Memo18+--+Historicizing+a+Project

Thomas Solley STSH 4980-01 Senior Thesis Costelloe-Kuehn 9/27/2014 10/1/14

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__ Memo 18 -- Historicizing a Project __ "Timeline, diachronic snapshot" --> From memo description in Framing section; " This memo should include at least ten events that had significance in the historical build up to your project space. It should also select a nodal year – like 1984 for my Bhopal work – and list ten events in that particular year that partly defined your project space (as the preface to Advocacy After Bhopal does). Thus, there should be both a diachronic (chronologically ordered) list and a synchronic (snapshot of a historical moment) list. A “+” chart, in other words."

After the UPDATE of 10/1/14; ... Well, since my period has changed now... Before, I would have said to look at the Memo19 stuff for more on "events" that impacted my space (as I was trying to reach for political movements that would have affected the "Second Wave" transhumanist thoughts). Now... I don't know. Since I'm looking at networking and dependance on networked technologies in the 21st century... ASSUMPTIONS, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TIME AN HOUR BEFORE CLASS TODAY TO FILL THE FULL ASSIGNMENT; Without having read specific articles on the subject,
 * iPhone released in USA in 2007.
 * Popular due to multi-touch surface? [wiki].
 * "networking" a feature at this time but not the main "sell" of the product.
 * PDAs in prior years had some limited email cpacity -- tech already existed since 2000?
 * early UIs evolved into OS systems in later years
 * my own observation (and some articles on this?) that by 2014 smartphones have become widespread in culture.
 * used not just for work though. lots of folks playing games, accessing Facebook/Twitter. Not just email.
 * Need articles fro this.
 * Maybe a TED talk on this? Go back and look at Eglash's class...
 * Some negative views taken by journalists and memes regarding the obsession of folks with phones. Have own cycnicsms and observations on the subject too.
 * As per Robin Williams skit in 2008, regarding Twitter and human contact... teenagers and young adults using phones extensively. As such, my assumptions that we have come to rely on this technology. Why?
 * boredom?
 * No, there must be some kind of social forces and politics/movements that have shaped this.
 * Affordability of phones has improved the distribution of this technology
 * Some article read at one point discussing how nearly a 1:1 ratio for number of phones on plane tot number of people?
 * Netwrking websites -- Facebook, Twitter -- used in Politics?
 * Ghana, Egypt riots?
 * Occupy movements?
 * Information dissemination -- now key? back in 2011...
 * THIS is a "force" ? Or a noted "result" that has been due to an underlying force...
 * New "linkedin" app, jobs...
 * Networking now used for jobs too? Market applications...

__Concerns __ .... I'm not actually sure what this memo is just yet?

--> I could use this to help the re-structuring of the Background section of the Proposal?

Need new articles on this as well. The Video Games article will be useful in charting transhumanist culture-dispersion, but not "networking dependance." 