.. there will be more about the ESRI conference at Salford University, the awesome WIRE concert in Manchester and a nice and relaxing week in the land of elderly Brits and Germans, salt lakes and cheesy swim suit patterns.
Right HERE.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
"Margreiter: Humboldt Media Philosophy - The Aftermath"
In his book on media theory, Rainer Leschke is criticising the general approach of those who try to sketch a universal media ontology. To him, there is a lot of "elegant nonsense" floating around within media studies. I partially agree with him, most of the theories we discussed are indeed very "elegant" in their rhethorics ...
As for the "nonsense" part of his statement: some theories are highly speculative, that's true, and others might even be a little too close to conspiracy theory. But still, understanding them and thus understanding one way of interpreting the world these days, might help to understand some very down-to-earth concerns and problems of our present age. I think, he misses to see the respective theories in their contexts at times.
Besides, reasonable judgement and healthy criticism can be trained by engaging with them. No "nonsense" at all!
As for the "nonsense" part of his statement: some theories are highly speculative, that's true, and others might even be a little too close to conspiracy theory. But still, understanding them and thus understanding one way of interpreting the world these days, might help to understand some very down-to-earth concerns and problems of our present age. I think, he misses to see the respective theories in their contexts at times.
Besides, reasonable judgement and healthy criticism can be trained by engaging with them. No "nonsense" at all!
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