Yamamoto: Intermission 7 - Story 7

Maddie Baum
Yamamoto: Intermission 7 - Story 7

A) My overall reflection toward The Stories of Ibis is incredibly appreciative and positive. This story particularly, in comparison to Davis's book that we read, made a significant impact on my outlook on digital culture. I have come to really appreciate the vast variety of cultures that I was exposed to, especially in Yamamoto's writing. Yamamoto was able to give a perspective of many different cultures, allowing myself to be exposed to a more creative side of the digital world. It also allowed me to be able to open my mind and relate what I have learned to not only my personal life, but digital culture and the real world itself.

B)I have really enjoyed this course overall. It was unfortunate that our professor went on leave, but I thought that Noah did a fantastic job of stepping in to really big shoes and being concerned about students learning and enjoying what we were doing in class. Something that I thought could have been effective in this course was incorporating artist talks and not strictly learning through fiction books throughout the quarter. I thought that the two books that we read were impactful and I learned a lot from them, but I think it would have been great to also learn about different cultures from individuals that belong in the digital world but gain us different, real life cultural and experiential reflections. That being said, I thought that this course did an amazing job at exposing us to different cultures in a creative way.

C) Throughout this class, my feelings and thoughts toward techno-culture has changed tremendously. Before I took this course, I thought my definition toward digital culture was incredibly understanding and specific. Taking this course broaden my mind toward the vast majority that this culture incorporates, allowing me to understand that there is so much to it that there is no distinct definition. I have grown incredibly fond of my exposure of techno-culture in this class and am excited to continue to be exposed and learn while placing myself more in the digital world.