Here begins: my toot-serial snap shots of writing my thesis.
#amwriting #thesis
This may be a non-native English thing, but meme, is a word I did not learn until I understood the internet, and as we use memes here.
Which makes it hilarious for me to read about in the literary theory books, as it refers to the original definition:
"an element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means."
but, on the internet this definition is more interesting:
"an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight variations."
When referencing online articles, I find it disturbing to not have another means of reference than page reference, like maybe paragraph reference. It's not a thing in MLA right now, but maybe it should be?
Or maybe soon thesises will be written in virtual reality programming and we can walk through the argument, and find the source hyperlinked directly to the words on the page.
This isn't necessarily a musing regarding the process of writing, and researching, but, I have to remind myself that I don't have to be accessible 24/7 for my part time job.
Mind you, a part time job, which is also interlinked with my passtime activity, tooting. My job is always in my face. Maybe I can't see it as part time?
However, until my thesis is done, I do have to limit myself to allocate hours in the right place.
Anyone can do it.
“It’s about demolishing the myth that there has to be a special class of creators, and flattening out the creative curve so we can all contribute to our creative environment,” -
Vaidhyanthan.
http://www.salon.com/2002/08/01/bootlegs/
(why is this relevant to my thesis, because it's about the origins of the word mashup)
@maloki I was listening to a podcast, I think the topic was inequality, but part of it talked about how as we've industrialized and diversified and specialized, we've also adopted the mindset that everything needs to be done at expert-level.
The example used was singing, and how in western culture, regular people sing much less than they used to, partly because of the hierarchical structure of celebrity culture. Doing things as an amateur isn't "good enough" so we don't do it.
I hear that music example - It's bigger than celebrity alone - Also as a culture we have moved from the dance halls & piano in every home to more & more personalised music - to an earbud, in my own head only experience.
As this has happened, ppl have not realised the social, value, & personal benefit they lost from not participating in making music. It's hard for people to find a way back in w/out guidance, encouragement, or opportunity. I am an advocate.
@frankiesaxx @maloki
@frankiesaxx @maloki One could just as argue there are more avenues for expression and entertainment which lead to the decline in homegrown musicians.