To be developed.
Postcard of old Hongkong General Post Office, Source: https://www.hkmemory.hk/collections/postcard/All_Items/Images/201106/t20110613_34505.html?f=search
Hi Tieu-Tieu Le Phung ,
The institutions or organizations mentioned in your question only changed their interaction dynamics with the public, as well as changing the volume of products and services offered to the public. They were not vaporized! Bookshops, for example, still resist, even with e-commerce, e-books and e-readers. The number has decreased, as has the profit margin, but they are still on the market. As far as universities are concerned, they won't disappear anytime soon, if ever.
Francisco Vieira
State University of Maringá, Brazil
Francisco Giovanni David Vieira thanks for your input. I should clarify that I am referring to the MATERIALITY of these institutions. And in turn, how such MATERIALITY impacts on the ONTOLOGY of these institutions.
Taking the postcard above, one can only wonder what warranted the construction of such a building that serves the singular purpose of postage.
eLearning will result in the vapourising (NOT THE SAME AS DISAPPEARING which is I how I take your assumption) of standard 101 courses. Whether that´s good or bad, it should be up for debate.
Should you wish to follow up on what I mean by vapourising, please refer to the following posts:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why_MODERNITY_Solid_Liquid_Vapor_is_NOT_just_a_matter_of_TIME-SPACE_but_MATTER_itself
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_are_the_RISKS_ASSOCIATED_WITH_VAPOUR_MODERNTIY_How_does_FLUX_MANAGEMENT_address_RISKS_of_VAPOUR_MODERNITY
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_Might_Zygmunt_Bauman_s_LIQUID_MODERNITY_could_be_supplemented_with_SOLID_VAPOUR_MODERNITY
Dear Tieu-Tieu Le Phung ,
Thanks for sharing your posts! They look very interesting. I will read them carefully soon. However, one thing intrigued me. If you have a thesis or assume that universities will vaporize, wouldn't it be simpler to directly defend that idea in a post than to ask a question?
All the best,
Francisco Vieira
State University of Maringá, Brazil
Francisco Giovanni David Vieira actually I ask the question for the same way/ reason I ask other questions. These are mostly questions I am asking myself as much as I am asking others for input.
I would be consolidating the different postings into a paper/ book. But research is not my day job, so I am taking my time. By asking questions, I am taking a bite size approach to the big research problem I am trying to tackle which is about VAPOUR MODERNITY.
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