Will We be Permanent

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Apologies for the absence of my second blog post. [enter really bad sarcasm here] I hope no riots broke out in the streets over the need to know about how maps can work throughout Writerscafe.org. I even had a really cool title and image for it, but unfortunately I forgot all about it. However, it’s obviously too late and there’s no room for excuses so lets get cracking on the third blog, shall we?

Ok, so I just realised that after having finished this blog post, that I have in fact, missed not only the second blog post, but the third blog post. However, I thought screw it, lets put it up anyways, its not going to help me whatsoever but lets do it. So now, after I put this up, Im going to write blog post 4 with my tears.

I was never good at blogging.

For centuries, humans have been obsessed with narratives of place, whether it be radio, magazines or movies however those seem to have become more of commercial products of their time. (BA 1002 Tutorial guide week 5, 2015) whereas it seems that virtual narratives are to stay around for a while. Nowadays, it’s hard to find someone who doesn’t own a smart phone or a social media account of some sorts. If you were to throw a rock, you’ll be highly likely to smash the screen of someone’s iphone. In future, virtual narratives such as writerscafe.org will be more likely to have expanded and branched out rather than become ephemeral.

Upon looking back though week 5’s lecture notes I came across this quote from the Sapir Whorf Hypothesis slide that I thought would be best suited to explain the power dynamics that might be involved in what we see as serious cultural artefacts or ephemeral products of entertainment; "Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society.” (BA1002 Lecture Slide Show week 5, Sapir, 1958:69, slide 13)
 Writerscafe.org is literally a virtual narrative. It’s a social media absolutely filled with fiction, non fiction, gay and lesbian erotica, fan fiction, historical literature, historical fiction and many more. Virtual narratives such as Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Pinterest and Tinder are more likely to be seen as ephemeral products of entertainment where virtual narratives such as writerscafe.org, Tumblr, freelance blogs, blogger as well as travel writing forums are more likely to be seen as serious cultural artefacts.

Reference list: BA1002  Week 5, Lecture Slide 13, Sapir Whorf Hypothesis (Sapir, 1958:69)

BA1002, Tutorial Guide Week 5 (2015)

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