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January 9, 2012August 4, 2019andrewwelsby

Benjamin’s recipe for authenticity

Has all that is Solid Melted into Air: Experience, Value and Passion in Modernity and After In a recent lecturer I attended, Dr. David Sweeney discussed the representation of modernity as a break from traditional pasts, where individuals seek new experiences that shape society and a new world. In reviewing the lecture, I came across […]

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January 9, 2012August 3, 2019andrewwelsby

Archiving Software Art

Preservation of Complex Objects Symposia Software Art 11 – 12 October 2011, the Lighthouse, Glasgow The event was presented in association with the University of Glasgow’s Humanities Advanced Technology & Information Institute This event, which I attended on 11th October sought to share and extend the body of knowledge on the preservation of complex objects, […]

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January 9, 2012August 3, 2019andrewwelsby

Roland Barthes: Myth Today

Reflecting on Roland Barthes and the section ‘Myth Today’ within the book Mythologies (Barthes: 1957). Barthes believes semiotics to work on 2 levels and that sign systems can produce a second tier, or ‘metalanguage’, of meaning. I also found that semiotics is closely tied to structuralism. In addition, I learned that Barthes sees myths as […]

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