November 24, 2014 - 11:15
This is a clip of my notes from the museum that I wanted to share if anyone is interested (based in our conversation at the end).
Also, I would like, at some point, if we could discuss this experience more than the space in the Mütter itself; the added people made it difficult for me to be fully present. But we have a lot to do so I don't expect us to have that time.
- digitized age "ruining" the possibility of difference?
- example given: technology vs physical bodies displayed, physical bodies show the vast amounts of difference
- yet too much info in potential biographies of these people is something Riva mentioned would overwhelm people
- Thoughts: digitalization allows for access of information as you'd like or need. tech allows for the storage of tons and tons more information when it is catalogued, and can often be accessed in different ways (example: online texts can be larger, read aloud, etc). thus, controlling your experience but providing a full piece of interactive knowledge. tech allows for accessibility for both people with disabilities and those without.
- emphasizing that there is no universal body
- but should we make it to where anyone can connect to a body? should able bodied people or people with certain disabilities try to connect with these lives and experiences that we did not experience?
- Thoughts: shouldn't we detach ourselves?? That does not mean that we ignore that these bodies and parts and experiences belong a person. However, we should not have to connect our experiences to a person to acknowledge they have personhood. to say that our experiences are not the same experience as these people acknowledges the positives and negatives (and in these specific cases of people, the horror of existing in a world where this personhood was taken during and after life).