulates across the entire North Shore. The remix project is designed to generate fresh responses to community news from a student’s perspective.
First up was Stephen Cross with a visual representation of how much is riding on Obama’s presidency: The Audacity of Hope.
The second week featured the work of Cindy Cely-Cardenas whose editorial paintings offer a visual critique of the controversial proposal by Bell to build a cell tower in Edgemont: Bell Cell Tower Declined.
This pilot project is up and running through to mid-April and ideally it will continue in the 2009-2010 academic.
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8 October 2009 at 12:38
Response to Sherry Turkle “Always on” Pros and Cons.
The reading “Always-On/Always-On-You: The Tethered Self. By: Sherry Turkle left me thinking about her views and beliefs on technology and how easily it can take away an individual from the real world. I have many negative and also positive views on her assurance on technology and how it affects us.
I am a frequent electronic user, or to be more specific communication device user (cell phone.) It is a handy tool to have around with you, especially with the advancing technologies built into these devices. Not only the call and receive functions, nowadays we see kids on their Iphones, blackberries, ect. Instant messaging friends (which I have learned it is called Blackberry messenger) a much faster way of communication than text messaging. I feel that because of the expanding technologies used in the cell phones, we are not only using them to communicate with others that aren’t in direct contact, but we are doing other things with them. We could be taking photos, listening to music, playing games. Ect. Having a communication device with you at all times can be a great, in case of emergencies or even just pure curiosity of what your friends are doing; It’s always good to keep in touch.
There seem to be a lot more negative points of view from the older crowd about communication devices. I understand it can be pretty aggravating if someone is constantly in tune with their devices that they don’t pay attention to what is going on in reality. Cell phones are a great deal of distraction, especially in places where they shouldn’t be used. With distractions cell phones also come with hazards, physically and emotionally. There have been many counts of car accidents due to cell phone distractions while driving, and recently people have been talking about the radiation dangers from excessive cell phone usage. The other day I was going to work, and at this point I have just got off the phone. As soon I hung up, a homeless guy came up to me and babbled on about how the government or as he called the “system” was trying to kill us by making us use cell phones. Before the homeless guy left he begged me not to use my phone, calling it a “cancer box” but, while he was advising me he was also smoking a cigarette. I didn’t know which part was more ironic. Cell phone usage can sometimes take a person away from the “real world” as Sherry Turkle described. People get so used to cell phones to the point where that becomes the one thing that they rely on, a teenager would have all their friends, saved text messages, or games. A more mature individual might have their business clients, meeting times act. What happens when they don’t have access to anything anymore? We are so caught up in technology, that if suddenly we cant acquire it, we become useless.
Overall I think there is always a good and bad side to everything, including communication devices. Different people may have positive view while others may have negative, it all depends on the way you look at the situation.