Molena Building, Open Participants 2021, The Network
Silent Sunday
“The Molema Building” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license
15 Posts from February 2023
Netnarr in 2023, The Network
The start to our Pathfinding Series…
It was great to resume our rhythm together this week, kicking off our “Pathfinding Series” with thoughts about trauma and care in the classroom from both Bianca and Edna. I am glad we thought about the concept of flow – a flow state, also known colloquially as being in the zone, is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. The hallmark of […]
Netnarr in 2023, The Network
The start to our Pathfinding Series…
It was great to resume our rhythm together this week, kicking off our “Pathfinding Series” with thoughts about trauma and care in the classroom from both Bianca and Edna. I am glad we thought about the concept of flow – a flow state, also known colloquially as being in the zone, is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. The hallmark of […]
Netnarr in 2023, The Network
Update: catching up
I missed you last week, but I am glad to have the recuperation time, and I am now looking forward to our re-engagement with our course and our on-going discussion regarding “the Human Nature of Writing”. Catching up now…. We will pick up where we left off (2/23). I will start our next class with some announcements, some warm ups, and address the Course Calendar which is now complete (with only some minor details remaining). Afterward, we will kick off […]
Open Participants 2021, The Network
Silent Sunday
“GI Bride” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license
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Shepherd’s Lyre
tellio on Mourning doves singing to Venus even into the day sneaking like a corn snake into the tall grass, then gone. Unreal.
Netnarr in 2023, The Network
James McBride & beyond
It was a pleasant evening spent with American writer and musician James McBride – recipient of the 2013 National Book Award. President Barack Obama awarded McBride the 2015 National Humanities Medal “for humanizing the complexities of discussing race in America. Through writings about his own uniquely American story, and his works of fiction informed by our shared history, his moving stories of love display the character of the American family.” I appreciated McBride’s warmth, his candor, his unscripted way of reflecting with us, and […]
Open Participants 2021, The Network
Silent Sunday
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They Just Be Guidelines
tellio on Cutting wood alone At the end of a half-mile rural lane’s isolation. What else to do? Make sense. Share what you find. Redraw your maps. Work out loud Until your spirit burns . . .
#nwpstudio, The Network
They Just Be Guidelines
tellio on Cutting wood alone At the end of a half-mile rural lane’s isolation. What else to do? Make sense. Share what you find. Redraw your maps. Work out loud Until your spirit burns . . .
Artificial Intelligence, The Network
In The Age Of AI Search, Will We Still Be Curious?
dogtrax on Poster be curious, second version flickr photo by Ampersand Press Lab shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC) license When people seek information, we might think we have a question and we are looking for the answer, but more often than not, we benefit more from engaging in sense-making: refining our question, looking at possible answers, understanding the sources those answers come from and what perspectives they represent, etc. — Bender/Shah, from All-Knowing Machines Are A Fantasy Emily Bender shared this […]
Open Participants 2021, The Network
Silent Sunday
“Snowdrops” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license
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NetNarr: Voice In Writing/The Arc Of An Idea
dogtrax on A new iteration of Networked Narratives, with Mia Z., is underway and she posted an in-class prompt — What is voice in writing? — as she and her students grapple with the age of AI, and what impact it will have on our writing. The prompt seeks to suss out the human elements of writing versus the algorithmic text. (see Mia’s university students’ responses) I added my thoughts, with a poetic slant. Voice in writing is the human element, the […]
Announcements, Miscellaneous
#NetNarr2023: The Human Nature of Writing
Alan Levine on #NetNarr: The Human Nature of Writing is the current version of “Networked Narratives”, the sixth iteration of this unique course, designed in Spring 2023 is being taught by Mia Zamora at Kean University.…
Netnarr in 2023, The Network
Our first writing experiment: the human voice vs. chatGPT
We have momentum Thanks for another enjoyable class with you this week! In building a sense of connection together, we began by sharing some stories regarding our names, and had a good time exploring a bit more of who we are. Trust is such a key part of the learning experience (something that only builds after some time with each other). I am glad to invite some of our time in getting to know a bit more about everyone in […]