Portfolio Reflection

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. […]

Bonus Exercise: Another Worldview

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 […]

Blog Entry 6

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 […]

Relfection

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 […]

Poetics

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. […]

Blog Entry 5

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

Exercise 4

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 […]

Blog Entry 3

I would say there are certain privileges that the storytelling mode has that the academic mode does not, and vice versa. First of all, the storytelling mode has the advantage of having relaxed standards. One doesn’t have to appeal to specific conventions in order to tell a story. Perhaps one may if they wish, but […]

Exercise 3

The article I’ve identified as representative of discourse in physics can be found here. By analyzing the article from several different angles one can learn a lot about rhetoric in physics. The first thing that stands out to any reader is the implied audience. The language is enriched technical jargon with which only a physicist would […]

Reflections on the First Project

I really enjoyed making my video. Initially, my confusion about the goal of the project was overwhelming, but I eventually figured it out and got to work. I’ve made a video or two in the past and I’ve always enjoyed the creative process. I think it’s fun to see something that’s genuinely mine. At first it […]

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