@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ In a powerful central visual sequence, Mindstorms presents a series of illustrat
In Belgium, where I currently live "brico" is the French language equivalent to "DIY" and is often used in a derogatory sense to indicate that something is made in an amateurish way. Papert, is borrowing the term from Claude Levi-Strauss, who first used the term in an anthropological context hypothesizing how "universal" knowledge might form from myth and fragmentary cultural knowledge[^levistrauss].
In Belgium, where I currently live "brico" is the French language equivalent to "DIY" and is often used in a derogatory sense to indicate that something is made in an amateurish way. Papert, is borrowing the term from Claude Levi-Strauss, who first used the term in an anthropological context hypothesizing how "universal" knowledge might form from myth and fragmentary cultural knowledge[^levistrauss].
[^levistraus]: Claude Levi-Straus. *The Science of the Concrete*. The Savage Mind (University of Chicago Press: 1966), Chapter 1.
[^levistrauss]: Claude Lévi-Strauss. *The Science of the Concrete*. The Savage Mind (University of Chicago Press: 1966), Chapter 1.
For Papert, bricolage exhibits a quality whereby informal methods not only appeal to "common sense" but also engage more profoundly with the materiality of its subject than would a formal approach. In the case of the circle, the "turtle" method is not only a way for the student to imagine the problem physically, it also relates to methods of differential calculus, something the algebraic formulation misses completely. In hacker circles, bricolage is evident in an approach of embracing "glue code" and "duct tape" methods, like the pipeline, that allow different systems to be "hacked" together to do useful (new) things.
For Papert, bricolage exhibits a quality whereby informal methods not only appeal to "common sense" but also engage more profoundly with the materiality of its subject than would a formal approach. In the case of the circle, the "turtle" method is not only a way for the student to imagine the problem physically, it also relates to methods of differential calculus, something the algebraic formulation misses completely. In hacker circles, bricolage is evident in an approach of embracing "glue code" and "duct tape" methods, like the pipeline, that allow different systems to be "hacked" together to do useful (new) things.
@ -205,3 +205,4 @@ A vernacular approach rejects the illusory construction of an isolated artist si
The digital vernacular rejects the sense of disembodiment, rather if locates itself at the intersection between many bodies.
The digital vernacular rejects the sense of disembodiment, rather if locates itself at the intersection between many bodies.
The digital vernacular is about working withing the constraints of available resources, rather than living with a fantasy of neglible time or unlimited storage.
The digital vernacular is about working withing the constraints of available resources, rather than living with a fantasy of neglible time or unlimited storage.
