Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Constructivism
Too many thoughts are floating around so I have to get them out before I rest for the night. I am thinking about constructivism and how society will end up writing history through blogging, wikis, etc. From prior readings I am aware that many people have claimed that the history that we have learned is the story based from a white male perspective and that certain facts along the way have either been exaggerated or ignored. If social networks will now be responsible for telling our stories I wonder who will eventually control the final version of the stories that we need to tell to the next generation. Will the stories be accurate from all perspectives, or will there exist a controlling power that will have final editorial say to reflect only a certain version of history?
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2 comments:
Fascinating thinking! I believe there are several significant impacts from social networking, collaborative competition (gaming), and connectedness that will emerge in our society as today's teens reach adulthood. Writing their own history is one of them.
Cindy 831
An interesting thought, Walter. As you tell this I think of the telephone line game. You know, tell someone something and have it repeated down the line. When it gets to the end, it often isn't even the same story any more. With social networking, how many stories will remain factual? This is how urban legends are born. With the ability to reach so far, so wide, so quickly if history is told through social networking, how accurate will it be? There may need to be some diligence on a historians part!
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