User:Trashpuppy/A1
Assessment1
"histories are made by irreversible events; by mapping these events and remapping their politics, social structures can, perhaps, evolve to accommodate, both alternative pasts and radical futures." (Jaojoco 2020, p. 16)
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"a speculative recording divice"
"surrounded by screens we live a cinematic life" (Metahaven)
The internet is a tool through which we enter a cinematic experience while at the same time giving rise to editing and interjecting in it.
Example: Rotta: The Deluge and the Dutch origin myth
Sentiment reveals and obscures through self-indulgence and exaggeration. One view erases or blocks out another. Like with all stories, there is the potential for use and abuse.
We feature in the origin story the Netherlands tells itself about itself, not as a protagonist but as a subject of control. Control in the name of protection, strengthening coastlines and the construction of an intricate network of dams, dikes, canals, and drainage systems, keeping the water at bay. ...
We feature in the origin story the Netherlands tells itself about itself, not as a protagonist but as a subject of control. Control in the name of protection, strengthening coastlines and the construction of an intricate network of dams, dikes, canals, and drainage systems, keeping the water at bay. ...