tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post6616466729890895128..comments2023-11-05T07:27:43.837-05:00Comments on Narrative and Technology: Separating Narratives Blog 4, question 2Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-64276582120539756042007-09-21T09:40:00.000-04:002007-09-21T09:40:00.000-04:00You get a fairly slow start here - nothing you say...You get a fairly slow start here - nothing you say in the first few paragraphs seems like a bad idea, by any means, but nor does any of it go very far beyond what we talked about in class.<BR/><BR/>Where it started to get interesting for me is when you divide narratives into three parts. The problem is that this is the heart of the post, but you don't explain yourself. Why these three divisions? Why is your emphasis on the technological media of the narrative? <BR/><BR/>There's an issue with focus, in other words: you spend most of your effort discussing things which could have been handled with a summary, and then quickly rush through the interesting and distinctive part.Adam Johnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11588769281227456640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-58427308187276412632007-09-17T18:31:00.000-04:002007-09-17T18:31:00.000-04:00Hi! First off, I am working on question #1 this w...Hi! First off, I am working on question #1 this week, so I thought it was cool that you actually took the same route I was by starting with a quote from the dictionary. It is necessary that we define words by our own experiences, yet often our definition is so subjective that it's best to do additional research.<BR/><BR/>And, as far as your categorization, I think it is similarly necessary to still see the subjectivity when we ever categorize things, because in doing so we assign meaning to things we observe, and that meaning is always specific to the individual and not some objective realization. (I realize that I am a bit controversial with that claim, so it's just my opinion!) With that, I would say there's no "wrong" way to categorize the two but offer the observation that maybe it's not always possible to make a system of categorization that is not arbitrary, and therefore we always find outliers, or cases that don't fit our heuristics. So maybe your problem can't be avoided unless you call a mushroom a plant and leave it at that.Jessica S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17038809485067286326noreply@blogger.com