tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148972.post7069578972990555354..comments2023-09-15T09:56:16.253-03:00Comments on Composing: Composinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739889615635395138noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148972.post-31738243699139118222010-11-03T21:20:08.768-02:002010-11-03T21:20:08.768-02:00I haven't read Eglash's book but have been...I haven't read Eglash's book but have been very interested in his work. He's a teacher so on one hand I'm fascinated how ethnomathematics might play out in learning settings. On another hand it's just so intriguing there's a big body of mathematical tradition few have paid any attention to, so I like that he's drawing some attention to it.<br /><br />Here's a review of <a href="http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2010/12/form-code.php" rel="nofollow">Form & Code In Design, Art and Architecture</a> seems directly connected to your book set.John Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126222842766191343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148972.post-70372237687204375892010-11-01T23:06:34.567-02:002010-11-01T23:06:34.567-02:00Try that link again African FractalsTry that link again <a href="http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.dir/afractal/afractal.htm" rel="nofollow">African Fractals</a>Composinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739889615635395138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148972.post-33778972670063466622010-11-01T23:06:34.324-02:002010-11-01T23:06:34.324-02:00Try that link again African FractalsTry that link again <a href="http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.dir/afractal/afractal.htm" rel="nofollow">African Fractals</a>Composinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739889615635395138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148972.post-91202019934141748552010-11-01T23:05:31.831-02:002010-11-01T23:05:31.831-02:00Hey John. I like it (the connection) Particularly ...Hey John. I like it (the connection) Particularly the parallels between our traces on-line and vernacular. That's something to think about.<br /><br />BTW : I'm reading this guy's book on African Fractals at the moment (http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.dir/afractal/afractal.htm) fascinating stuff if you haven't seen it.<br /><br />philComposinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739889615635395138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148972.post-68964051532383159002010-11-01T19:22:03.071-02:002010-11-01T19:22:03.071-02:00As an aside I wanted to share a link and Googled y...As an aside I wanted to share a link and Googled your blog. Not very efficient-- even my habit of putting links here instead of FriendFeed or somewheres is suspect--but what's cool about it is landing randomly on previous posts. You've covered a lot of ground over the years.<br /><br />The link is to <a href="http://smartpei.typepad.com/robert_patersons_weblog/2010/10/the-web-is-the-dominant-force-in-the-uk-economy-so-what-are-you-doing.html" rel="nofollow">Robert Patterson</a> pointing to "The web is the dominant force in the UK economy."<br /><br />I'm struck how my friends--people my age--think about interactivity online. Some of the most concerned about "privacy" Google lots better than me and I wonder if they even know it. Like it or not the patterns we make are being made visible online. I don't think that withdrawing or not contributing online does what my friends think it does. They are still visible, still made into artifact people. What's missing is consciousness of their craft.<br /><br />What I like about online is how our artifacts are displayed. Much like vernacular architecture does. In the USA there's a tradition of African American gardens to use painted stones and make bottle trees. My brother in law takes a slightly circuitous route when travelling to a certain part of town just to go by a garden like that. It makes him happy even if it's not the sort of garden he makes.<br /><br />The connection I make between these titles is there are ways that we can be makers and not just artifact people made by anonymous processes only vaguely brought into consciousness.John Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126222842766191343noreply@blogger.com