Comments for Geolocating Compositional Strategies at the Virtual University

Comment on Abstract by My Misplaced Concreteness -- !jentery!: a blog by jentery sayers

My Misplaced Concreteness -- !jentery!: a blog by jentery sayers — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:57:37 +0000

[...] I’ve come to realize that, in teaching a politics of (geo)location through something like geoblogging, I’ve been pretty solid at prompting inquiry into the context of any given media form and [...]

Comment on Abstract by Locating a Geolocating Camera: GPS-Ready Photography? -- !jentery!: a blog by jentery sayers

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:11:25 +0000

[...] that will incorporate, among other things, modules on geospatial metadata and the use of a collaborative geoblog. I’m really looking forward to working with Matt on this project; and I am also looking [...]

Comment on Abstract by !jentery! » Publication in Kairos 12.2

!jentery! » Publication in Kairos 12.2 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:12:35 +0000

[...] 12.2 is now online, and there you will find “Geolocating Compositional Strategies at the Virtual University” by Curtis Hisayasu and me. Per the co-editors’ comments: In “Geolocating Compositional [...]

Comment on Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter by Jentery

Jentery — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:27:55 +0000

For those of you that don’t know, the B5 level of Padelford is where most composition TAs have their offices. This video takes on a different meeting when you consider that it is the path that a lot of students will take when coming and going from student/teacher conferences.

Comment on You Are Here (Naturally Speaking) by Curtis

Curtis — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:25:30 +0000

There is a lot going on in this picture if you think about it as a weird comment on the act of geolocation itself. There is a narrative of presence here (the “you are here”, even though the content of the photo does nothing to indicate where “here” may be. Simultaneously there is both the presence and absence of a body (the “you” that is located).

Comment on Dance Skills by Curtis

Curtis — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:06:38 +0000

no comment.

Comment on Finding My Way To Kane Hall by Curtis

Curtis — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:45:46 +0000

What I want to know is… why were you going to Kane Hall in the first place?

Comment on Empty Quad? by Curtis

Curtis — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:20:16 +0000

Right! Because the quad is never empty right?

You could put together a whole assignment that asked students to capture something that would work as a counterclaim to some kind of identifiable ideology or commonplace. What ideas about our world does this photo force us to rethink? Spaces themselves contain their own arguments, if anyone is around to initiate them into discourse.

Comment on Dance Skills by Jentery

Jentery — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:15:50 +0000

This would have been better as sound or video.

Comment on Squash! by Curtis Hisayasu

Curtis Hisayasu — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:08:29 +0000

My money’s on the guy in the bandanna.