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September 5 Defining Digital
Media and Virtual Culture
No reading assigned
September 12 What Came Before?
Antecedents of Digital Media
Alan Kaye & Adele Goldberg, "Personal Dynamic Media" (handout)
for those who didn't get the handout, it is HERE
- sorry for the poor quality; give it a try, but if you can't read it come prepared
at least to discuss the Fisher article
Scott Fisher, "Virtual Interface Environments" (handout)
September 19 The Mediated
Self
Selected reports from the Pew
Internet & American Life Project (online)
Skim 3 or 4 articles that interest you
Come to class prepared to give a 3-5 minute presentation about what you learned
“what did your articles have to say about individuals and the Internet?”
PowerPoint
slides from 9/19
September 26 Media Culture
Selections from Neil Postman Informing
Ourselves to Death (online)
Writing Assignment 1 Due
October 3 ONLINE CLASS SESSION
- Exploring Virtual Worlds
NOTE - you will need an account in Second Life for this class - go to www.secondlife.com
to register
Please read "Professor Avatar,"
a recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education and also read some
of the commments
posted about the article
October 10 Mid-Term Exam and
Film
Your mid-term exam will be essay format
- you will choose 3 questions to answer from 4 or 5 available and you will have
the first hour of our class meeting to answer those questions. To prepare for
your exam, please review the readings and power point presentations from the
first few weeks of the course. I will primarily be looking for evidence that
you are beginning to think critically about the concepts and theories we have
been discussing and that you can make your own arguments about the topics we
have covered, drawing on material that you have read and/or that has been presented
in class. The strongest exam responses will not just put forth your opinion,
but will indicate that you have considered the material we have covered in constructing
your responses. In other words "I think that..." will not be valued
as much as "Based on Alan Kay's notions of personal dynamic media, I assert
that..."
October 17 Virtual (Sur)Reality
Jean Baudrillard, "Simulacra
and Simulations" (online)
Writing Assignment 2 Due
October 24 The Cult of the
Amateur
Selections from Andrew Keen The
Cult of the Amateur (online)...NOTE - give this a little time to load;
the page turning interface is worth the wait; read at least through p15, more
if you wish
"Andrew
Keen v Emily Bell" (online)
October 31 A Short History
of Digital Art
Please read the Introduction and Chapter 1 in Digital Art (Christiane
Paul)
November 7
CLASS CANCELLED
Writing Assignment 3 Due - by
EMAIL
Consider attending the International Digital Media Arts Association conference
November 14 Art and the Internet
Please read Chapter 2 in Digital Art (Christiane Paul)
November 21 NO CLASS - Thanksgiving Holiday
November 28 The Future of
the Arts in a Digital Culture, I
Please read Chapter 3 in Digital Art (Christiane Paul)
December 5 The Future of the
Arts in a Digital Culture, II
Please read interview
with Francis Hwang on Digital Art Preservation (online)
NOTE: we will meet at the National Gallery, East Wing entrance, for this class
Final Exam Due in Class (your final exam will be a take home exam, open book)
December 12 Final Presentations/Projects
due in class