Comments on: Accessible Innis 2.0: The Bias of Communication http://fairuselab.net/2009/04/18/the-bias-of-communication-by-harold-a-innis/ Re-Imagining Accessibility & Disability in the Public Sphere Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:29:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark Willis http://fairuselab.net/2009/04/18/the-bias-of-communication-by-harold-a-innis/comment-page-1/#comment-842 Mark Willis Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:43:50 +0000 http://fairuselab.net/?p=270#comment-842 Thanks, someone, for bringing this to my attention. I will investigate. It may be that the feed is no longer available, rather than "not available yet," because it's been almost a year since I posted this for my MiT6 project. I should have an MP3 file from the podcast feed, which I will upload so it's available in another way. This underscores something common in accesible technology - accessible solutions can be ephemeral as platforms and DRMs change. Thanks, someone, for bringing this to my attention. I will investigate. It may be that the feed is no longer available, rather than “not available yet,” because it’s been almost a year since I posted this for my MiT6 project. I should have an MP3 file from the podcast feed, which I will upload so it’s available in another way.

This underscores something common in accesible technology – accessible solutions can be ephemeral as platforms and DRMs change.

]]> By: someone http://fairuselab.net/2009/04/18/the-bias-of-communication-by-harold-a-innis/comment-page-1/#comment-841 someone Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:40:59 +0000 http://fairuselab.net/?p=270#comment-841 The audio doesn't seem to be working... or is it just me? I get "Sorry, this article is not available yet." when I click on Listen Now. The audio doesn’t seem to be working… or is it just me? I get “Sorry, this article is not available yet.” when I click on Listen Now.

]]> By: Mark Willis http://fairuselab.net/2009/04/18/the-bias-of-communication-by-harold-a-innis/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Mark Willis Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:37:36 +0000 http://fairuselab.net/?p=270#comment-274 Dear Peter, Thanks for finding me and making contact. Did you happen to go to the Media in Transition 6 conference at MIT, where Innis was invoked as the organizing theme? I’m interested in your course on visual culture. I will send you an email so we can communicate directly. For now, let me point you to <a href="http://blindflaneur.com/?page_id=398" rel="nofollow">Curiosity and the Blind Photographer</a>, if you haven’t looked at it already. Before I gave that talk in 2007, I couldn’t find blind photographers on Flickr. Since I published the talk on <a href="http://blindflaneur.com/" rel="nofollow">a blind flaneur</a>, it’s become a beacon for others interested in the possibilities, and a number of them are active participants in the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/blind_photographers/" rel="nofollow">Blind Photographers</a> pool that has formed on Flickr. In a purely visual culture, we would have had a hard time finding one another. It’s a new world now. Best regards, Mark Dear Peter,

Thanks for finding me and making contact. Did you happen to go to the Media in Transition 6 conference at MIT, where Innis was invoked as the organizing theme?

I’m interested in your course on visual culture. I will send you an email so we can communicate directly.

For now, let me point you to Curiosity and the Blind Photographer, if you haven’t looked at it already. Before I gave that talk in 2007, I couldn’t find blind photographers on Flickr. Since I published the talk on a blind flaneur, it’s become a beacon for others interested in the possibilities, and a number of them are active participants in the Blind Photographers pool that has formed on Flickr. In a purely visual culture, we would have had a hard time finding one another. It’s a new world now.

Best regards,
Mark

]]> By: Peter C. van Wyck http://fairuselab.net/2009/04/18/the-bias-of-communication-by-harold-a-innis/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Peter C. van Wyck Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:50:48 +0000 http://fairuselab.net/?p=270#comment-271 Dear Mark, I've been reading through your sites this morning -- excitedly. It began when i realized that a 2nd year university course (here in Montreal) that I am teaching this Fall on Visual Culture needed to have the presupposition of the visual and visuality brought to the table. Accordingly, I started searching on "blind photographers" -- for which, I discover, it's a big world out there -- and found you. Innis helped to get my attention. Not sure what I am trying to ask you here... I guess I would just like to be in contact, and perhaps ask you a few questions about how I might problematize the question of the visual -- from the point of view of those without sight -- in a context where it is simply taken for granted. Hope to hear from you, Peter van Wyck dr. peter c. van wyck associate professor & director, media studies graduate program department of communication studies concordia university montréal, québec h4b 1r6 vox: (514) 848-2424 x2561 fax: (514) 848-4257 Dear Mark,

I’ve been reading through your sites this morning — excitedly. It began when i realized that a 2nd year university course (here in Montreal) that I am teaching this Fall on Visual Culture needed to have the presupposition of the visual and visuality brought to the table. Accordingly, I started searching on “blind photographers” — for which, I discover, it’s a big world out there — and found you. Innis helped to get my attention. Not sure what I am trying to ask you here… I guess I would just like to be in contact, and perhaps ask you a few questions about how I might problematize the question of the visual — from the point of view of those without sight — in a context where it is simply taken for granted.

Hope to hear from you,

Peter van Wyck

dr. peter c. van wyck
associate professor & director, media studies graduate program
department of communication studies
concordia university
montréal, québec h4b 1r6
vox: (514) 848-2424 x2561
fax: (514) 848-4257

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