M 22-Feb Internet Invention Chp 5: “Interface Impressions”
» focused reading: {pp.126-37; 140, 143, 150-4} — Key topics:
“structural portrait” (Barthes); style, gest/ure, “interface metaphor,” dialogue (from Plato to Web).
Discuss: Part Three “Entertainment” (Assignment 2 p. 127)
W 24-Feb Internet Invention Chp 6 (155-77): “Cyberpidgin”
» focused reading: {pp.155-60; 166-9, 173-8}
— Key topics: “conductive logic” (pattern);
“cultural discourse” (Entertainment = language for globalization); “syncretism,” “cyberpidgin”;
“readymade”; “emblem”; “Alice” = “inventio”; “paleologic” (joke work)
R 25-Feb Screening: Brick (Dir. Johnson, 2005; 110 min.)
F 26-Feb Attend UF Digital Assembly Conference: “Futures of Digital Studies”
Meet in 282 Reitz (1:55-3:10pm panel)
For preview Prof. Ulmer’s talk, see article: “The Learning Screen.”
» Note: If you can not attend entire panel due to subsequent class,
choose another from the conf. schedule (Thurs/Fri). (Contact me about arrangements.)
— E.C. opportunities:
attend an additional panel (Att/Part.); blog about one presenter (blog/Part.);
write a 500-word response to one presentation (Assign. credit).
Due: Weekly Blog Entry (Friday PM)
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» note: “Inventory” pages fully updated (late / “overdue”) — required for group work.
» over weekend, collaborate with group (online).
M 15-Feb read: Strickland & Lawson: Slipping Glimpse
Presentations: Groups 1 & 2
W 17-Feb read: Strickland & Lawson: Vniverse
Presentations: Groups 3 & 4
Weekly Blog Entry: optional / extra credit
» suggest: entry about Strickland (as relay); or Exercise: “Micro Scenes” (p.92)
R 18-Feb “Studio”: Workshop (praxis, “tech-support”)—Project 1
F 19-Feb “Studio”: Composition Work (independent)
Note: necessary to show progress (“in progress”) this afternoon,
in place of today’s class (otherwise, no Att/Part. credit).
S 20-Feb » Due: Project 1
update: (posted by/on “Saturday night” — no deadline time now,
but I will check pages on Sunday morning.)
— deadline for email to guarantee reply: 8pm
(I will certainly read and try to reply afterward;
definitely send any “emergency notifications” regardless.)
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M 08-Feb Spiegelman:
Maus I (“My Father Bleeds History” )
Discuss: Narrative & Image
» reading tip: goal is not to “race through” this “quick read” — rather, examine more attentively, like when viewing the New Media sites in prior weeks.
W 10-Feb Maus I
Extract Lessons: Time/Frames & Design
R 11-Feb Maus II (“And Here My Troubles Began”)
Exercise (in class): “Micro Scenes” (p.92)
F 12-Feb Maus II
Online Discussion: “Relay” lessons
(for Inventory & Project praxis)
— Due (Fri PM): Inventory updated through week 5
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» Note: Group Presentations Page (for weekend preparation)
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Note: “Inventory” Page created and updated (notes through week 3 for each item)
M 01-Feb Internet Invention Chapter 4 (96-122): “Cosmogram”
» reading tip: closely review “Comment,” “Remake,” & “Office” sections.
W 03-Feb Read: Like Stars in a Clear Night Sky (Sharif Ezzat) & The Cape (J.R. Carpenter)
Also view (before class): Sigur Rós Heima (U.K.) & Hvarf-Heim (U.S.) — Relay?
» blogging tip: Prompts — “Cosmogram” (109), “Mapping Home” (110), “Vernacular Genres” (113)
R 04-Feb Screening:
My Winnipeg (Dir. Maddin, 2007; 80 mins.) & Sigur Ros—Heima (Dir. DeBlois, 2007) (clips)
F 05-Feb Due: Exercise 2 (“Memory Glimpse” & “Mapping Popcycle”) Notes & Design Tips below.
Note: work independently (not meeting)
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M 25-Jan Internet Invention Chapter 3 (72-94): “Home and Family”
Discuss: Part Two “Family Discourse”
W 27-Jan Shelley Jackson: my body—a Wunderkammer(1997) and The Doll Games (2001)
→ Instructions for “Inventory” page here.
R 28-Jan Screening:Sink or Swim (Dir. Friedrich, 1990) & Hide and Seek (Dir. Friedrich, 1996)
F 29-Jan Discuss: Mediating Family-Memory-Home Online Discussion (see below)
Due: “Inventory” Page created and updated (notes through week 3 “in progress”)
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M 18-Jan No Classes—Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
W 20-Jan Internet Invention Chapter 2 (43-68): “Image”
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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M 11-Jan read (for class): Internet Invention Chp 1 (18-42): “Mystory”
Discuss: Part One “Career Discourse” (Popcycle, Humanities)
W 13-Jan read: Bobby Rabyd, Sunshine ’69 (1996) Discuss: New Media / Hypertext
* Note: I still need to see everyone’s introductions on their blogs — specifically: grade, major/minor, technical skills and web/creative experience, and enrollment rationale.
(I need this info in order to arrange groups. Please post ASAP.)
note: weekly blog entries normally due Wednesday evening;
suggest writing / posting first entry before Thurs class (when you have time).
R 14-Jan Screening:
Y tu mamá también (Dir. Cuarón, 2001; 105 min.)
F 15-Jan Discuss: all assigned material to date, including blog entries.
(quiz? Take notes while reading…)
Discuss: Method: Films & Project 1 (1st Component)
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As promised yesterday…
Not official yet, but soon; feel free to peruse now and to let me which films you’ve seen in a comment below… or, in your first blog entry. (More about blogging, including tips and prompts/Qs, coming soon.)
update: we will create our blogs during class tonight (Thursday), in the Weil Hall lab.
By class-time Thursday Friday, please create your blog; then, post your link in a comment below.
In your first entry, please briefly introduce yourself: flexible expectations for this, but please include
major/grade and your “technical experience/proficiency level” (with technology, web pages, social media, etc); rationale for taking course; your “working definition” for “expression”; and any other interesting information you’d like to share.
Register @ Wordpress
WP Support site
Technical Instructions for Blog Setup:
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