The world is filling with ever more kinds of media; in ever more contexts and formats. Glowing rectangles have become part of the scene; screens; large and small; appear everywhere. Physical locations are increasingly tagged and digitally augmented. Amid this flood; your attention practices matter more than ever. You might not be able to tune this world out. So it is worth remembering that underneath all these augmentations and data flows; fixed forms persist; and that to notice them can improve other sensibilities. In Ambient Commons; Malcolm McCullough explores the workings of attention through a rediscovery of surroundings.McCullough describes what he calls the Ambient: an increasing tendency to perceive information superabundance whole; where individual signals matter less and at least some mediation assumes inhabitable form. He explores how the fixed forms of architecture and the city play a cognitive role in the flow of ambient information. As a persistently inhabited world; can the Ambient be understood as a shared cultural resource; to be socially curated; voluntarily limited; and self-governed as if a commons? Ambient Commons invites you to look past current obsessions with smart phones to rethink attention itself; to care for more situated; often inescapable forms of information.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Left Hand the exact same all the wayBy Reneacute;e J.It gets 2 stars bc its a good series of books. Unlike the other books in the series; the left hand is the EXACT SAME for every excercise!! No variations; no nothing. Been teaching piano and playing pro for 26 years; wont be buying this one - but the Stride Hanon and Jazz hanon are awesome!0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Useless for piano lessonsBy Suzanne B Ealy RomeyI was very disappointed that I bought this. I should have researched it better first. I teach beginning and intermediate classical; popular and jazz piano. The cover says "50 Exercises for the Beginning to Professional Blues Pianists." I was happy to have something for my beginning students that includes exercises for me to practice too. The first exercise starts with sixteenth notes patterns in both hands that repeats through the chromatic scale; i.e. second repitition is on a D flat chord. I dont know of any beginning (and most intermediate) piano students who would be able to do this. These exercises might be helpful for developing technique; but I think beginning blues and jazz players needs to learn chord progressions (ii V I; etc) rather than technical exercises. I made a mistake when I bought this. I think this is totally useless for teaching piano.0 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerI like it