Connective Visions

Toward a Saner Society? Part 1: Segregation, Filter Bubbles, and What We “Deserve”

May 25th, 2011 by Joanna Mullins | Comments Off

The 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides and another take on net neutrality prompt reflection on contemporary approaches to the economy.


Incomprehensibility: The New Black?

March 28th, 2010 by Joanna Mullins | 2 Comments

Righteous Dopefiend

A few weeks ago, my friend’s Norwegian husband was in Philadelphia and visited the University of Pennsylvania photography-and-text exhibit “Righteous Dopefiend.” When we got together for dinner a week later, he made the point, “I know what a dopefien


Babel but for a Question: The Hazards of Assumption

March 18th, 2010 by Joanna Mullins | 2 Comments

... or fuzzy footwear (or both)?

When I taught communications, I regularly emphasized the model of “sender-channel-receiver” for passage of information. At any point along that line, the message (the information) can go astray. The sender has an intention that may not be conveyed cl



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