Course Outline & Schedule

Introduction

Week 1: August 24 (no class August 26*, instructor out of town)

• Keywords: Introduction, New Media
• Reading and response post for New Media due Thursday (in lieu of class meeting)
  • Reply comments for New Media due Tuesday, August 31
• Add an Introduction post as a new blog post, tagged “Introduction.”

Part 1: Identity

Week 2: August 31 and September 2

• Keyword: Identity
• Ancillary reading: The Best Four Years of Your Life? (Vox)
• Readings due Tuesday
• Response post due Thursday
  • Reply comments due Tuesday, September 7

Week 3: September 7 & 9

• Keywords: Gender, Feminism
• Readings due Tuesday
• Response post to one (not both) due Thursday
  • Reply comments due Tuesday, September 14

Week 4: September 14 & 16

• Keyword: Queer
• Reading due Tuesday
• Response post due Thursday
  • Reply comments due Tuesday, September 21
• Watch I Am Not Your Negro by Sunday, September 19

Week 5: September 21 & 23 (*Required performance of Gamelan Çudamani, Sept. 22, 7:30pm)

• Keywords: Race, Intersectionality
• Readings due Tuesday
• Response post to one (not both) due Thursday
  • Reply comments due Tuesday, September 28
• Submit Short Response Paper #1: Identity by 11:59pm on Sunday, September 26

Part 2: Technology

Week 6: September 28 & 30

• Keyword: Technology
• Ancillary reading: It’s Hard to be a Moral Person. Technology is Making It Harder. (Vox)
• Reading due Tuesday
• Response post due Thursday
  • Reply comments due Tuesday, October 5

Week 7: October 5 & 7

• Keyword: Data
• Reading due Tuesday
• Response post due Thursday
  • Reply comments due Thursday, October 14 (delayed for fall break)

Week 8: October 14 (no class all week: This is a change)

• Keywords: Your choice: Select one we’re not covering in class from KMS
• Reading due Thursday
• No response post or reply comments required; prepare to share and describe keyword during class on Thursday.

Week 9: October 19 & 21

• Keyword: Network
• Reading due Tuesday
• Response post due Thursday
  • Reply comments due Tuesday, October 26
• Read All You Need is Kill and watch Edge of Tomorrow by Sunday, October 24

Week 10: October 26 & 28

• Keyword: Infrastructure
• Reading due Tuesday
• Response post due Thursday
  • Reply comments due Tuesday, November 2
• Thursday class session: Justin Madron demonstration of ArcGIS StoryMaps
• Submit Short Response Paper #2: Technology by 11:59pm on Sunday, October 31

Week 11: November 2 & 4

• Keyword: Agency
• Ancillary reading: Designing Agentive Technology: AI That Works for People (chapter)
• Readings due Tuesday
• Response post due Thursday
  • Reply comments due Tuesday, November 9

Part 3: Convergence

Week 12: November 9 & 11

• Keyword: Assemblage
• Readings due Tuesday
• Response post due Thursday
  • Reply comments due Tuesday, November 16

Week 13: November 16 & 18

• Keyword: Flow
• Reading due Tuesday
• Response post due Thursday
  • Reply comments due Tuesday, November 23

Week 14: November 23 (no class November 25, Thanksgiving break)

• In class: Watch Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson: Episode 1: Auto-Tune
• Keyword: Gaze
• Reading due Tuesday
• Response post due Tuesday, November 30
  • Reply comments due Thursday, December 2

Week 15: November 30 and December 2

• Keywords: Surveillance
• Reading due Tuesday
• Response post due Thursday
  • No reply comments required
• Submit Short Response Paper #3: Convergence by 11:59pm on Friday, December 3 (this is a change)

Exam Period: December 6-14 (final project initial due date is on our exam date, Tuesday, December 7. You may take as long as Tuesday, December 14, to submit, but earlier is better.)

• Embed completed ArcGIS StoryMap in a blog post, including a one-paragraph summary of the project, by 11:59pm on Tuesday, December 7