As I watched my Twitter feed flutter this past weekend with amazing update after amazing update of the Personal Democracy Forum, my former adviser and mentor was there giving what apparently turned out to be a standing-ovation-worthy preso on YouTube Culture and Politics of Authenticity. The fact that he brought the house down with his [...]
Categories: anthropology, politics, technology
Tagged: anthropology, McLuhan, media, media ecology, politics, postman, wesch, youtube
Last week Dr. Wesch and his class ran the 5th(?) successful World Simulation for Intro to Cultural Anthropology here at K-State. I was there helping get things set up and video taping the action. Every year the World Sim always proves to be an awesome experience. Having taught for Dr. Wesch twice [...]
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Tagged: education, kstate, media literacy, teaching, twitter, wesch, world sim
My adviser, Michael Wesch, just published an insightful article about the state of education. I won’t go into terrible detail about it here. I’ll let you all read it for yourselves – it’s definitely worth it. He makes a poignant critique about the lack of vision and the overwhelming myopia that characterizes [...]
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Tagged: anthropology, education, media, wesch