Most of my blog posts pick up on small details from the week\u2019s readings and ask questions about them or nitpick or disagree with points the authors are making. In later blog posts, this might be a function of my profound discomfort dealing with technology\u2019s new role in death and mourning \u2013 especially as that shades into questioning the role of the body.<\/p>\n
For example, I didn\u2019t like Jonathan Sterne\u2019s idea that the voice is less whole somehow if it is no longer linked to the body, so I tried to find fault with his argument. In another post, I likened researchers monitoring Facebook use to scientists performing trials on non-consenting subjects. Loss of autonomy when it comes to the body or extensions thereof (your likeness and name on social media, for instance) upsets me. When I wrote about Dead Set, I was concerned with the difference between seeing and communicating with other people \u2013 the importance of physical presence.<\/p>\n
This fascination with the body has been evident in other work I\u2019ve done this year (most notably in poetry I\u2019ve written), and I hadn\u2019t realized it was showing up in my academic work until I started reviewing my blog posts.<\/p>\n
The other trend I notice is that in my earlier posts, I drew connections between class texts or asked questions of them, while in my later posts, I began making arguments of my own. I think that demonstrates my growing confidence with the class\u2019s subject matter and investment in reaching my own conclusions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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