And do not forget the term 'deep Europe', one of the many inventions coming from the nettime scene… neither East nor West or continental… https://v2.nl/events/deep-europe/view <https://v2.nl/events/deep-europe/view>
Geert > On 24 Apr 2021, at 8:36 am, Michael H. Goldhaber <mich...@goldhaber.org> > wrote: > > Is it more closely related to the “deep state” or to “deep pockets “? Both? > > Best, > > Michael via iPhone, so please ecuse misteaks. > >> On Apr 23, 2021, at 7:09 PM, Ted Byfield <tedbyfi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 23 Apr 2021, at 19:11, Molly Hankwitz wrote: >> >>> What is “Deep Humanities”? >> >> This seems like your basic Silly Valley 'branding' proposal powerpoint, >> right down to the gobsmacking conceit that what they're doing is 'deep,' >> which implies that what everyone else has been doing — like for the last >> century or two (or twenty) — is shallow. Without fail the opposite is true, >> but there are the words, right there in front of you, and they say the >> opposite, so reading things like this always involves a fleeting doubt about >> who's insane, you or the authors. >> >> The bullet points follow a formula, which is to toss out a potted definition >> that might be at home in a catalog description for an intro-level undergrad >> course, followed by an effort to make it relevant to tech bros. For example: >> >>>> Culture: not as a stable set of practices to be manipulated or overcome, >>>> but as a dynamic site of struggle for meaning; as a form of “artificial >>>> intelligence” that enhances and extends human intelligence and >>>> capabilities. >> >>>> Ethics: ethical ways of conceiving and connecting with the Other all its >>>> planetary diversity; integrating ethics into STEM/STEM education, >>>> business, politics, planning, and policy. >> >>>> Language/communication – communication/language in human/non-human; human >>>> cognition/intelligence as well as AI and machine learning, including >>>> notions of context, common sense, and critical thinking. >> >> I'm not *even* going to touch the one about "reality." >> >>>> At its most profound, Deep Humanities aims to bring our cumulative >>>> accumulated knowledges about the practice of being human to engage the >>>> urgent issues of our times. >> >> As opposed to all those shallow humanities. And, yes, I saw the thing about >> "cumulative accumulated knowledges." >> >> I don't think the authors are insane. I sympathize with how difficult it >> must be to teach humanities in a setting like San Jose, where everything, >> everywhere, in every moment radiates the boundless, inbred naive confidence >> of tech wealth and power. Even very strong people would need to make serious >> accommodations to survive. This initiative seems like a product of those >> accommodations. >> >> Cheers, >> Ted >> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission >> # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, >> # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets >> # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l >> # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org >> # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org > # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
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