Poetically thinking...

This is a bit of an aside but I experimented last year with new methodologies for analysis and representation in a study of how people are understood by the library system. I argued that the theories about people and information behaviour implicit in how we construct our services influence how we perceive people. A product of this study was three poems/videos.

http://www.iamproject.ca

The project has become part of a larger research article under review presently but I thought I would share the creative bit here.

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Why "informing faith"?

The nature of information is changing because how we communicate with each other is changing. This is a product of the digital age that we live in; we are discovering new ways to create, store and exchange information, and reinventing older ways. This is highly relevant for churches and people of faith because belief like other ways of knowing is constructed. Our experiences, upbringing, education and our personal encounters with God shape who we are are and how we will relate to the world around us. The digital world is changing information and changing how we construct ourselves. That is worth exploring and thinking about. IMHO. :-)

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