Cynthia Selfe's "Revolution" - Jeremy K, Julie N, Hannah H, Nate A, Jill B, G, Cory N, Ian C

Cynthia L. Selfe
Lest We Think the Revolution is a Revolution
Narrative #1: The “Global Village” and The “Electronic Colony”

Popular Narrative

(Selfe)
The global village story necessitates unable even to imagine collectively ways of relating to the world outside previous historical and cultural experiences.
– Popular Narrative

(Our Way)
With technology arising, all our cultures are blending together, associated with fairness and equality. People want to believe that we will arrive at the same point, where no man is greater than another. How technology will bring us together under the same banner.
-The Popular Narrative

Revised Narrative

(Selfe)
In the revised narrative, the global village retains its geographical reach, but it becomes a world in which different cultures and different people exist to be discovered, explored, marveled at, in a sense, known and claimed by those who can design and use technology. The inhabitants of this electronic global village, in turn, become; foreigners, exotics, savages, object’s to study and sometimes to control.
-Revised Narrative

(Our Way)
Realistically, this global village will not work, for human nature is a factor into how the future will be portrayed. Greed and need will prevent us from wanting to become equals, to have the same abilities and same boundaries. The internet has provided a global commons for technological grouping, but the advancements behind and beyond will prevent us from becoming equals. Americans are a wonderful example, wanting to retain our power over the lesser nations, especially the government and the armed forces. Desiring to control the flow of information and security in the nations.
-Revised Narrative