Automatons, signs, and seeking home (aka, a bike ride through Seoul)
Michael Gallagher Automatons and Uncanny Valleys This post was inspired by a bike trip through Seoul yesterday, not intentionally as part of the UDrift course, but it certainly seems to feed into…
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From Seoul to Daegu to Tongyeong (통영) to Yeonhwado (연화도) and back: drifting in a mobile state of mind
Caveat: this post, ostensibly about a trip to the southern coast of Korea, is girded by my participation in an open course on mlearning (Udrift) and my general interest in…
The distinctive din: ambient audio from around Gyeongju, Daegu, Seoul, Korea
I have been traveling a bit around Korea, trying to make the most of the time before I head off to London. And so I have been recording some ambient…
Seo Sang Don (서상돈) of Daegu, Korea: revisiting my wife’s great great-grandfather
My wife and I spent a day in Daegu (대구), Korea retracing the steps and imprint of her great great-grandfather, one Seo Sang Don (1850-1913). Seo Sang Don (서상돈) was…
Taipei ambient sounds: audio backdrop of a book conference, more din
I was in Taipei, Taiwan last week for a very large book conference. I wrote a blog post about this a few days ago, but wanted to revisit this with…
The contradictions of ambient audio: flip sides of a protest in Mapo, Seoul from the 23rd floor
I posted a few weeks ago on the use of Audioboo for ambient cityscape audio, capturing and geolocating audio clips from various parts of the city. Specifically, I was posting…
Flip sides of ambient audio (as evidence of learning potential): a protest in Mapo, Seoul from 23 floors above
I posted a few weeks ago on the use of Audioboo for ambient cityscape audio, capturing and geolocating audio clips from various parts of the city. Specifically, I was posting…