Reading (w/) the Digital Human is a course that explores the socio-digital culture that our generation is immersed in. Particularly in the Western world, society is co-dependent on the technological advances that have happened within the last several decades. This dependence is seen not only through the physical objects such as cell phones, computers, or e-readers. However, it is seen within out language, education institutions, and perspectives. Both Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants, as we read in Marc Prensky’s “Digital Native, Digital Immigrants,” understand techné on varying levels, but society as a whole still sees in terms of their digital dependence.
Therefore this course was important in understanding the effects that the digital age has had on us and vice versa. Furthermore, technology will keep advancing in the coming years and future generations so it is imperative to not only understanding but embracing. If our society thinks in terms of techné then we must utilize it.
The iPad allowed for this utilization. I was able to use the iPad in terms of my classes, my scheduling, and social media. From the beginning of the academic year until now I have a heightened awareness of my digital dependence and can think in terms of it at a scholarly level.
One of the additional reading I would have added to the class is Crash by J.G. Ballard. It is a book that would have fit perfectly with the course description. It is about James Ballard who becomes close to a man, Vaughan, and both show each other sexuality in automobile crashes. This sexuality progresses and forms into a issue of dependency. The men, and certain women, in the narrative are addicted to technology and can only experience pleasure through violence in cars.
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