Media, Information and Technoculture 3000A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chaos Theory, Synecdoche, Neurosis

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 3000A/B
• Professor: Robert Babe

Document Summary

Says there are 3 ways to know (says science is the best: experience. False attribution of causes (superstition) context is important: authority. Learning from authorities, someone important says something it must be true. Authorities can be wrong: may be mistake (do not intend to be, may have other interests at heart (want to skew what we thing, convince us) Political economy of knowledge the interests of power in shaping authority and therefore knowledge. Assumptions, pre suppositions (something assumed before hand), unquestioned beliefs. Authority and a priori can both be starting points. Internalizing oppression (cid:449)e do(cid:374)"t (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) ou(cid:396) a p(cid:396)io(cid:396)i"s. These thoughts can come from authority, experience, culture etc: have we internalized this oppression, made it part of ourselves, unquestioned contemporary assumptions. Critical research: it (cid:272)halle(cid:374)ges a p(cid:396)io(cid:396)i"s a(cid:374)d autho(cid:396)ities: science. What are its properties according to sparks ? (9 properties: 1. You know what you are looking for and you go find it.