M 18-Jan No Classes—Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- optional reading (highly relevant, potentially helpful for blogging):
“How Conceptual Metaphors are Stunting Web Innovation” by Venkatesh Rao. 13-Jan 2010.
W 20-Jan Internet Invention Chapter 2 (43-68): “Image”
- plus Caitlin Fisher, These Waves of Girls (2001)
R 21-Jan (E1-E3) Discuss: Fisher; Wabi-Sabi, “Attunement,” “Illumination” (Ulmer)
- Screening: The Virgin Suicides (Dir. Coppola, 1999; 97 min.)
F 22-Jan Due: Exercise 1 Assignment (“Obtuse Meanings” & “Illumination”) — prompt below
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