Teasers
Teaser 0 :: Master in Design & Computation
https://www.design-computation.berlin/
apply until 31.7.2020
Teaser 1 :: Umfrage zur digitalen Semester
Teaser 2 :: Bäume der Erkenntnis
Formalia
The last session
Bring Your trees & texts & works along !
Formalia 1 :: Rundgang
Formalia 2 :: SG Validation
- What role do trees and forests play in Life and Work of Ursula leGuin ?
- Is the "core metaphor" false or true ? If true, is it true subjectively or objectively ?
The core metaphor
The Core Metaphor(s) :: Subjective variant
Observer observes a certain similarity-of-forms, a certain "morphism", between organic entities known as "trees" and structures of the digital realm.
Observer observes a certain similarity-of-forms, a certain "morphism", between organic processes known as "germination, differentiation, growth and decay" and processes taking place in the informatic realm.
The Core Metaphor(s) :: Objective variant
There exists a certain similarity-of-forms, a certain "morphism", between organic processes known as "germination, differentiation, growth and decay" and processes taking place in the informatic realm.
"The Core Metaphor is false"
Please try to provide as much arguments as possible for the statement: organic and digital trees are distinct types of entities which have very little (resp. nothing) to do with each other.
In case You encounter difficulties, address the question: What distinguishes "organic" from "digital" trees ? How are these types of entities (concepts?) different from each other ?
You have 15 minutes. Frohe philosophieren !
Room 3
materiality: organic tree is touchable, smellable, tastable, drinkable (senses)
origin: human made vs. nature-made
reproduction: copy+paste vs. germination+growth
growth: adding information vs. adding material (organic tree grows according to linear time)
death:
Room 2
surroundings of the organic trees
no firewall in the organic world, more "attackable" organic trees
embedded vs. abstract
picture of Rhizom more fitting to digital trees?
Room 1
why do we use the metaphore of "tree" for the digital one?
Digital trees might live longer than organic trees
Digital trees can have more branches than organic trees (close to endless)
"The Core Metaphor is false"
Please try to provide as much arguments as possible for the statement: organic and digital trees are distinct types of entities which have very little (resp. nothing) to do with each other.
In case You encounter difficulties, address the question: What distinguishes "organic" from "digital" trees ? How are these types of entities (concepts?) different from each other ?
You have 15 minutes. Frohe philosophieren !
Room 2
surroundings of the organic trees
no firewall in the organic world, more "attackable" organic trees
embedded vs. abstract
picture of Rhizom more fitting to digital trees?
Room 3
materiality: organic tree is touchable, smellable, tastable, drinkable (senses)
origin: human made vs. nature-made
reproduction: copy+paste vs. germination+growth
growth: adding information vs. adding material (organic tree grows according to linear time)
death:
Room 1
why do we use the metaphore of "tree" for the digital one?
Digital trees might live longer than organic trees
Digital trees can have more branches than organic trees (close to endless)
L & C :: Language and Communication
Genealogical tree of programming languages.
Stammbaum.
Initiation into sanskrit.
(formal & generative) grammars.
Parsers.
World Wald Web.
Direct acyclic graphs (DAGs).
Motto
The essence of any programming language is its "parse tree".
Natural languages can be conceptualized and described as forests of cognitive structures.
L & C :: Genealogy of Programming languages
Linguistic Stammbaum
L&C :: Invitation to Sanskrit
L&C :: Formal grammars
A formal grammar is a set of rules for rewriting strings, along with a "start symbol" from which rewriting starts. Therefore, a grammar is usually thought of as a language generator. However, it can also sometimes be used as the basis for a "recognizer"...
L&C :: Formal languages as trees
Gramatiken
L&C :: Parse trees
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_syntax_tree
while b ≠ 0
if a > b
a := a − b
else
b := b − a
return a
Note of warning
(Prolegomena, p. 120)
Simply stated: formal languages are about games with symbols but not about communication or exchange
World Wald Web
Break :: Der Maulwurf kommt in der Stadt
How do trees communicate
Room 2
Room 3
Room 1
Linden :: die Linde :: Tilia (cordata|platyphyllos)
Linden :: History & Mythology
Aphrodite, Freya, Maria
center of the village
tribunals took place under Linden trees (often with much more relaxed judgments than tribunals which took place under oaks)
Lindwurm ???
Linden :: Usage
pasture for bees
great for carving, Lignum sanctum, "the holy wood" (used, by Tilman Riemenschneider, Veit Stoss etc.)
since Stone Age, linden bast used for making of ropes, mats, child clothes etc.
Linden coal (good for teeth)
Linden tea (good for sleeping, eye relaxation etc.)