Jo Shapcott explaining how technology has an impact on poetry. She explains how poetry can be branched out to more then just the feel of a pencil/pen. Jo explains the benefits technology has on poetry. Quality video! She brings up some quality points, give it a go!
You found a great video here. I would have loved a bit more information about who Jo is, but enjoyed listening to her speak anyway.
ReplyDeleteTechnology does open up new avenues of publishing and makes room for reinventing the way poetry is written. I've heard of poets (like Robert Frost) rebelling against this kind of multimedia poetry, but I think the reason people rebel against it and want poets to keep to traditions is that they feel the force of change, the momuentum scares them.
I agree with Natalia. I think the "companion methods", as Jo Shapcott calls them, can being daunting for those who are resistant to change.
ReplyDeleteAs each generation is born into a technological reality, these companion methods become the way in which generations experience the world. I recently watched an Australian science newsmagazine in which a Stanford U researcher said that that today's generation of children and youth spends 30-40 minutes reading text in books ... and an hour or more they are spending time in avatar-based games or worlds.
People are consuming so much information in a digital representation that it's not practical to be a Frost-esque purist about it. It's not a threat. It's an opportunity. In fact, people are sharing quotes from Frost online all the time in meme form.
I think it's an interesting way to share historic tidbits in ways that people now find to be relateable.