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Below is an excerpt from a Flickr discussion that I started in the Group "Silencio y Voz" that I created with my partner, Lucrecia. We posted photos, read people's comments and looked for common themes. The theme I noted was humor. I like this discussion because the humor/relaxation is compared with tension which Bahktin claims is necessary for learning to occur. This is another good artifact to show my path towards the true north because it shows how we as a community dialogue with big thinkers like Bahktin. In a way we are debating with him, claiming that humor is necessary to learn. LOL We noticed that the comments made on our photos in "el silencio y la voz" were mostly related to humor. Several jokes were made, followed up by inquisitive questions related to silence and voice.
 * [[image:http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6018/buddyicons/63958845@N02.jpg?1311635369#63958845@N02 width="48" height="48" caption="view profile" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/63958845@N02/"]] || ====[|AutumnBangoura] says:====

The pattern of humor in the comments was clear. How does humor play a role in thinking together in communities? Lowering the affective filter? Having good old fashioned fun? Relaxing?

What do you think?

Posted at 1:55PM, 27 July 2011 PDT ([|permalink] | [|edit] | [|close] | [|make sticky] | [|delete topic]) ||

I noticed that I was more carefree with my reactions to pictures and interactions with people who had already responded...do images take the burden away from over thinking? Are we so comfortable with these design forms that there is more room to relax? Less tension? What would Bakhtin say? WWBS?
 * [[image:http://l.yimg.com/g/images/buddyicon.jpg#64567189@N08 width="48" height="48" caption="view photostream"]] || ====[|Akirbz] says:====

Posted 22 hours ago. ([|permalink] | [|edit] | [|delete]) || I found myself LOVING commenting on pictures. I usually don't comment very often but for some reason this was a kick! It might have something to do with being comfortable with the MATSL group and also feeling the stress of all our projects that commenting with humor was a release and pure joy!
 * [[image:http://l.yimg.com/g/images/buddyicon.jpg#63498877@N03 width="48" height="48" caption="view photostream"]] || ====[|Becca Vargas] says:====

Posted 21 hours ago. ([|permalink] | [|edit] | [|delete]) || This is the kind of attitude that make MATSL the social community that it is. A community of caring thinkers who knows to lower the affective filter by a joke when the tension is elevated, or a kind word when someone is hurt. Cheers to the MATSL family.
 * [[image:http://l.yimg.com/g/images/buddyicon.jpg#65699072@N07 width="48" height="48" caption="view photostream"]] || ====[|Solangematsl] says:====

Posted 20 hours ago. ([|permalink] | [|edit] | [|delete]) || LOL it's a beautiful thing. When I first saw LOL I started using it when I texted my kids because I thought it meant Lots of Love. I think they can all relate: laughter, love and communities of practice. When I write LOL, I still mean Lots of Love. I think my kids get it.
 * [[image:http://l.yimg.com/g/images/buddyicon.jpg#64388200@N03 width="48" height="48" caption="view photostream"]] || ====[|jennie castrogiovanni] says:====

Posted 19 hours ago. ([|permalink] | [|edit] | [|delete]) ||