Comments on: I590 Lecture Liveblog: 9-6-2007 http://www.inversekinematics.com/2007/09/10/i590-lecture-liveblog-9-6-2007/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:06:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Aaron http://www.inversekinematics.com/2007/09/10/i590-lecture-liveblog-9-6-2007/#comment-5 Aaron Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:09:24 +0000 http://www.inversekinematics.com/2007/09/10/i590-lecture-liveblog-9-6-2007/#comment-5 Matt- I'm interested how you could say that structure is less important, but then you go on to say that one word is not content. It's not content because it must be put into a sentence for it to make it content. In effect what the structuralists are saying is (if I've understood it correctly) that all meaning (& content) flows from the structure it is placed/arranged in. So you are right in saying that the structure of the internet is different than a sentence, but it's still structure and without a structure then it would simply be jibberish, just words on a page, let's say it was sentences on a page, again if the structures connecting them weren't there it would be jibberish. Of course the original post we are commenting on is just a liveblog, not a complete discussion, but some snapshots of what was said in a class. Matt-
I’m interested how you could say that structure is less important, but then you go on to say that one word is not content. It’s not content because it must be put into a sentence for it to make it content. In effect what the structuralists are saying is (if I’ve understood it correctly) that all meaning (& content) flows from the structure it is placed/arranged in. So you are right in saying that the structure of the internet is different than a sentence, but it’s still structure and without a structure then it would simply be jibberish, just words on a page, let’s say it was sentences on a page, again if the structures connecting them weren’t there it would be jibberish.
Of course the original post we are commenting on is just a liveblog, not a complete discussion, but some snapshots of what was said in a class.

]]> By: Matt http://www.inversekinematics.com/2007/09/10/i590-lecture-liveblog-9-6-2007/#comment-4 Matt Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:10:12 +0000 http://www.inversekinematics.com/2007/09/10/i590-lecture-liveblog-9-6-2007/#comment-4 "Structure tends to trump content. Meaning comes from the structure of a sentence and not individual words." I would tend to disagree with this statement. Sentence structure is completely different then say the structure of the Internet. Additionally, I would not necessarily consider one word content. On a medium such as the Internet content trumps structure since content can be made portable and presented through many different structures. Therefore the structure become irrelevant and up to the user to decide how the content is "structured" for them. On the other hand, elements such as video can be used in a story and have a profound effect on the content, in this regard that ability to embed content in other content would support the above statement. “Structure tends to trump content. Meaning comes from the structure of a sentence and not individual words.”

I would tend to disagree with this statement. Sentence structure is completely different then say the structure of the Internet. Additionally, I would not necessarily consider one word content. On a medium such as the Internet content trumps structure since content can be made portable and presented through many different structures. Therefore the structure become irrelevant and up to the user to decide how the content is “structured” for them. On the other hand, elements such as video can be used in a story and have a profound effect on the content, in this regard that ability to embed content in other content would support the above statement.

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