diff --git a/content/Section 5 - Infrapunctural Imaginaries (exercise)/1-introduction.md b/content/Section 5 - Infrapunctural Imaginaries (exercise)/1-introduction.md index 609ce6f..13465d2 100644 --- a/content/Section 5 - Infrapunctural Imaginaries (exercise)/1-introduction.md +++ b/content/Section 5 - Infrapunctural Imaginaries (exercise)/1-introduction.md @@ -3,23 +3,25 @@ Slug: 01-s5-introduction Date: 2020-11-01 12:00 Summary: What are the norms and values of different communication infrastructures? +[mb: bridge from *bot logic* to this exercise] + +[mb: add question: What kind of communication infrastructures do we use in our everyday lives?] + What are the norms and values of different communication infrastructures? -What are the norms of the conversations? +What are the norms of the conversations? [mb: rephrase] -And who decides what is normal? +And who decides what is normal and sets the norms? -To dive into these question and further explore how communicative infrastructures are transforming and being transformed by different groups, we will now switch mode and work on a dialog-writing exercise. +To dive into these question and further explore how communicative infrastructures are transforming and being transformed by different groups, we will now switch mode [mb: mode?] and do a dialog-writing exercise. -So far, we encountered different computational infrastructures throughout this module. In this section we will focus specifically on *communicative infrastructures*, which for example include micro-blogging platforms, groupchats, discussion forums, mailinglists, etc. +So far, we encountered different computational infrastructures throughout this module. In this section we will focus specifically on *communicative infrastructures*, which for example include micro-blogging platforms, groupchats, discussion forums, or mailinglists. [mb: add "Places where groups of people come together for dicussions and to organise themselves".] # Why an exercise? -Doing an exercise will create space to engage with the term *digital infrapunctures* in a playful way, allowing us to speculate about possible bot interventions or infrapunctural actions. - -While keeping in mind that different groups use different infrastructures in different ways, it is important to take some time to focus on a specific context, to zoom in and work with a specific situation in mind. +Doing an exercise will create space to engage with [mb: to activate?] the term *digital infrapunctures*, allowing us to speculate about possible bot interventions or infrapunctural actions. -[note: insert prototypes as arguments] +While keeping in mind that different groups use different infrastructures in different ways, it is important to situate ourselves and work with a specific context in mind. We will take a moment to formulate this context first. # What is the exercise? diff --git a/content/Section 5 - Infrapunctural Imaginaries (exercise)/2-step-1.md b/content/Section 5 - Infrapunctural Imaginaries (exercise)/2-step-1.md index 0ca67d4..6ca22f6 100644 --- a/content/Section 5 - Infrapunctural Imaginaries (exercise)/2-step-1.md +++ b/content/Section 5 - Infrapunctural Imaginaries (exercise)/2-step-1.md @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ When we talk about communicative infrastructures, which ones come to mind? Pick one communicative infrastructure and answer the following questions: -* Who can make decisions about the infrastructure? -* Who maintains the infrastructure? +* Who makes and maintains the infrastructure? +* Who can make decisions about the infrastructure? [mb: check how Karin rephrased this question elsewhere in the module] * What groups come to mind that use this infrastructure? ----------------- diff --git a/content/Section 5 - Infrapunctural Imaginaries (exercise)/4-step-3.md b/content/Section 5 - Infrapunctural Imaginaries (exercise)/4-step-3.md index d1c4191..4f7f661 100644 --- a/content/Section 5 - Infrapunctural Imaginaries (exercise)/4-step-3.md +++ b/content/Section 5 - Infrapunctural Imaginaries (exercise)/4-step-3.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Summary: Continuation of the excercise.
-*Outline a bot that tackles a specific stress you have identified in the digital communication infrastructure you chose previously. Follow the following questions, write your answers down.* +*Outline a bot that tackles a specific hurt you have identified in the digital communication infrastructure you chose previously. Follow the following questions, write your answers down.* ------------------------ diff --git a/content/Section 5 - Infrapunctural Imaginaries (exercise)/5-step-4.md b/content/Section 5 - Infrapunctural Imaginaries (exercise)/5-step-4.md index 15a65dd..39252a9 100644 --- a/content/Section 5 - Infrapunctural Imaginaries (exercise)/5-step-4.md +++ b/content/Section 5 - Infrapunctural Imaginaries (exercise)/5-step-4.md @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ Summary: Last step of the excercise. Describe the scene in a few sentences: -* What is the platform? -* Who is the group? -* What is the role of the bot? +* What is the communicative infrastructure used in the scene? +* Who is the group that is in dialog with each other? +* What is the role of the bot in the dialog? ------------------------