Readings are also listed by session.
Required Texts
Mitchell, William. The Reconfigured Eye. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992. ISBN: 0262631601.
Manovich, Lev. The Paradoxes of Digital Photography. Edited by Hulbertus v. Amelunxen, Stefan Iglhaut, Florian Rotzer, Alexis Cassel, and Nikolaus G. Schneider. Basel, Germany: G&B Arts International, 1996. ISBN: 9057011018.
Spinello, Richard. "Code and Moral Values in Cyberspace." Ethics and Information Technology 3 (2001): 137-150.
Baudrillard, Jean. Simulacra and Simulation. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1994. ISBN: 0472095218. (Excerpt)
Hansen, Mark. New Philosophy for New Media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004. ISBN: 0262083213. (Excerpt)
Kittler, Friedrich. "There Is No Software." Ctheory.net (October 18, 1995).
Turkle, Sherry. Life on the Screen. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1997. ISBN: 0684833484. (Excerpt)
Benjamin, Walter. "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction." In Illuminations. New York, NY: Schocken Books, 1969, pp. 217-252. ISBN: 0805202412.
Cascone, Kim. "The Aesthetics of Failure: 'Post-Digital' Tendencies in Contemporary Computer Music." Computer Music Journal 24, no. 4 (Winter 2000): 12-18.
Balsamo, Anne. Technologies of the Gendered Body: Reading Cyborg Women. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1996. ISBN: 0822316986.
Douglas, Christopher. "You Have Unleashed A Horde of Barbarians." Postmodern Culture 13, no. 1 (September 2002).
Friedman, Ted. "Civilization and Its Discontents: Simulation, Subjectivity, and Space." In On a Silver Platter: CD-ROMs and the Promises of a New Technology. Edited by Greg Smith. New York, NY: New York University Press, 1999, pp. 132-150. ISBN: 0814780814.
Dick, Philip K. Minority Report. New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 2002. ISBN: 0375421874.
Spielberg, Steven. Minority Report. 2002. (Film showing)
Readings by Session
Course readings.
| WEEK # |
TOPICS |
READINGS |
| Unit One: Comparing Two Images |
| 1 |
How to Read an Image |
|
| 2 |
Discussion of Essay One Assignment
In-class: Critique of 5-para Essay (PDF)
Workshop P1.1 |
Mitchell, William. The Reconfigured Eye. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992, chapters 1-3. ISBN: 0262631601. |
| 3 |
Group Debate About M vs. M
Conference One Signup |
Manovich, Lev. The Paradoxes of Digital Photography. Edited by Hulbertus V. Amelunxen, Stefan Iglhaut, Florian Rotzer, Alexis Cassel, and Nikolaus G. Schneider. Basel, Germany: G&B Arts International, 1996. ISBN: 9057011018. |
| 4 |
Conferences |
|
| 5 |
Workshop Full Draft of D.E1
Conferences |
|
| Unit Two: The Ethics of New Media |
| 6 |
Internet Ethics |
Selected Essay on Internet Ethics. |
| 7 |
Group Speed Essay Writing |
Newspaper Articles on Ethics. |
| 8 |
Exercise Spot the Plagiarism |
|
| 9 |
Workshop P2.2 |
|
| 10 |
Peer Editing of D.E2 |
|
| Unit Three: The Culture of the Computer |
| 11 |
Workshop D.E2
Workshop Paragraphs of D.E2 |
Exposé Article (Lévinas). |
| 12 |
Present S1
Speech on E2 |
|
| 13 |
Present S1
Speech on E2 (cont.) |
|
| 14 |
Kim Cascone |
Cascone, Kim. "The Aesthetics of Failure: 'Post-Digital' Tendencies in Contemporary Computer Music." Computer Music Journal 24, no. 4 (Winter 2000): 12-18. |
| 15 |
In-Class: Read Asimov
Read Benjamin |
Asimov.
Benjamin, Walter. "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction." In Illuminations. New York, NY: Schocken Books, 1969, pp. 217-252. ISBN: 0805202412. |
| 16 |
Workshop P3.2 |
|
| Unit Four: Films and Games |
| 17 |
Read Hansen
Workshop P3.3 |
Hansen, Mark. New Philosophy for New Media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004. ISBN: 0262083213. (Excerpt) |
| 18 |
Conferences
Exercise Peer Critique of Drafts
Workshop D.E3 |
|
| 19 |
Conferences |
|
| 20 |
Read Computer Game Articles
Film Minority Report will be shown one day after this session |
Computer Game Articles. |
| 21 |
Discuss How to Read a Film |
|
| 22 |
Workshop P4.1 |
|
| 23 |
Course Evaluations |
|
| 24 |
Concluding Activities |
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