Theorizing Technology by: Christina Haas
Materiality and
Thinking
- · Haas argues that the material of a text and the physical artifacts associated with a text shape the writers mental process
- Writers are constantly engaging their text before anything has even been written
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i.e
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Laying their hands on the keyboard
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Chewing a pencil
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Typing text vs. handwriting text
- · Different writing technologies set up different spatial, tactile, visual, and temporal relations between the writer and his text
- · Haas believes there is a direct link between the method of writing and the author in order for an author to create he/she must form a relationship with the materiality of their text.
Materiality and
Culture
- · Each form of materiality has its own culture
- · Handwriting
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A form of inscribing
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Comes from practice and repletion
Material Literacy and Visual Design
- · Faigley discusses how hypermediation enhances text online
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Through links and animated pictures the reader
forms a closer bond to the text and is able to engage the text
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Subtext under the pictures encourages the
readers to gather more understanding about the text
Comment: I found
Haas’ explanation about another body of text interesting, because the original
body of text discusses how a writer becomes closer to his work and yet her work
was drawing her closer to another author’s work.
Question: Do literary analyses separate the audience from
the text being analyzed or do they form another form of materiality that draws
an audience closer to the original text?
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