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Ken Hudson - Kenny Hubble CBC Radio Interview

Robert Logan Book Launch December 7th - Second Life

The Media Ecology Group in Second Life presents an event to mark the
launch of The Extended Mind: The Emergence of Language, the Human
Mind, and Culture, the new work by Robert K Logan, Friday December
7th, 2007, 10AM SLT/1PM ET, at the Media Ecology Pavilion in Second
Life (We the living 87,178,22). There will be a brief reading and
virtual refreshments will be served. Avatars attending the in-world
event will have a chance to win an autographed copy of The Extended
Mind.

As well, this event will announce a new book project, Second Lives:
Real Autobiographies from a Virtual World, edited by Ken Hudson and
Robert K Logan. This book will collect autobiographical sketches from
Second Life residents and their real life counterparts into a
fascinating expose of the diverse cross-section of people who
participate in virtual worlds.

Please plan to join us for the launch.

About The Extended Mind:

The ability to communicate through language is such a fundamental part
of human existence that we often take it for granted, rarely
considering how sophisticated the process is by which we understand
and make ourselves understood. In The Extended Mind, acclaimed author
Robert K. Logan examines the origin, emergence, and co-evolution of
language, the human mind, and culture.

Building on his previous study, The Sixth Language (2000) and making
use of emergence theory, Logan seeks to explain how language emerged
to deal with the complexity of hominid existence brought about by
tool-making, control of fire, social intelligence, coordinated hunting
and gathering, and mimetic communication. The resulting emergence of
language, he argues, signifies a fundamental change in the functioning
of the human mind – a shift from percept-based thought to
concept-based thought.

From the perspective of the Extended Mind model, Logan provides an
alternative to and critique of Noam Chomsky's approach to the origin
of language. He argues that language can be treated as an organism
that evolved to be easily acquired, obviating the need for the
hard-wiring of Chomsky's Language Acquisition Device. In addition
Logan shows how, according to this model, culture itself can be
treated as an organism that has evolved to be easily attained,
revealing the universality of human culture as well as providing an
insight as to how altruism might have originated. Bringing timely
insights to a fascinating field of inquiry, The Extended Mind will be
sure to find a wide readership.

Robert K. Logan is a professor emeritus in the Department of Physics
at the University of Toronto.

Paul Levinson interviews Ken Hudson

my 40-minute interview of Ken Hudson

Paul Levinson in Second Life

Education in Virtual Worlds - Second Life - PPT

Education in Virtual Worlds - Oct 2007

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Presentation I gave at the Ontario Colleges Continuing Education conference, London ON, Oct 25 2007

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Wanted: Kenny Hubble

One of the pleasures of working with the guys at the Hive is how creative they are. Case in point, I had asked them to begin to develop some poster ideas to promote Second Life around the college, and also to reflect some of the "cool factor" of working in virtual worlds back to their peers. The range of ideas that they come up with are terrific, including this awesome wanted poster for Kenny Hubble. As they create more posters I will share them here. Great work guys!

Media Ecologist Bob Logan Speaks in Second Life

Last night we welcomed Bob Logan, physicist, media ecologist and author to speak at the Media Ecology series in Second Life. The event was streamed live by SLCN.TV, and an archive of the entire presentation can be found here.

What was interesting and exciting for the audience present in Second Life, in addition to a swarm of ideas that Logan's talk addressed, was that we were experiencing Logan's first steps in Second Life. His comments about the form itself amused and delighted the audience, who participated actively in responding to Logan's ideas.
There was a demonstration during the discussion session where avatars morphed into various forms and costume, and we all witnessed Bob Logan flying for the first time.

Professor BobLogan Schmooz presented his ideas of the development of culture through such foundational media as the alphabet, an idea he collaborated with Marshall McLuhan on in the 1970's. Logan's latest works expand McLuhan's seminal work Understanding Media, into the New Media era, addressing technologies such as cell phones, blogs, wikis, and even virtual worlds.

To learn more about Bob Logan, visit his webspace or The Beale Institute for Strategic Creativity.

Media Ecology Presenation

Media Ecology Introduction

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Presentation delivered in Second Life at Kenny Hubble's Media Ecology seminar, September 24, 2007 by Ken Hudson

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Media Ecology Seminar Launches

Last night I initiated my Media Ecology Seminar, with a presenation and a group discussion about the basics of Media Ecology. The event was very well attended, with about 25 avatars participating.

The series continues Monday October 1, 2007, 5-7 SLT with guest speaker Dr Robert K Logan.

Join the Media Ecology Group in Second Life and hope to see you out next week.