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From orality to Burke and beyond

Created by Brett Oppegaard for Washington State University's DTC 375 class, fall 2009. From orality to Burke and beyond. Time Based Art response. Do you see the dinosaur in this cloud?. Courtesy of Flickr.com. Time Based Art response.

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From orality to Burke and beyond

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  1. Created by Brett Oppegaard for Washington State University's DTC 375 class, fall 2009 From orality to Burke and beyond

  2. Time Based Art response • Do you see the dinosaur in this cloud? Courtesy of Flickr.com

  3. Time Based Art response • Having the courage to speak first (or early) gives you the opportunity to significantly shape the discussion … • The initial visceral reaction to the field trip focused on the sexual content in the shows, in a passionately polarizing form. In what ways did that affect the conversation that followed? • Compare what you actually saw on stage, or on the screen, with the last couple of R-rated movies you watched. How did the medium of live performance massage and affect your reaction to it?

  4. Time Based Art response • Remediation – How does the medium affect the response? • Using old machines in new ways, or new machines (think bread maker) in ways not necessarily envisioned by creators. How could that be “technology”? • Why do you think the artists incorporated classic printed texts, such as “Hansel and Gretel” and Helen Keller’s journal, into the performances, rather than just starting with a fresh slate? • In reading all of the responses of classmates, what’s the one comment you really wanted to challenge verbally tonight?

  5. Defining the terms • What is language? Main Entry: lan·guage Pronunciation: \ˈlaŋ-gwij, -wij\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French langage, from lange, langue tongue, language, from Latin lingua — more at tongueDate: 14th century 1 a : the words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a community b (1) : audible, articulate, meaningful sound as produced by the action of the vocal organs (2) : a systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meanings (3) : the suggestion by objects, actions, or conditions of associated ideas or feelings <language in their very gesture — Shakespeare> (4) : the means by which animals communicate (5) : a formal system of signs and symbols (as FORTRAN or a calculus in logic) including rules for the formation and transformation of admissible expressions (6) : machine language 12 a : form or manner of verbal expression; specifically : style b : the vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or a department of knowledge c : profanity3 : the study of language especially as a school subject4 : specific words especially in a law or regulation Courtesy of Merriam-Webster.com

  6. Defining the terms For humans only? A human invention? Language: a human communication medium A man-made construct … -- Nate Mannan -- Bradley Martin the human mode of communication through written, spoken, or signed modes -- Aaron May how humans communicate – Danielle Chaney Mechanism, tool, … The mechanism for individuals to communicate what they'd like between each other – Jerry Joiner The tool that is used to transfer a thought from one persons brain to another persons. - Jon Tanner Two or more people involved? Language: the process of communication between two or more people, animals, objects, etc -- YashaKehn Language is a form of communication between any two (or more) beings -- Faun Scurlock • What is language?

  7. Defining the terms • What is a map?

  8. Important human developments • 4.6 billion years ago – Earth formed • 160,000 years ago – Oldest human fossils found (speech among humans began) • 30,000 years ago – First cave paintings • 5,000 to 7,000 years ago – First writing systems appeared, starting as pictographs in Sumeria • 5,000 years ago – Phoenicians develop an alphabet; Egyptians create heiroglyphs Courtesy of About.com

  9. Important human developments • 776 B.C. – Homing pigeons used to tell Athens who won the Olympics • 530 B.C. – First library opens • 500 B.C. – Papyrus rolls and early parchments were developed into the first portable and light writing surfaces • 105 B.C. – Tsai Lun of China invents paper • 1450 A.D. – Newspapers first appear in Europe Courtesy of About.com

  10. Important human developments • 1455 A.D. – Gutenberg invents his printing press • 1714 – Henry Mill patents a typewriter • 1814 – Joseph Niépce creates first photo • 1877 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph • 1910 – Edison, again, invents the first talking picture • 1914 – First cross continental telephone call made Courtesy of About.com

  11. Kenneth Burke's definition of man • Man is the symbol-using (symbol-making, symbol-misusing) animal • Inventor of the negative • Separated from his natural condition by instruments of his own making • Goaded by the spirit of hierarchy • And rotten with perfection.

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