Comments on: The Waag Society and the symbiotic synecdoche http://dontexplain.com/2008/04/the-waag-society-and-the-symbiotic-synecdoche/ Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:28:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JB http://dontexplain.com/2008/04/the-waag-society-and-the-symbiotic-synecdoche/comment-page-1/#comment-18 JB Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-18 "Symbiotic synecdoche" is reminiscent of (get ready) "Symbiopsychotaxiplasm": the director William Greaves was trying to get at the psychological aspects that glued societies together in his amazing and eponymous quasi-documentary. The sym/bio in your synecdoche recalls this. Greaves imports the "psycho" into "symbiotaxiplasm," a term used by Arthur Bentley; perhaps you wish to follow up on the Bentley. Greaves discusses some of this in the special features of the Criterion Collection's version. http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=360 Missing in this evolving neologism is a specification of media as its shape. Thus far. Good work. “Symbiotic synecdoche” is reminiscent of (get ready) “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm”: the director William Greaves was trying to get at the psychological aspects that glued societies together in his amazing and eponymous quasi-documentary. The sym/bio in your synecdoche recalls this. Greaves imports the “psycho” into “symbiotaxiplasm,” a term used by Arthur Bentley; perhaps you wish to follow up on the Bentley. Greaves discusses some of this in the special features of the Criterion Collection’s version. http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=360

Missing in this evolving neologism is a specification of media as its shape. Thus far.

Good work.

]]> By: JB http://dontexplain.com/2008/04/the-waag-society-and-the-symbiotic-synecdoche/comment-page-1/#comment-19 JB Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-19 You might consider the research project in terms of a writing an article for this journal: http://vectors.usc.edu. This would be a pragmatic answer to the question of what sort of research question emerges from your group's focus on news and mediated information acquisition in A'dam. Write a question that opens onto the article format. Every critical paper/article/book has a thesis: your question would be what the thesis answers. You might consider the research project in terms of a writing an article for this journal: http://vectors.usc.edu.

This would be a pragmatic answer to the question of what sort of research question emerges from your group’s focus on news and mediated information acquisition in A’dam. Write a question that opens onto the article format. Every critical paper/article/book has a thesis: your question would be what the thesis answers.

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