A brief summary of ontological security
ontological security is a sense of stability that emerges in response to the need to experience oneself as a whole, continuous person in time rather than constantly changing.
Social Distancing versus Social Presencing
Being physically near others feels sociable. But one of the hallmarks of the internet age is that we recognized you don’t need physical presence to be socially present with others.
echo-locating the self
Being disconnected from digital media puts the body in doubt or bring on sudden vulnerability, since there’s no continual Other with whom you’re bouncing off continual information pings. In essence, in the digital era, we echo-locate the self.
briefly: writing for process vs. writing for product
What’s the difference between writing for process and writing for product or publication? I am asked this methods question frequently enough to respond in a blogpost.
agency and algorithmic identity: thinking aloud…
Whether or not there is intention or motive in the response of Google Search as I type in the URL search bar, there is agential force. If we want to understand algorithmic identity, these interactional instances are usefully reconstructed as utterances.