The first thing I noticed when looking over my portfolio was that I seemed to lack a sense of purpose in my earlier work. My video project captured the essence of the project goals, but I don’t think at that time I had a clear vision of what the overarching goal of the project was. […]

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Another worldview which I’d like to analyze in terms of our paradigmatic-rhetorical approach is New Atheism (particularly because I don’t like it). New Atheism holds: “the view that superstition, religion and irrationalism should not simply be tolerated but should be countered, criticized, and exposed by rational argument wherever its influence arises in government, education and […]

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I’m using the first prompt. I think in my worldview I hold the Orality and Literacy “forms of knowledge” in higher regard. I tend to shy away from the Electracy form because of its intrinsic ambiguity. I don’t think the aesthetic is altogether void, just that it is certainly less objective. We’ve grouped the aesthetic […]

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Upon looking over my self portrait again, the first thing I notice is that it has an affective quality that permeates throughout. In “Touching the Surface” I see lots of humor, stuff that pertains to my academic interests, and a little bit of my personal tastes in general. It’s sort of silly, not very thought […]

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I put together 4 pages using pictures, quotes, giphs, and videos. I first approached this by thinking about what things in life I have an affinity toward, whether it be food, tv show characters, music, philosophies, etc. Since my presence on social media is limited, I didn’t have much digital content to draw from it. […]

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Autobio.   Francis Regan, AKA total badass.   School/Career (Discipline)   Genius   Community/Social Long life I’ve lived.   Entertainment/Culture Epitome of inquiry.

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Part 1 I can imagine a device which intends to capture the sensory experience of being afraid of heights. Imagine a wrist band which attempts to objectively capture the experience when one is standing at a height and looking down. It measures your rate of perspiration, your heart beat. It measures your height with various […]

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