[microsound] 'that's edutainment'

[Damian Stewart]

Jason Wehmhoener wrote:


> Theory and 'isms, as well as less complex forms of communication, can 
> often be a form of shared shorthand. This can make communication between 
> a small number of people more efficient in some settings, but when you 
> start looking at communicating with a networked world where individual 
> frames of reference can have wide variance, it is often helpful to 
> simplify and de-jargonize our language, and focus on descriptive terms 
> that are easy to relate to because they directly reference the 
> experience of our senses.
> 
> Am I making any sense?

yes, much. i'm totally with youn on the 'shorthand' idea. although i think 
your 'individual frames of reference' apply equally in the real world as 
well. especially when discussing more recent theory, it seems that not 
having a shared understanding is part-and-parcel of understanding a 
particular author (i'm thinking of Deleuze here).

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