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• In Media Res
  Re: Thing Power: Recognizing Our Reflections (or Not) in Our Tablets

  The idea of technology as

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  Ravindra Mohabeer Vancouver Island University

  Friday, January 20, 2012 — 5:12 pm

  The idea of technology as 'magic' is an interesting one, largely because magic requires a suspension of disbelief- that we know that what we are seeing is impossible or perhaps even make-believe. Magic is an act that relies on the obfuscation of ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Believing is Seeing: Is technology the material of futures?

   Kris, I think you’re right

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  Ravindra Mohabeer Vancouver Island University

  Saturday, January 21, 2012 — 4:51 am

   Kris, I think you're right about the alteration of tactilities changes the notion of how technologies are perceived, more as a matter of flow and integration than of seeing or not. The construct of invisiblity with which I'm working (and develo ...