Know More About Viven

Hi everyone… I am Viven.

I am graduated from AD, and I think many of you have seen me before as I have studied in HKU SPACE for four years already, from Pre-AD to AD 2 and now the CIDP.

I like going out with my friends which have known since the secondary school. We always play in a crazy way, and would catch the attention by the other people. But I really enjoy spending the time with my friends and have fun together.

In free time, I like watching TV dramas, reading novels, comics and playing computer games. I like reading the frictions written by Sophie Kinsella, especially the Shopaholic series! The movie "Confessions of a Shopaholic" which is based on her novel is also in theaters now, and it is strongly recommended to go and have a look~ :D

Lastly hope all of you can have a nice school time! See you…

Who Am I ?

Is Chris Mung, a boy without worry about his life. I have challenges and advanture, i wish i can leave Hong Kong and live in some place else, like Australia.

Is chris, is life style~

Summer job

Hobbies~

Critical Annotated Webliography - Cyborgs (By Wong Chun Kit)

“The term “Cyborg” originated from the Cold War to describe the human-machine amalgam, that is, beings which are part-human and part-machine.”[1] Cyborg are hybrid entitles that are neither wholly technological nor completely organic. Although the idea of “Cyborg” has released for a long time, it is still a transgressive figure, especially in the gender identity and other culture issues (e.g. cyborg should consider as organic or machine, male or female).

I would like to construct a list of research article to illustrate some others opinions.

A. Induction to “Cyborg”

“The cyborg is a liberating mechanism from human environments via a “self-regulating man-machine system”.[2] As I mention before, the idea of “Cyborg” was found in Cold War. The concept of Cyborg has been changed. In the article “The Online Body Breaks Out? Asence, Ghosts, Cyborgs, Gender, Polarity and Politics”, the author mentions that in past days, Cyborg is made by human and lives with human. Human needed to participate in the construction of Cyborg, like the wire design. Nowadays, Cyborg is transferred to self-oriented and can alive itself. “It means nowadays human are just inputing data, not participation”. [3] From the period of teaching Cyborg by human, now, Cyborg can learn itself. Thus, there is a question released in many peoples’ heart. Will Cyborg become uncontrollable? There is a meaningful quotation from the article, “Historically, the cyborg has stood for the radical anxiety of human consciousness about its own embodiment at the moment that embodiment appears almost fully contingent. Cyborg anxiety has stood for a panic oscillation between the "human" element (associated with affections, eros, error, innovation, projects begun in the face of mortality) and the "machine" element (the desire for long life, health, physical impermeability, self-contained control processes, dependability)” [4]. From that we can see Human are still finding the way how to alive with Cyborg.

B. The danger of Cyborg

After the birth of Cyborg, there is a lot of movies about Cyborg. Some are possitibe, some are negative. In the book, “Projecting the Shadow: The Cyborg Hero in American Film”, it introduces us American movies which are Jaws, The Deer Hunter, The Manchurian Candidate, Blade Runner, The Terminator, and Terminator 2. They are all about Cyborg. By the author’s deeply examination, we can notify that there is a few types of Cyborg. In the movie “Jaws”, it demonstrates how a 'soft' man can re-acquire the heroic hunter qualities he needs by technology. Thus he can team up with a natural man and a 'technological' man-Cyborg. From this movie, it shows how human can live with Cybory harmony.[5] In another movie, “Blade Runner”, it performs perfectly the artificial human with its manufactured replicates who are "more than human". Since the definition of Cybory is the combination of part human and part machine, artificial human should be considered into Cyborg. It would also bring out the question, what is human? And what is not? The foundation of Cyborg makes the binary of organic and artificial more and more unclear. If the problem is keeping unsolved, the use of Cyborg would be very dangerous. Beside, some people claim that “the machine is not an it to be animated, worshipped, and dominated. The machine is us, our processes, an aspect of our embodiment. We can be responsible for machines; they do not dominate or threaten us. We are responsible for boundaries; we are they”.[6] Some of people would worry about Cyborg because it is uncontrollable. But, I agree that and I believe if we can have clear instruction on using of Cyborg, we can fully express the power Cyborg in a safety way. It would help human more accept Cyborg.

C. The gender identity of Cyborg

Another distinguishing feature of Cyborg is no clear gender identity. Donna Haraway claims that the “cyborg is a creature in a post-gender world”.[7] In the traditional western political and scientific view, male dominated the society and its development. All important roles in the society are all male. But after the foundation of Cyborg, we find that Cyborg has no clear gender identity. It destroys the social norm of general public. By decreasing the importance of male, it would increase feminist. In the book of “Technologies of the Gendered Body: Reading Cyborg Women”, the author states that “the cultural significance of the female body is not only (not even first and foremost) that of a flesh-and-blood entity, but that of a symbolic construct”.‎[8] I would like to point out that in the mind of general public, the distinguish between male and female is the sex organ. The easiest recognize part is the breast. Almost Cyborg has bigger breast, it can easily to recognize that most Cyborg are likely female.

Some people claims that this kind of bodybuilding is a part of post-moderization. It is because they agree of “bodies are limited in their present (gendered) form”.[9] By the blurring the gender construction, it would be a new great develop from present.

But, some of public would account this kind of Cyborg (no clear gender identity) is alien. It is because most of us still hold their social norm (each one should have defined sex and gender) in mind strongly.

D. Conclusion - The future of Cyborg

I believe that Cyborg would be more acceptable than nowadays. Some people would say that “in the future I believe we will be able to send signals to and from human and machine brains. We will be able to directly harness the memory and mathematical capabilities of machines. We will be able to communicate across the internet by means of thought signals alone. Human speech and language, as we know it, will become obsolete”.[10] As we are kindly using of Cyborg, it would be an essential part of human. It can predicate that the using area of Cyborg would be increase and it will keep raise other problems. But if we keep using Cyborg in a self regular way, we can do the thing that cannot / difficult to do easily and it would be no need to worry.

Bliography

[1] Judy Wajcman (2004). ‘The Cyborg Solution’ . TechnoFeminism. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2004. p.88
[2] Peta S. Cook. The Modernistic Posthuman Prophecy of Donna Haraway <http://eprints.qut.edu.au/646/1/cook_peta.pdf>
[3] Haraway, Donna. Simians, Cyborgs and Women. New York: Routledge, 1989. p.152 <http://journal.fibreculture.org/issue3/issue3_marshall.html>
[4] Paul N. Edwards. “The Closed World: Computers and the Politics of Discourse in Cold War America” MIT Press, 1997. p.341 <http://books.google.com/books?id=LkJgQOR4s4oC&pg=PA341&dq=Cyborg+danger&lr=&hl=zh-TW&output=html&vq=%22The+machine+is+not+an+it+to+be+animated,+worshipped+and+dominated.+The+machine+is+us,+our+processes,+an+aspect%22&source=gbs_quotes >
[5] Janice Hocker Rushing, Thomas S. Frentz. “Projecting the Shadow: The Cyborg Hero in American Film” University of Chicago Press, 1995. p.204 <http://books.google.com/books?hl=zh-TW&lr=&id=qSijJ3rHb1kC&oi=fnd&pg=PP11&dq=Cyborg+danger&ots=UZNEuj21q2&sig=S8i6pb-jQPM7I0gibogMElXt_RQ%23PRA2-PA204,M1>
[6] Paul N. Edwards. “The Closed World: Computers and the Politics of Discourse in Cold War America” MIT Press, 1997. p.341 <http://books.google.com/books?id=LkJgQOR4s4oC&pg=PA341&dq=Cyborg+danger&lr=&hl=zh-TW&output=html&vq=%22The+machine+is+not+an+it+to+be+animated,+worshipped+and+dominated.+The+machine+is+us,+our+processes,+an+aspect%22&source=gbs_quotes >
[7] Donna Haraway. “A Cyborg Manife” Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century," in Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature (New York; Routledge, 1991), pp.149-181.< http://sfs.scnu.edu.cn/blogs/linghh/uploadfiles/2006928221222229.pdf>
[8] Anne Marie Balsamo. “Technologies of the Gendered Body: Reading Cyborg Women”Duke University Press, 1996. p.23 < http://books.google.com/books?hl=zh-TW&lr=&id=lkr11mXPYKEC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=cyborg+female&ots=U6Q8lCyI0m&sig=KAF6HflP-ueCuvbHSiiKpCIKV04%23PPA23,M1%20%3e
[9] Peta S. Cook. The Modernistic Posthuman Prophecy of Donna Haraway <http://eprints.qut.edu.au/646/1/cook_peta.pdf>
[10] Jan, Kevin Warwick. Future of Cyborgs. 1 FEB 2000. 27 FEB 2009. <http://www.humantruth.info/cyborgs.html>

Who is Allan? Learn more about me

Hello everyone, this is Allan. I'm a AD graduate from HKU SPACE CC just like many of you guys. You may not have seen me in CC before because I'm February intake student. Consequently, I graduated half a year earlier than the others. So, I joined HSBC and worked there as a temporary clerk in order not to waste that period of time. When the first semester started in the last September, I didn't quit my job, but instead I change to work as a part-time. So, if you see me dress not in casual wear but in shirt and trousers, then that's mean I have to go to work on that day.

After talking about some of my background, let me say something on my interest. I am nothing special than an average teenager. I love playing videogames, especially PC games [most probably just because I don't have any of the so called "next-gen" console system (I don't really think it's really next-gen anymore since they have been released for 3 years already) - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii]. Also, I love computer and technology, especially interested in computer hardware. In addition, I love movies. When I was still a secondary student, I'm just interested in action and war movie (generally speaking, something that is exciting, but not horror films). However, I am interested in many more genres of film, even including horror/suspense (but no ghost movie). Finally, one more which is worth mentioning is that (still many more indeed) I love history and military. As a result that I'm especially interested in military history and my favourite human conflict is the Second World War. This war is so dramatic and the scale is the largest ever.

It seems that I'm talking a lot and I'm afraid you would very likely to feel bored right now. So let this be the end and I hope this entry can let you know more about me and I would like to apology of lacking any photos in my post because the computer I'm using right now doesn't store any. Finally, thank you for taking your time to read my post.

Wish you good luck in your school life and also the life outside the school. See you.

All about Kristy

hi ! everyone, this is Kristy, who study in UWA yr 2 .
i'm definately not the type of person who are good at writing things or expressing themselves, but i still try my best to let you know more about me.
like all of you, i graduated from hku space. i am a super fans of HKu Space, i study 3 yrs there, from pre Ad to Ad2 and study CIDP now.
i know many fds there, all friend that i trust, such as chris alex 20 stanley jason tony ......
they all my best fds in space .......

About my family, i have one sister and one dog, who name cova.

this is my dog , cova, although she is very naughty, but i still very love her. ( She juz toilet at my bed.) =.=

i like go out with my dog, we went to hk disneyland last sunday.

Moreover, i am a super fans of Disney.

see you !!!!!........
Kristy

noitcudortni...*

here is kay see l., a teenage boy studying in UWA's Communication Studies Programme, Year 2.

he plays music and sports. particularly piano, percussion, vocal; basketball, table-tennis and x-country

he luvs travelling all over the world. his favourite trip so far would be the performance tour in vienna a few years ago.

took in Gucci Cafe, Ginza, Tokyo

his recently hobbies........photography=)

Know more about Kelvin.

Hello, this is Kelvin. I am also graduated from AD before I enter this program. Because I was graduated in December 2007, I worked for HKEAA for nearly 8 months. My post was administrative assistant when I was there, and my duty is to maintain daily operation of HKEAA’s assessment center in Wan Chai. Thanks for the encouragement from my ex-colleagues, I decided to continue study to get better prepare for my future.

Because I am the only child in the family, I get use to play alone, this may be the reason why I am not sociable. Just like other regular boy, I like playing guns, cars, and video games. I am a wargame player since I was 17. By studying other country’s military history, I can learn more about other culture in a different way. These are some pictures taken from last Sunday.

The rifle I carrying is British Army’s L85A1, the uniform and equipment are also following British Army. Except the hat are truly issue item, other equipments are toys or copy product.

As I am Xbox player, here is my Gamertag. If you also own an Xbox, you can add me as a friend and we can play together.

After this entry, I hope people can know more about me, I wish all of you can enjoy the school life and obtain great achievement in the future.

Know more about Crystal:)

Hello, everyone~
I am glad to meet all of you in this year and have a wonderful time:).
Before studying this programme, I had considered to go to work instead of study.
However, I decided to go on my study because I love school life and do part time job. XD

I love puppy so much! My friend had a dog a year ago. His name is Mr.seven.

But I can't have a dog because my family don't allow me to do it. :(

Recently, I am interested in taking picture. Photos can keep our memories, artistic and have fun with friends.
But my mobile phone was damaged last year, so I can't take photos anymore....
So, I would like to buy a camera to keep my memories!!! After a few years. it will be fun if I look previous photos taken with my friends.:)

PS: I miss my friends so much! ><

Hope all of you have a nice time in school life:)

Crystal

Outlines of my presentation - "A camera with a view"

Yes, I know I am the last one that post the outline to here, so I want to apologize to everyone that I am late.

“A camera with a view” is based on the emergence of JenniCAM and using it as the case study. For tomorrow’s presentation, I will not repeat the background of JenniCAM which Wesley has covered in today’s seminar. The content which I will summarize to you as follows:

1. How Jenni integrates flesh and machine in:
   
   - the formation and display of a cyborg subjectivity
   - a hybridized identity (re)presented through the new technology of the digital camera
2. How the feminist film theory demonstrate that:
   
   - the construction and display of the female body by the medium of digital camera
   - transforms our readings of gendered bodies as sites of knowledge production and
   pleasure

Outlines of "The Embodied Computer/User"

Hi everyone,

I have to present "The Embodied Computer/User" which written by Deborah Lupton tomorrow.

Introduction

• The computer is the necessaries for the author. Deborah emphasized that it is “unimaginable” if conducting life without computer.
• Boundaries between the self and the computer are blurred because we invest certain aspects of ourselves and our culture with computer.
• Based on previous article on how the viral metaphor shows cultural assumptions about computers and human bodies.

The disembodied computer user

• "A central utopian discourse around computer technology is the potential offered by computers for human to escape the body."
• The computer occupied our brains and imagined as a tool for us to escape our weak body.
• The cyborg is a “humanoid hybrid” that melds together computer technology and human flesh.

The hacker’s body

• The Internet gives a certain degree of disembodiment, but we still have to take part in our body needs.
• The minds of hackers may project to the cyberspace, but they can not escape their unattractive bodies.

The humanized computer

• The “computer as human” trope is regularly employed in the advertisements.
• Advertisements depict computer as “an extension of the human body.”

The frightening computer

• The user-computer relationship is “inspires strong feelings of anxiety, impotence, frustration and fear.”
• The computers acted as “surveillance and social regulation, or even to take control humanity” as well as to take our jobs – unemployed.
• “There is anxiety around the technologies’ capacity to consume us.”

Risky computing

• "Ambivalence lies at the core of all trust relations, because trust is only demanded where there is ignorance and ignorance provides grounds for skepticism or caution."
• Dependency on computer increases feelings of pleasure and fear, like dependency on person.
• “Blurring the boundaries between self and other calls up abjection, the fear and horror of the unknown, the indefinable.”

Rachel

Know me more - Alex

Hello! I am Wong Chun Kit, Alex.
I am studying in the University of Western Australia. My major studies is communication studies. Last year, I graduated from HKU SPACE Community College and awarded the Associate Degree of Media and Cultural Studies.



Other than study, I also do some part-time job after school time. From DEC 2006, I was appointed as Adjudicator of Obscene Articles Tribunal. Also starting from AUG 2008, I work for The Hong Kong Jockey Club and my position is Research Assistant. My duty is to conduct the questionnaire and to prepare marketing research data analysis report.


My colleagues from HKJC


The main gate of my office - HKJC Headquarters

Beside work and study, I love writing and traveling. I like express my feelings via words. Last year, I traveled to Taiwan. This year, I am planning to travel in Japan.



Hope that you can get some information of me via this entry~~See you!