Re: [-empyre-] time, context, participation?

2009-10-22 Thread Johannes Birringer
hello all this last longer post by Gregory Ulmer was not easy to read, and partly i began to stop, reading, and then went back to a post a few days ago, by Ian M Clothier -- about contexts and context shifts. Did not also several commentators bring up the issue of time again, and the

Re: [-empyre-] Reply to Anna's questions...

2009-10-22 Thread Anna Munster
Hi Patrick, Thanks for a very thoughtful reply. One issue that I wanted to raise in relation to the Barthes text I quoted was not so much about whether he should be there genealogically or not but rather what we might have forgotten about him. So, in the below quote what I think is also

Re: [-empyre-] time, context, participation?

2009-10-22 Thread Helen Thorington
FYI: comment sections on blogs are very vulnerable to unintended use -- such as gambling, sex, profanity and just plain stupidity. A recent look at one of Michael Mandiberg's works on turbulence that allowed for comments showed a collection over time of 2000 unrelated comments, all of

Re: [-empyre-] time, context, participation?

2009-10-22 Thread Anna Munster
Hi Johannes, A challenging post! Helen is right is stating that comments on blogs lead to lots of spam etc but I myself wondered about the double-layer of permissions with posting comments to Networked ie, you have to become a member to post and comments are also moderatedI am wondering to