Handwriting as Technology

Handwriting as technology of discipline & liberation CCR 633 ::: 3/1/11Saturday, March 12, 2011

Secretary HandSaturday, March 12, 2011

Scribal Secretary HandSaturday, March 12, 2011

Tudor ChancerySaturday, March 12, 2011

Tudor Court of Common PleasSaturday, March 12, 2011

Pipe Roll Hand (Exchequer)Saturday, March 12, 2011

SpencerianSaturday, March 12, 2011

Palmer MethodSaturday, March 12, 2011

Kate: Thornton’s argument suggests that handwriting as a technology is capable of indicating particular qualities of those employing the technology—whether or not an individual or group is indicated is based on the speciﬁc cultural understanding of community values. Is this true of other literacy technologies? In our contemporary moment, handwriting doesn’t hold much cultural capital anymore — as individuals, most of our written communication probably happens via typing and word-processing. Is it possible for typing as a technology to indicate particular qualities and characteristics of individuals or groups? Rachel: What hierarchies do we have in place today in our system of handwriting, if any? Is simply placing text into printed form a demonstration of status in ways?Saturday, March 12, 2011

Rachel: It is stated that historically print was deﬁned by its disassociation from the individual. Today we have introduced much more individualize methods of utilizing print, methods that make the author to reader connection much more direct. Is this statement no longer valid then, that print is cold, and distant? Is a photocopied, handwritten zine more personal than a blog if it is snail mailed to you, and therefore takes production and mailing time to be received by you rather than instantaneously through blogging?Saturday, March 12, 2011

Handwriting as Technology

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