I must admit, I don’t remember ever hearing the word metalepsis before. And when I google its meaning, I then have to google the meaning of the words used to define it. ‘Trope’ and ‘extradiagetic’ aren’t part of my day-to-day vocabulary – though they might have been if I’d stuck with language and literature instead […]
You can see them in action at http://www.palindrome.de/ We had two performances by this group, who use motion tracking software and a host of other gadgetry to foreground the ways in which human conversation involves a host of other things beside words. Eye motions, body position, movement, they’re all involved. So sound and dance and […]
I’m still puzzling over the big issue for Internet community research ethics. Is what we see online a virtual identity,which should be treated according to the ethical standards of human subject research, or is it published text, in which case the relevant ethical standards relate to copyright and acknowledgement? Quentin Jones article on cyber settlements […]
I’m trying to decide whether the words in my conference are embodied or not. It’s surprisingly difficult. Is Santa embodied? What about heavens? Or mind? I’m writing this, so is writing embodied? The distinction between virtual and real isn’t very clear when you come to think of it. I guess all abstract nouns are virtual: […]