Sunday, March 09, 2008

Realizing Information: Building

In class we recently discussed if building was the same as playing and reading in realizing information. It was determined in class that building is not the same thing due to the fact that when constructing a building the architect does not have to follow a certain blueprint model. This means that a building can look like it was supposed to be constructed in a certain way but was changed throughout. With respect to this information I suggest that constructing a building results in the same realization of information as playing. When playing a musical score the musician has the same ability to change the final result as the person who is constructing a building. There seems to be a lot of musical works or even styles itself which were changed from the original to suit the secondary musicians abilities.
The same reasoning can be applied when considering building and reading. An author can change their plot throughout the development of the story. Just because a person plans to write about fairy tale that results in a happy ending does not mean by the end the author will be inspired to turn the book into a tragedy.
Therefore, it seems that the reasoning that Borgmann applied to considering reading and playing a type of realized information while building not is flawed. It does not seem that Borgmann's premise holds up throughout all three chapters of his book. Change from the original plan can occur in reading, playing and building therefore all three are a type of realized information

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