Alan Chu
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Social capital of staying in the shade
Danielle, you rightly point out that the Western media has really focused on the umbrella as a symbol of protest without actually (and perhaps I am misunderstanding you here) taking the time to analyze its symbolic capital. Your analysis of the permeabili ... -
Danielle, thank you for this
Danielle, thank you for this fantastic post and introducing me to VOTE!!! The Game. There is so much content in this short post it is difficult to focus a response in any one area. I'm curious as to the actual mechanics of the gameplay. You mention t ... -
Re: If you have Nothing Nice to Say, Save it for Here: “Bad” Parrhesia, Democracy, and Digital Culture
It’s quite coincidental that
It's quite coincidental that you mention Loughner as the shooting took place several miles north from my campus at the University of Arizona. The shooting, which was horrific in all senses of the word, did in fact result in some positive initiatives ... -
On the subject of play
The concept of "play" seems to be a taken-for-granted term that at first glance seems to inform the audience--in this case, for instance, other LEGO players--all that we need to know. After all, when I tell someone that I play with LEGOs, the co ... -
crowdsourcing and play
Thanks Nedda and Drew for the helpful comments! The trend that seems to be threaded throughout your responses (and appears in some form in my notes as well) is the speculation over LEGO's motivation in encouraging a culture of participation. As Nedda ... -
Usurpation and pillaging in medieval LEGO-Land
Truly fantastic post, Garret--and such nice symmetry between your name and object of study. Several things immediately stuck out to me in your post and response: 1) fan-made media is organized around a kind of hierarchy ultimately mediated by "discou ...