An anthropological introduction to YouTube presented at the Library of Congress, June 23rd 2008.

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Clicar na imagem. Video no canal youtube Michael Wesch: https://youtu.be/TPAO-lZ4_hU 


A etnologia digital nos primórdios da internet 2.0   

Para ver e escrever sobre este clássico da etnologia digital criado por Michael Welsh, professor universitário de antropologia cultural, um extravagante acaso levou-me à cantina universitária conhecida como o primeiro andar do Ikea Restaurante. Para aprimorar a extravagância, outros vídeos do autor e demais vídeos colocados na lista de referência bibliográficas da presente unidade curricular, estão censurados/bloqueados. Talvez um sinal dos temos que mudaram...

Não conseguindo aceder ao website de Michael Welsh aqui linkado [www.mediatedcultures.net] acabei por deixar um comentário no canal Youtube de Michael Wesch:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChaQjN6tViOSPvY9LLaq_Mg.

1. After watching "An anthropological introduction to YouTube" we must ask for a specific definition of “context collapse.” (25:00)

Michael Wesch's answer is big a question: What does one say to the world and the future?  Faced with such a daunting question, it is not surprising to find many would-be first-time vloggers perplexed by the webcam, often reporting that they spent several hours transfixed in front of the lens, trying to decide what to say.

Wesch described the experience in suitably melodramatic terms in an influential 2009 article about the pioneering vloggers on YouTube: "The problem is not lack of context. It is context collapse: an infinite number of contexts collapsing upon one another into that single moment of recording. The images, actions, and words captured by the lens at any moment can be transported to anywhere on the planet and preserved (the performer must assume) for all time. The little glass lens becomes the gateway to a blackhole sucking all of time and space – virtually all possible contexts – in upon itself".

2. Two last questions: 

How does context collapse affect our view of ourselves or maybe the way we present ourselves? 

Would someone become more like themselves because of lack of context or become more like how they perceive the entire collective of humanity would like to perceive them? 

It’s interesting to think about someone being shaped more by their youtube comments than by physical interaction.