Hey,
Ok, I know the class is over! This is my last post. Just wanted to share an organization I mentioned to Jess that I thought others might be interested in:
http://www.cognitivepolicyworks.com/
Some of their "Related Websites" are pretty interesting too. That's how I discovered the boot camp (it's at UPenn, happens summer 2010, and is geared towards non-scientists). Here's the link if anyone wants to apply:
http://neuroethics.upenn.edu/index.php/events/neuroscience-bootcamp
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to send a couple of links to Bello's writing - particularly as it relates to the question "What comes next?" re: neoliberalism.
http://www.all4all.org/2009/06/3514.shtml
Capitalist crisis and response (scroll down for his description of the technocratic project he feels is underway, basically a kind of global Keynesianism, and why that's problematic, as well as other developing responses)
Forgot about the Delany excerpt on future labor. Just uploaded here.
Okay, in addition to the Davenport we are also reading the Beller:
http://a.aaaarg.org/text/5292/cinematic-mode-production-attention-econom...
Also take a look at the Ward's chapter on Attention and control, particuarly passages on ADHD. Also included an illuminating glossary as well as a very brief chapter on vigilance.
http://a.aaaarg.org/text/5293/attention-neuropsychological-approach.
--k
Here is a repost of the IDC list thread on attention. This is the first post in the conversation.
https://lists.thing.net/pipermail/idc/2009-October/003997.html
Here's that pop-science article on willpower I keep referencing. Don't think the original study is online but maybe someone else will have a moment of Google magic and find it.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-09/mu-rda092409.php
I happily misremembered it as saying you SHOULD indulge yourself but actually it says to "strengthen your willpower" by not eating chocolate cake. Boo.
Jess
Here's an optional background reading on Foucault's lectures on Biopolitics.
more later tonight.
"Essentially a summary of work analysis films which were taken by Frank B. Gilbreth between 1910 and 1924 showing a number of industrial operations from which the motion study technique was developed."
(text taken from website).
The Easier Way, A 1946 short film produced by General Motors to convince the public that scientific management and motion studies in the workplace are beneficial to companies and the employees.
Clip of the Feeding Machine in Chaplin's 1936 Modern Times. A fun visual source to accompany the ideas and practices that Lindstrom discusses.
Link to Gunning article - interesting to read about the "visual power" of certain 19th century public forms of visual entertainment in conjunction with his article on The Cinema of Attractions.
A friend sent me the below today (thanks Jordan!). Very timely and relevant to our meeting this week!
Dear all,
Abstract
The nature of the academic lecture has changed with the introduction of wi-fi and cellular technologies. Interacting with personal screens during a lecture or other live event has become commonplace and, as a result, the economy of attention that defines these situations has changed. Is it possible to pay attention when sending a text message or surfing the web? For that matter, does distraction always detract from the learning that takes place in these environments?