Method Issues
Bill Kinnon, over at kinnon.tv has posted a video clip of N.T. Wright talking about the dangers of diving too deep into “virtual communications.” It’s a pretty good follow up / counter point to my last post. It feels like he was reading my mind as I posted the previous!
Just as important as it is to think clearly of all the implications of textual communication (of any type), it’s also important to understand the limitations.
Good thoughts to think about here:
NT Wright on Blogging/Social Media from Bill Kinnon on Vimeo.
This is NT Wright’s response to my question on his opinion of blogging during Imbi Medri-Kinnon’s interview shoot with the Bishop of Durham in 2007. Portions of this interview appear in her documentary, Mind the Gap – where she looks at the challenge for church leadership in the 21st Century.
Thanks Bill for sharing! (And folks, notice clearly their desires on how to share this clip below)
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July 20th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
okay I’ll check it out tomorrow from my other site, where I can access video, u-tube, etc.
July 24th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Interesting video! He’s right about blogs being a serious time-sink…but doesn’t really get into either microblogging or social media. What about YouTube? I’m also not quite sure that it captures the interface between human beings that can come from symbolic exchange. Yeah, blogs are written media…but then, so’s the whole freakin’ New Testament. Can we honestly say that Paul wouldn’t have chastised the Galatians on his blog? Or that the Beloved Disciple wouldn’t have serialized the Johannine Gospel on his website?
July 24th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
David: One thing hit me in that clip. Yes, Wright brings some questions to the table, especially his comments on “face to face, smell to smell, etc.”
I was struck by the fact that he was doing that via a video post where he’ll never know who sees it without those same media.
July 26th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
[...] At the same time, Bishop N.T. Wright has been featured mulling over the risks of web-based media in a great little Vimeo clip. Yeah, there’s irony there. Go give it a watch over at Blog RPS. [...]