scholarly journals Fragments to Fractals: The Subjunctive Spaces of E-Literature

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-265
Author(s):  
Rebecca Luce-Kapler

This article chronicles the experience of two writers working in digital technologies to write fiction. One writer, the author of the article, describes how her experience writing with the software Storyspace influenced her writing of print fiction, changing her processes and challenging her notions of genre. The other writer, a 16-year-old secondary student, also wrote with Storyspace. While she did not find the form as challenging as the first writer, she followed similar processes of creation. The author compares the possibilities of digital and print text writing and suggests that there are different potentials. She also suggests that moving from a metaphor of fragments to fractals when thinking of hypertext writing may be a productive way to consider digital literary work.

PARADIGMA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-217
Author(s):  
Luis Andrés Castillo ◽  
Juan Luis Prieto G. ◽  
Ivonne C. Sánchez ◽  
Rafael Enrique Gutiérrez

En los últimos años, los profesores han tratado cada vez más de utilizar los recursos didácticos para apoyar sus clases, un hecho que se ha agregado con la llegada de las tecnologías digitales. En este contexto surgió la tendencia de que los profesores se convirtieran en creadores de este tipo de recursos, pero dejando de lado la sistematización y el deber de compartir con sus compañeros la experiencia de desarrollar este tipo de recursos. Por esta razón, el presente trabajo describe una experiencia concreta de elaborar un simulador con el software GeoGebra para estudiar una situación de tiro libre en el fútbol, utilizando nociones de movimiento parabólico. La elaboración del simulador incluye la resolución de siete "tareas de simulación", que destacan los objetos y los procesos matemáticos que justifican las técnicas de construcción utilizadas por los autores. Finalmente, se presentan algunas reflexiones derivadas de la experiencia de desarrollo del simulador, que consideran, por un lado, el conocimiento matemático movilizado en la producción del simulador y, por otro lado, las acciones y capacidades requeridas para tal elaboración.AbstractIn recent years, teachers have increasingly sought the use of didactic resources to support their classes, a fact that has been added with the arrival of digital technologies. In this context, the tendency has emerged that teachers have become creators of this type of resources, but leaving aside the systematization and the duty to share with their peers the experience of developing this type of resources. For this reason, the present work describes a concrete experience of developing a simulator with GeoGebra software for the study of a situation of free kick in football, using notions of parabolic movement. The elaboration of the simulator includes the resolution of seven "simulation tasks", which highlight the objects and mathematical processes that should justify the construction techniques used by the authors. Finally, some reflections derived from the simulator development experience are presented, which consider, on the one hand, the mathematical knowledge mobilized in the production of the simulator and, on the other hand, the actions and capabilities required for such an elaboration.ResumoNos últimos anos, professores têm procurado cada vez mais o uso de recursos didáticos para apoiar suas aulas, fato que foi acrescentado com a chegada das tecnologias digitais. Nesse contexto surgiu a tendência que os professores se tornaram criadores desse tipo de recursos, mas deixando de lado a sistematização e o dever de dividir com seus pares a experiência de desenvolver este tipo de recursos. Por este motivo, o presente trabalho descreve uma experiência concreta de elaboração de um simulador com o software GeoGebra para o estudo de uma situação do tiro livre no futebol, utilizando noções do movimento parabólico. A elaboração do simulador inclui a resolução de sete “tarefas de simulação”, que destacam os objetos e processos matemáticos que devem justificar as técnicas de construção utilizadas pelos autores. Finalmente, apresentam-se algumas reflexões derivadas da experiência de desenvolvimento do simulador, que consideram, por um lado, o conhecimento matemático mobilizado na produção do simulador e, por outro lado, as ações e capacidades necessárias para tal elaboração. 


Author(s):  
Олександр Андрійович Галич
Keyword(s):  

The character in H. Pohutiak’s novel Severyn Nyklovs’ky is represented as a person who does his best to be incarnated in the image of real historical person Yan Shchasny Herburt changing into his look-alike for some time. Literary work «Magnate» («Magnat») in that part, which deals directly with the life and activity of the lordly man, is documental. The other plot line, which is connected to the life and activity of look-alike, is totally based on fiction and wild fantasy of H. Pohutiak. Here we can definitely speak about the imitation of biography or about quasi biography.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Gessner ◽  
Uwe Küchler

As we are writing the introduction to this special issue we are looking back on the online summer semester 2020, which has profoundly and perhaps lastingly impacted how we do American Studies, not least by pushing us to embrace digital technologies to an extent unimaginable half a year ago. Did we really need a viral pandemic to provide the necessary push for some of our colleagues to become (more) digitally naturalized? Of course not. On the other hand, we would have appreciated practical guidelines and offers of technical support for our digital teaching ideas (as most universities have provided them in the last months) much earlier. Yet, most of these offerings were merely technological or only contained a list of tools available. How can we think critically about our tools, and how can we implement them successfully?


Author(s):  
Ivanete Fátima Blauth ◽  
Suely Scherer

ResumoNeste artigo discutimos resultados de uma pesquisa em que se analisou ações propostas em uma disciplina de Prática de Ensino, identificando aquelas que podem ter possibilitado a construção de conhecimentos tecnológicos e pedagógicos de conteúdo, por egressos de um curso de Licenciatura em Matemática. Dentre as ações identificadas, duas são relacionadas à aprendizagem da docência, uma vivenciada na sala de aula da disciplina, em que o acadêmico teve colegas como alunos, e a outra realizada no espaço da escola, em que o acadêmico assumiu a regência de uma aula de matemática em escolas de Educação Básica. O objetivo neste artigo é analisar essas duas ações e possíveis relações com a construção de conhecimentos tecnológicos e pedagógicos de conteúdo matemático. Os dados foram produzidos na pesquisa a partir de entrevistas realizadas com 27 egressos desse curso de Licenciatura em Matemática, que realizaram a disciplina de Prática de Ensino e concluíram o curso, no período de 2010 a 2015. A partir da análise de “falas de egressos”, concluiu se que as duas ações propostas na disciplina de Prática de Ensino, nas quais os professores em formação tiveram a oportunidade de praticar a docência, podem ter oportunizado a construção de conhecimentos tecnológicos e pedagógicos de conteúdo matemático. Nessas ações, esses egressos tiveram que estudar conteúdos matemáticos e tecnologias, de maneira a atender objetivos de aulas e favorecer a aprendizagem de seus alunos.Palavras-chave: Prática de Ensino. Formação Inicial. Matemática. Tecnologias Digitais.AbstractIn this paper we discuss the results of a research in which actions proposed in a Teaching Practice discipline were analyzed, identifying those may have made the construction of technological and pedagogical knowledge, by graduates of a Mathematics Degree. Among the actions identified, two are related to teaching learning, and other experienced in the classroom, in which the students was the academic’s colleagues, and the other was in the school space, in which the academic took over the conduct of a class of mathematics in Basic Education schools. The objective of this article is to analyze these two actions and possible relationships with the construction of technological and pedagogical knowledge of Mathematical content. The data were produced in the research based on interviews with 27 graduates of this Mathematics Degree, who took the Teaching Practice discipline and completed the course, from 2010 to 2015. From the analysis of the “speeches of graduates”, it was concluded that the two actions proposed in the Teaching Practice discipline, in which the teachers in training had the opportunity to practice teaching, may have given rise to the construction of technological and pedagogical knowledge of Mathematical content. In these actions, these graduates had to study Mathematical content and technologies, in order to meet class objectives and favor the learning of their students.Keywords: Teaching Practice. Initial Formation. Mathematics. Digital Technologies.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (25) ◽  
pp. 19-30
Author(s):  
Ekaterina V. Kuznetsova ◽  

The fate and personality of Alexander Dobrolyubov gave rise to a kind of Dobrolyubov myth about the eternal wanderer in the culture of the Russian Silver Age and in many ways unfairly obscured his literary work. The article traces the influence of Francis of Assisi on Dobrolyubov's own life-creating strategy and his contemporaries' perception of him as a «Russian Francis. The author considers the peculiarities of artistic interpretation of the whole complex of motifs associated with the fate and personality of the Italian saint in the last collection of Dobrolyubov's works, From the Book Invisible (1905). The author analyzes the image of the pilgrim, glorification (preaching) of the poor, hermit’s life and the unity of man and wildlife, plants and the elements of nature in the context of teachings of St. Francis and the Russian franciscanism of the modernist era; the features of their modernist reception are traced in Dobrolyubov’s works written after his «departure». On the other hand, the author reveals evidence that the poet implements the individual author's interpretation of the characteristic Russian cultural and historical phenomenon of pilgrimage (real, metaphysical and spiritual), which was reflected, for example, in N. S. Leskov’s works, and philosophically interpreted in science and criticism of the early 20th century (V. Rozanov, N. Berdyaev, etc.). The author suggests that the poet was influenced by an anonymous work of Russian religious literature «A Pilgrim's Confessional Stories to his Spiritual Father». As a result, the author concludes that the poet creates a modern variation of the Franciscan image of the «simple man» and the divine man, possessing the gift of communication with nature, who combines the features of an Italian ascetic preacher with the type of a Russian pilgrim-god-seeker.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 12-34
Author(s):  
Nestor A. Manichkin ◽  

The article dwells upon connection between the two most important Kyrgyz traditions: shamanism ( bakshylyk ) and storytelling ( zhomokchuluk ). It considers the general cultural and social field that forms some features that are characteristic of both shamans and storytellers, as well as the traces of pre-Islamic culture that can be found in the world of the Kyrgyz epic. Special attention is paid to the post-folklor version of the epic “Manas” – the dastan “Aykol Manas” and the public discussion around that literary work. The discussion reflects, on the one hand, specific aspects of the understanding of the Kyrgyz epic tradition, and on the other hand, a number of characteristic features that accompany modern transformations of Kyrgyz shamanism.


Author(s):  
Jennifer Forestal

Designing for Democracy addresses the question of how to “fix” digital technologies for democracy by examining how the design of the built environment (whether streets, sidewalks, or social media platforms) informs how, and whether, citizens can engage in democratic practices. “Democratic spaces”—built environments that support democratic politics—must have three characteristics: they must be clearly bounded, durable, and flexible. Each corresponds to a necessary democratic practice. Clearly bounded spaces make it easier to recognize what we share and with whom we share; they help us form communities. Durable spaces facilitate our attachments to the communities they house and the other members within them; they help us sustain communities. And flexible spaces facilitate the experimental habits required for democratic politics; they help us improve our communities. These three practices—recognition, attachment, and experimentalism—are the affordances a built environment must provide in order to be a “democratic space”; they are the criteria to which designers and users should be attentive when building and inhabiting the spaces of the built environment, both physical and digital. Using this theoretical framework, Designing for Democracy provides new insights into the democratic potential of digital technologies. Through extended discussions of examples like Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit, it suggests architectural responses to problems often associated with digital technologies—loose networks, the “personalization of politics,” and “echo chambers.” In connecting the built environment, digital technologies, and democratic theory, Designing Democracy provides blueprints for democracy in a digital age.


Author(s):  
Teresa Sofia Pereira Dias de Castro ◽  
António Osório ◽  
Emma Bond

Within the scope of how technology impacts on society three theoretical models: the social shaping of technology (SST), social construction of technology (SCOT) and the Actor-Network theory (ANT) are frameworks that help rethink the embeddedness of technology within society, once each is transformed and transformative of the other. More attention will be given to the ANT approach since it solves the technology/society dualisms unresolved by the previous proposals. This is a flexible epistemological possibility that can reach the ambiguity of contemporary life and the remarkable transformations brought by progress that have changed drastically childhood and children's contemporary lives.


Author(s):  
Paul Torremans

This chapter first discusses the two roots of copyright. On the one hand, copyright began as an exclusive right to make copies—that is, to reproduce the work of an author. This entrepreneurial side of copyright is linked in with the invention of the printing press, which made it much easier to copy a literary work and, for the first time, permitted the entrepreneur to make multiple identical copies. On the other hand, it became vital to protect the author now that his or her work could be copied much more easily and in much higher numbers. The chapter then outlines the key concepts on which copyright is based.


October ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 61-68
Author(s):  
Oswald Wiener
Keyword(s):  

In “Some Remarks on Konrad Bayer” Oswald Wiener reflects on his deceased friend and collaborator. Arguing that Bayer's personal presence was more influential than his literary work, Wiener focuses on experiments Bayer conducted in his milieu, which aimed at predicting and manipulating the behavior of others. If the other proved hard enough to predict, according to Wiener, such experiments could complicate the participants' representations of the situation to such an extent that they would induce ecstatic states. Wiener connects these experiments to epistemological questions and relates them to different literary and artistic traditions including Dark Romanticism, Surrealism, and dandyism.


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