Cabinets of Curiosity: Fear and Metaphor in Cyberspace
Dr Judith Harding
Middlesex University
Abstract
Drawing on current debates on embodiment, uses of networked
learning, dialogical strategies in higher education teaching, and the
force of metaphor and visual analogy, this paper will explore some diverse
critical discussions of emotional responses to the internet. These may
suggest some possible new approaches to conceptualising the role of networked
learning in the landscape of higher education academic practice.
The paper will also track the journey of one academic from entrenched
sceptic to committed enthusiast through recognition of the imaginative
possibilities of internet-based connection. This worked chiefly through
being introduced to the extensive theoretical and philosophical literature
related to internet use, and the development of new forms of writing that
take advantage of the new opportunities the web offers to make imaginative
metaphorical connections and explore personal histories. These new forms
are informed by historical antecedents of the use of visual mnemonic and
embodied learning.
Keywords
fear, metaphor, cyberspace, embodiment, teaching, visual, loss, curiosity
Keynote Speakers
Peter Goodyear, University of Sydney
Beijing Normal University
Vera A. Solis, Universidad Centroamericana
Lawrence Hamburg, Higher Education Academy
Sten Ludvigsen, Intermedia, Oslo
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