hello and welcome!
November 20th 2006 07:06
as this is the first post in my new blog, i think it is appropriate to explain what the concept behind it is. i want to compile an on line journal that studies culture and cultural practices, and relies upon the network and creative communities for its distribution. this is reflective in its title 'anthroblogogy', a folksonomy of juxtaposing the word anthropology with word blog. it will be a look at our communities through my eyes, as i attempt to understand better the cultures and habbits that we seem to live by.
i feel that most of our cultural habbits can be understood better through basic philosophy and cultural studies. by examining theories as early from socrates through to a more modern philosopher like descartes, one can start to understand how we function as a community. it may also be split into eastern and western cultures, and split further down into four main areas: values, norms, institutions, and artifacts. this style of study might then be looked at through techniques such as semiology - one of my personal favourites within culture and communication.
how do we come up with cool and who is the one that determines it to be cool? what is considered cool? how does one value cool, either as the writer or reader of these texts?
this may be cool...
or this could be cool...
but then others might think this is cool..
so there is a slight insite into where this blog will be coming from. the other half of this blog is based upon blog theories, or a newer form of communication.
as i heavily believe in the idea of 'the author is dead', i would like to open this blog up to interpretation, contribution, and active consumption. therefore, i feel a general appreciation of the following should be observed when contributing to a blog:
the blog should have multiple entry and exit points,
it should be networked,
it should be entertaining along with some form of education attached to it,
it should consider all forms of text - i.e. audio, video, still image, written text,
and the content should have a creative commons license on it so as others have the chance to use your material as long as they change it for the better and credit you as the original source.
having said that, i look forward to providing an entertaining and sometimes comical blog on the human race. i hope you find it as entertaining as i will....
i feel that most of our cultural habbits can be understood better through basic philosophy and cultural studies. by examining theories as early from socrates through to a more modern philosopher like descartes, one can start to understand how we function as a community. it may also be split into eastern and western cultures, and split further down into four main areas: values, norms, institutions, and artifacts. this style of study might then be looked at through techniques such as semiology - one of my personal favourites within culture and communication.
how do we come up with cool and who is the one that determines it to be cool? what is considered cool? how does one value cool, either as the writer or reader of these texts?
this may be cool...
cool?
or this could be cool...
cool02?
but then others might think this is cool..
cool03?
so there is a slight insite into where this blog will be coming from. the other half of this blog is based upon blog theories, or a newer form of communication.
as i heavily believe in the idea of 'the author is dead', i would like to open this blog up to interpretation, contribution, and active consumption. therefore, i feel a general appreciation of the following should be observed when contributing to a blog:
the blog should have multiple entry and exit points,
it should be networked,
it should be entertaining along with some form of education attached to it,
it should consider all forms of text - i.e. audio, video, still image, written text,
and the content should have a creative commons license on it so as others have the chance to use your material as long as they change it for the better and credit you as the original source.
having said that, i look forward to providing an entertaining and sometimes comical blog on the human race. i hope you find it as entertaining as i will....
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Comment by Ash
Australian Traveller
Flashes of memories
Look forward to reading your blog.
What is cool? I reckon thats up to the person really, what is cool to one person may not be to another. That`s what makes us such fascinating creatures - would life not be hellish boring if we all looked at everything from the same point of view?
Ash
PS I think the first one is cool! I love grafitti
Comment by The black man
You're cool....
The pics are meh, I've seen better from you. The last one reminds me of a buttcrack...they're cool
Stay cool bro
The T-man
Comment by Jonathon
Anthroblogogy
and for being bluntly honest! and i never looked at it as a buttcrack before, butt damn! it is a buttcrack.