http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:10:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/three-texts/reading-and-the-communications-circuit/#comment-220 Natalia Cecire Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:17:57 +0000 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/?page_id=137#comment-220 Hidden, in this model, is the labor of research assistants, of course, who are often co-reading with and/or predigesting for the author. Hidden, in this model, is the labor of research assistants, of course, who are often co-reading with and/or predigesting for the author.

]]> http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/three-texts/reading-and-the-communications-circuit/#comment-219 Natalia Cecire Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:14:43 +0000 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/?page_id=137#comment-219 I disagree with David Parry's reading. To say that the form of the (small) book fostered private reading isn't necessarily deterministic; I read the sentence as suggesting that the physical properties of the object pointed our idea of reading in the same direction as did other forces. It sounds pretty noncontroversial to me. I disagree with David Parry’s reading. To say that the form of the (small) book fostered private reading isn’t necessarily deterministic; I read the sentence as suggesting that the physical properties of the object pointed our idea of reading in the same direction as did other forces. It sounds pretty noncontroversial to me.

]]> http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/three-texts/reading-and-the-communications-circuit/#comment-140 Kathleen Fitzpatrick Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:41:51 +0000 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/?page_id=137#comment-140 Hmmm.  Bad phrasing; I definitely need to recast that.  Thanks for pointing it out. Hmmm.  Bad phrasing; I definitely need to recast that.  Thanks for pointing it out.

]]> http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/three-texts/reading-and-the-communications-circuit/#comment-106 Dorothea Salo Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:03:40 +0000 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/?page_id=137#comment-106 The "information commons" movement in library space and service design may be of interest to you here. It is explicitly aimed at bringing learners, librarians, technology, and information resources together to create learning and even new knowledge. The “information commons” movement in library space and service design may be of interest to you here. It is explicitly aimed at bringing learners, librarians, technology, and information resources together to create learning and even new knowledge.

]]> http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/three-texts/reading-and-the-communications-circuit/#comment-78 David Parry Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:21:12 +0000 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/?page_id=137#comment-78 This will also require us to rethink not only how we use the library, but how they are designed. Architecture of physical space, in this digital distribution, will still be important. My favorite example of this is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Central_Library" rel="nofollow">Seattle Public Library</a>, where the library is turned upside down. Meeting and collaboration in the main areas, with books "stored" above in one continuous space rather than broken areas. This will also require us to rethink not only how we use the library, but how they are designed. Architecture of physical space, in this digital distribution, will still be important. My favorite example of this is the Seattle Public Library, where the library is turned upside down. Meeting and collaboration in the main areas, with books “stored” above in one continuous space rather than broken areas.

]]> http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/three-texts/reading-and-the-communications-circuit/#comment-77 David Parry Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:11:38 +0000 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/?page_id=137#comment-77 "That said, the technology of the book, which fostered the notion of the text as the discrete, unique, authentic product of an individual author — what Joseph Esposito has referred to as 'the myth of the primal book' — " This passage seems more techno determinist than your prior analysis. Is it really the technology of the book, or the social reception of that technology—not that the question is that reductive. Earlier in this work you seem to side more with Johns, but here this reads more like Eisenstein. “That said, the technology of the book, which fostered the notion of the text as the discrete, unique, authentic product of an individual author — what Joseph Esposito has referred to as ‘the myth of the primal book’ — ”
This passage seems more techno determinist than your prior analysis. Is it really the technology of the book, or the social reception of that technology—not that the question is that reductive. Earlier in this work you seem to side more with Johns, but here this reads more like Eisenstein.

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