Re: [-empyre-] Week 4: Lilly Irani, Shaka McGlotten, John Stadler, and Luke Stark

2015-10-30 Thread Patrick Keilty
--empyre- soft-skinned space--John, I keep thinking about how your post reminds me of two points from Natasha's book. 1) There's a part where she talks about interactive involvement (p. 114) and how we might consider choice making and skill to be at odds with

Re: [-empyre-] Week 4: Lilly Irani, Shaka McGlotten, John Stadler, and Luke Stark

2015-10-29 Thread Patrick Keilty
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Thanks John! The mashup of these two genres is fascinating. I am tempted to do an entire empyre discussion on pornography, or some kind of virtual panel discussion that gets posted online, or maybe even a one-day conference in Toronto. I

Re: [-empyre-] Week 4: Lilly Irani, Shaka McGlotten, John Stadler, and Luke Stark

2015-10-25 Thread John Stadler
--empyre- soft-skinned space-- Hello, all: I’m glad we broached the topic of porn compilation videos last week, and I hope, Patrick, you’ll allow me to make that the focus of my post this week (but also, yes, make it a whole empyre discussion unto itself—I would love

[-empyre-] Week 4: Lilly Irani, Shaka McGlotten, John Stadler, and Luke Stark

2015-10-25 Thread Patrick Keilty
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Thank you all for a great discussion last week. I hope to respond more to your thought provoking comments when I get a chance. Meanwhile, welcome to Week 4! I am pleased to introduce guest discussants Lilly Irani (US), Shaka McGlotten (US/