Project D: Darmok by Lucelia Santos https://padlet.com/elle_santos/m1i9aymlcjqzostn By Lucelia Santos Alvarez en-us 2020-11-14 03:02:58 UTC 2025-12-20 19:54:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9dd-2640.png "As their conversation continues, Troi, Crusher, and Data observe that even with this new structural understanding, without a knowledge of the mythical origins of the gures that comprise the Tamarian language they have little hope of understanding the sense of their speech." elle_santos https://padlet.com/elle_santos/m1i9aymlcjqzostn/wish/922326812 Bogost, Ian. “A ‘Star Trek’ Episode Shows the Next Phase of Human Communication.” The Atlantic, 18 June 2014]]> 2020-11-14 03:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/elle_santos/m1i9aymlcjqzostn/wish/922326812 James Geary, metaphorically speaking elle_santos https://padlet.com/elle_santos/m1i9aymlcjqzostn/wish/922349079 2020-11-14 03:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/elle_santos/m1i9aymlcjqzostn/wish/922349079 Elvis has left the building! elle_santos https://padlet.com/elle_santos/m1i9aymlcjqzostn/wish/922357163 A catchphrase often used nowadays to symbolized an important person has exited. The listener wouldn't grasp this saying without the knowledge of who Elvis is, or that announcers would say this to make the awaiting crowds of fans go home after his departure (signaling an exit).]]> 2020-11-14 03:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/elle_santos/m1i9aymlcjqzostn/wish/922357163 Houston, we have a problem. elle_santos https://padlet.com/elle_santos/m1i9aymlcjqzostn/wish/922360510 A misquoted phrase said in the movie Apollo 13, by character John Swigert, originally quoted as: "Houston, we've had a problem here." These phrase means that something is not going right, however you'd need to know the context of the quote to understand its meaning.]]> 2020-11-14 03:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/elle_santos/m1i9aymlcjqzostn/wish/922360510 Allegories! elle_santos https://padlet.com/elle_santos/m1i9aymlcjqzostn/wish/922365671 The symbolism of something to represent something else, specially in art. This often seen as an extension of metaphors.]]> 2020-11-14 04:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/elle_santos/m1i9aymlcjqzostn/wish/922365671 Plato's Allegory of the Cave elle_santos https://padlet.com/elle_santos/m1i9aymlcjqzostn/wish/922366859 We are unable to understand what we do not know, and therefore, might regard those who have a different outlook (way of communicating, in this case) as lacking.]]> 2020-11-14 04:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/elle_santos/m1i9aymlcjqzostn/wish/922366859 "The Tamarian ego structure does not seem to allow what we normally think of as self-identity. their ability to abstract is highly unusual. They seem to communicate through narrative imagery—by reference to the individuals and places which appear in their mytho-historical accounts." elle_santos https://padlet.com/elle_santos/m1i9aymlcjqzostn/wish/922371311 Troi,  Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Darmok" (season 5, episode 2) ]]> 2020-11-14 04:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/elle_santos/m1i9aymlcjqzostn/wish/922371311