Develop a project around the theme of identity within the current digital climate. This could be an autobiographical exploration examining how you relate to digital culture, or it could be a more critical examination of an aspect of digital culture.
You should develop your project over the course of Part Four. This is your chance to find and articulate your personal voice in relation to digital culture.
Start by listing or making a brainstorm diagram/mind map of possible ideas and starting points. Put this in your learning log. Expand your list or develop your diagram as you work through Part Four. Try out a few of these ideas, and develop further those that seem to be the most effective or interesting.
When you have developed at least one idea to a point where you would like to receive feedback from your tutor, submit it to them by whatever means you both agree.
What my work is attempting to communicate”
First Part:
- I want to document how we, as a family, and especially my husband, have been there since the earliest development of the digital superhighway.
- I want to show that the Internet did not just spring up but involved many people and many strands
- I also want, if possible, to interview the other pioneers who worked with him at the beginning of this journey
Part 2:
- I would like to investigate how these pioneers view where this digital world has lead us
- Finally I would like these original thinkers to crystal ball gaze to ‘predict’ where digital identities are going on the superhighway in the future.
My brain storming & mind map:
Brainstorming words associated with the origins of the Internet Superhighway with daughter and husband.
Creating a mind map of how the internet originated and roughly how it links up.
Practitioners I’ve looked at in relation to this assignment:
Bibliography
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0011684X83900060
- Lennart Scharff, ( ),EURONET-DIANE– why and how the European Commission was involved. https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/1975/1490/3.2euronet.pdf?sequence=24&isAllowed=y
- The Internet in the 1980s . 2019. The Internet in the 1980s . [ONLINE] Available at: https://computing.dcu.ie/~humphrys/net.80s.html. [Accessed 27 July 2019].
- documents.pub. 2019. Euronet DIANE the European online information network – [PDF Document]. [ONLINE] Available at: https://documents.pub/document/euronet-diane-the-european-online-information-network.html. [Accessed 27 July 2019].http://aei.pitt.edu/35300/1/A1478.pdf
- Digital identity trends – 5 forces that are shaping 2020 . 2019. Digital identity trends – 5 forces that are shaping 2020 . [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.gemalto.com/govt/identity/digital-identity-services/trends. [Accessed 03 August 2019].
- TechArchives. 2019. Barry Mahon – TechArchives. [ONLINE] Available at: https://techarchives.irish/minicomputer-systems-and-software-1969-82/barry-mahon/. [Accessed 03 August 2019].
- Adam Clark Estes. 2019. The Story of the First Photo on the Web. [ONLINE] Available at: https://gizmodo.com/the-story-of-the-first-photo-on-the-web-1686067248. [Accessed 06 August 2019].
- BuzzFeed. 2019. 19 Of The First Things To Ever Happen On The Internet. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.buzzfeed.com/gabrielsanchez/first-things-to-happen-on-the-internet. [Accessed 06 August 2019].
Self-evaluation
This is just the beginning of this journey. It is a vast subject but, in the first part, I will try to concentrate on our participation in the origins of the Internet. Many of my husbands colleagues are getting quite infirm and may not be willing or able to participate. Should this be the case I will use archives one of which exists in Trinity College Dublin. My husband has input some information to this archive at the University’s request.
I cannot be more definite as to how I will proceed at this point as I will await my tutor’s evaluation of the project before contacting possible collaborators.
I know this will be of interest to my immediate family as they are anxious that their children learn of their grandfather’s part in starting this vast and complicated world that has become such an integral part of all our lives.
TUTOR FEEDBACK:
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