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From Rhizome: "A book has neither object nor subject: it is made of variously formed matters, and very different dates and speeds. To attribute the book to a subject is to overlook this working of matters, and the exteriority of their relations. It is to fabricate a beneficent God to explain geological movements. In a book, as in all things, there are lines of articulation or segmentarity, strata and territories; but also lines of flight, movements of deterritorialization and destratification. Comparative rates of flow on these lines produce phenomena of relative slowness and viscosity, or, on the contrary, of acceleration and rupture. All this, lines and measurable speeds, constitutes an assemblage. A book is an assemblage of this kind, and as such is unattributable."

Your task is to make a link or association from the quote to the course. There are four steps: 1) review, 2) re-state the quote, 3) find the critical principle, 4) and invent your theory.

First, read the quote in the context of the essay. Look over the essay and make sure you understand the context for the quote in the overall essay.

Second, write in the comment box below, re-stating what the quote means in your own words. Make sure that the subject of your comment is Re-Statement. When you are done, add the comment.

Third, write in the comment box below, stating the critical principle of the quote. The critical principle is the distinction or difference the quote is emphasizing. One way to approach is to ask what distinction it is making about books and writing. List contrasts you find in the quote (or that you are led to by the quoting), in the form: typical views of books/writing vs. "rhizome" views of books/writing. Make sure that the subject of your comment is Critical Principle. When you are done, add the comment.

Fourth, write the theory of multimedia writing and hypertext supplied by the quote. Make sure that the subject of your comment is Theory. When you are done, add the comment.

comments:

Re-Statement --amoscaritolo, Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:57:54 -0500 reply
The quote explains in philosophical terms the assemblages of a book, and much of multi-media is assembled in a similar way, some more complex than others. A book is made up of many different components such as a table of contents, chapters, an index, illustrations, citations...etc. The internet is very similar in that it is made up of many different components that are related in the same manner that the components of a book are. The main idea of the article is that the subject of a book or other forms of media are irrelevant, and we should focus on the structure.

Critical Principle --amoscaritolo, Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:01:32 -0500 reply
The critical principle of this quote is that people should focus more on the structures of media instead of the content. An author can intend for their work to be portrayed in one way and the reader may see it differently. The structure of the work is the only thing that is concrete.

Critical Principle --amoscaritolo, Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:07:30 -0500 reply
The typical person would assume that the most important part of a book is the subject of it. The Rhizome view of a book, however, is that it has neither a subject or an object. It is instead, an "assemblage" of diverse concepts.

Theory --amoscaritolo, Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:14:17 -0500 reply
When designing a web site, it is more important to focus on the "how" of the website, rather than the "why". The way that the website is put together can not be argued, whereas the purpose of it can. Essentially, it is more important to convey your information effectively because there are many different websites that convey the same information. The best websites, convey the information on their website effectively.