Invention — Workshops

 

 
 
Stage III   Assem­blage Tes­ti­mony
Project: “MemeMo­r­ial”
 
 
M 08-Dec   Project Work­shop — led by groups

  • Review key instructions/method (from notes) & project com­po­nents + pro­pose spe­cific com­pos­ing ideas/techniques (dig­i­tal rhetoric)
  • Main top­ics: Emer­A­gency, net­work wit­ness, assem­blage tes­ti­mo­nial, dis­as­ter (event), memo­r­ial con­sul­ta­tion (for future, decision)
  • For groups lead­ing work­shop: dou­ble par­tic­i­pa­tion creditcom­ment before class what spe­cific com­po­nent reviewing/proposing
    (on-going dis­cus­sion: Q&A before/during/after class in com­ments)

 

      “The term sociopo­etic describes heuretic texts that use social sit­u­a­tions or social net­works as a can­vas; inti­mate bureau­cra­cies being a type of sociopo­etic work. […] an aes­thetic approach that asks to shift the focus from for­mal issues or cul­tural con­texts or social sci­en­tific sur­veys, toward exam­in­ing how sit­u­a­tions func­tion poet­i­cally” — Saper

 
 
 
W 10-Dec   Project Work­shop — led by groups

  • Review key instructions/method (from notes) & project com­po­nents
    + pro­pose spe­cific com­pos­ing ideas/techniques (dig­i­tal rhetoric) with exam­ples
  • Main top­ics: Emblem (con­cetto), Periph­eral, Net­work Inter­face (ora­cle func­tion, indi­vid­ual + col­lec­tive), con­sul­ta­tion design for par­tic­i­pa­tory culture
  • For groups lead­ing work­shop: dou­ble par­tic­i­pa­tion creditcom­mentbefore class what spe­cific com­po­nent reviewing/proposing
    on-going dis­cus­sion: Q&A before/during/after class in com­ments
    — includ­ing replies to stu­dents’ email questions

 

 
 
 
F 12-Dec   Stu­dio Project Work­shop — Works-in-Progress

  • Due project in-progress:
             site re-formatted; assem­blage tes­ti­monal com­posed (10–20 entries + tags); emblem draft (sketch or col­lage images)
     
  • Activ­ity: peer feed­back (dig­i­tal rhetoric: arrangement/organization) & tech sup­port
    — dis­cuss: mul­ti­modal com­pos­ing (nar­ra­tive, infor­ma­tion, expres­sion) + effects; work­ing in Elec­tracy;
    design soft­ware + tech­niques
     
  • Brain­storm: remain­ing com­po­nents (emblem, periph­eral, ora­cle inter­face); par­tic­i­pa­tory poet­ics (MemeMor­ial) & net­work rhetoric (on-going dis­cus­sion: Q&A before/during/after class in com­ments)

 
 
» Due (S 13-Dec) Project 3
— Poet­ics & Reflec­tion due S 14-Dec

 
 
 
 

John Craig Free­man: Oper­a­tion Green­run II Rocky Flats, Col­orado. Novem­ber, 1990


 

chor­ag­ra­phy (cog­ni­tive map­ping):
“The Berlin Wall fell in Novem­ber 1989, the same month Rocky Flats was shut down.“
— Free­man, “Rocky Flats Then & Now
 
method: mate­r­ial link — across pop­cy­cle — via Rte 93 Bill­boards — mood of thought (attune­ment)?

 
 

Disaster (Categorical)

 

    • Reminder: update “net­work wit­ness” with revised issue/focus & tasks (blog­ging)
    • Exer­cise due F 11/21 (choose prompt 4 or prompt 5)

 
 
Stage III   Assem­blage Tes­ti­mony
Project: “MemeMo­r­ial”

 
M 17-Nov   Read/discuss: E.M. Chp. 5 “Form­less Emblems (Testimonial)”

      Activity/Discuss: toward MemeMo­r­ial tes­ti­mo­nial — project focus & dis­as­ter (method)

 
 
 
W 19-Nov   Read/discuss: E.M. Chp. 6 “The Agency of the Image (Upsilon Alarm)”

    Focus/Discuss: assem­blage tes­ti­mony (chor­ag­ra­phy) — event-disaster as fig­ure (image category)

 
 
» Blog Entry: dis­cuss project focus + spe­cific con­cept (con­nect key point) — use/reference net­work wit­ness update

    • class­mate com­ment optional; sug­gest — respond to classmate’s entry in terms of praxis (applied the­ory),
      MEmo­r­ial tes­ti­mo­nial (assem­blage), regard­ing key point from chp 5 and/or 6 (also could dis­cuss her/his idea in con­text: Emer­A­gency con­sult­ing, col­lec­tive unconscious/blindspot, disaster-event as fig­ure, “chor­ag­ra­phy” [think-write par­a­digm], etc.)

 

      Reminder: pro­pose by 21-Nov to present at PWR Diver­sity Con­fer­ence
      — Group Emer­A­gency Net-Work (project 2) would make for great presentation/panel!
      “Pro­pos­als can be from any dis­ci­pline and in any genre – nar­ra­tive, analy­sis, mul­ti­me­dia, etc.
      *Pref­er­ence will be given to pro­pos­als that involve dig­i­tal tech­nol­ogy* 100 word abstracts“

 
 
 
F 21-Nov   » Due Exer­cise (prompt 4 or prompt 5)

Apply by 11/21 to present!


 
 
 
 
Fall Break   No Class (Mon 24-Nov – Fri 28-Nov)

      » Reminder: com­pose optional exer­cise for extra credit over break
      (choose either ex 4/5 or optional prompt)

 
 

Touring (Theoria)

 

    » ReminderProject 2 tasks due : Rhet. Analy­sis, Reflec­tion, Proposal

 
 

Stage III   Assem­blage Tes­ti­mony
Project: “MemeMo­r­ial”

 
M 03-Nov   Dis­cuss Elec­tronic Mon­u­ments   Pref­ace + “Intro­duc­tion: The EmerAgency”

  • Re-read/review for overview   (PDF in D2L)
  • New focus + method (Project 3) introduced

 
 
 
W 05-Nov   Read/discuss: Elec­tronic Mon­u­ments   Chp 1 “Metaphoric Rocks (Found­ing Tourists)”

    Focus: Emer­A­gency; “tar­get” (project) — MemeMo­r­ial
    — Method for inven­tion: “CATTt” (from Intro­duc­tion))
     

  • Dis­cus­sion lead­ers:
    • 028: Tyler & Meagan
    • 034: Zach & Kenneth

 
→ for blog­ging, shift “net­work wit­ness” focus   (from group to indi­vid­ual con­cern, social problem)

 
 
 
 
F 07-Nov   Read/discuss: E.M.   Chp. 2 “The Traf­fic Sphere (A MEmo­r­ial Prototype)”

 
» Due: Blog entry — begin “net­work wit­ness” (com­ment optional)
 
 
 
Con­tinue reading

Network Experience

      **Impor­tant: com­plete urgent group tasks over week­end (see prior email)

 

Stage I Medi­ated Com­mu­nity— Project: “Ensem­ble Experience”

 
 
 

M 09-Sep   Read for dis­cus­sion: Face­book & Phi­los­o­phy (2010) (PDF in D2L)

    — chap­ters by: Bogost (21–32), Butera (201–12), and Fraser & Doyle (215–30)

      » Focus/Activity: Media Stud­ies + Rhetor­i­cal Sit­u­a­tion 2.0
       
      — notes/quotes here (Google Doc;   sign-in with @CU iden­tikey required to see form)

 
 
W 10-Sep   Read for dis­cus­sion: Face­book & Phi­los­o­phy (2010) (PDF in D2L)

    — chap­ters by: Wan­del & Beavers (89–96), Vejby & Wit­tkower (97–108), and Scholz (241–52)
      » Activity/Discuss: using new terms/concepts for ana­lyz­ing net­work plat­form
      (rhetoric & social exchange in media ecol­ogy   — Exer­cise 1 warm-up)

 
» Note: *Drop Dead­line (Wednes­day 10-September)

 
 
» Blog Entry (due 11pm)   — plus class­mate com­ment (due Thurs.)

 
 
 
F 12-Sep     Inde­pen­dent Activ­ity: Group Work

  • Draft group’s ini­tial “mis­sion state­ment” (Google Doc)

  • Setup group’s web / social-network account(s):
    — Face­book (page/group), blog (Word­Press), Twit­ter, Tum­blr, Pin­ter­est, Insta­gram, Vine
    → begin post­ing about issue (social prob­lem, civic action, com­mu­nity concern)

 
 
» Due (S 13-Sep): Exer­cise 1   — Instruc­tions Page
 
 
 

Begin New Consultancy

 
week 2
 
M 01-Sep    No Classes — Labor Day

 
 
W 03-Sep    Read/Discuss: Elec­tronic Mon­u­ments Pref­ace + Intro­duc­tion (pp. ix-xxxi) *PDF in D2L

    » Focus: Method of Study, Class Per­spec­tive, On-going study
    — “Civic Engage­ment through New Media?” (Inter­net Pub­lic Sphere)

 
 
» Blog Entry   First Entry due Wed. 9pm; class­mate com­ment due Thursday

    Notes:

    • 200–300 words, infor­mal (“blog­gerly” voice = between schol­arly & personal)

    • Dis­cuss first read­ing, E.M. Intro­duc­tion
      sug­gest: link spe­cific point from read­ing / class dis­cus­sion to per­sonal exam­ple
      (par­tic­u­larly, obser­va­tions about social issue or net­work media & activities)

    • More on blog­ging as assign­ment here

     

  • Addi­tion­ally, com­ment on classmate’s post — by Thursday

 
 
* update   Thurs­day night: com­plete poll of your choices for group focus (issue/topic) — to arrange by preferences

      • Sec­tion 028 poll here (sign-in required)
      • Sec­tion 034 poll here (sign-in required)
      •  

 
 
F 05-Sep    Read/Discuss:

      » Final­ize groups by topic/issue; setup group sites/accounts

 
 

    * Beginnet­work wit­ness
    — post­ing on group site and doc­u­ment­ing on per­sonal blog