Readings
Readings are also listed by session.
Required Texts
Mitchell, William. The Reconfigured Eye. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992. ISBN: 9780262631600.
Manovich, Lev. The Paradoxes of Digital Photography. Edited by Hulbertus v. Amelunxen, Stefan Iglhaut, Florian Rotzer, Alexis Cassel, and Nikolaus G. Schneider. Basel, Art Stock, 1997. ISBN: 9789057011016.
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, 1995. ISBN: 9780472095216. (Excerpt)
Hansen, Mark. New Philosophy for New Media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780262083218. (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: 9780684833484. (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: 9780805202410.
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, 1995. ISBN: 9780822316985.
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, 1998, pp. 132-150. ISBN: 9780814780817.
Dick, Philip K. Minority Report. New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 2002. ISBN: 9780375421877.
Spielberg, Steven. Minority Report. 2002. (Film showing)
Readings by Session
WEEK # | TOPICS | READINGS |
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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 |
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3 | Group Debate About M vs. M Conference One Signup |
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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.![]() |
16 | Workshop P3.2 | |
Unit Four: Films and Games | ||
17 | Read Hansen Workshop P3.3 |
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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 |
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22 | Workshop P4.1 | |
23 | Course Evaluations | |
24 | Concluding Activities |