{"id":1120,"date":"2021-10-31T17:24:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T21:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2021-11-04T14:29:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T18:29:08","slug":"week-11-november-2-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/2021\/10\/31\/week-11-november-2-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 11: November 2 &#038; 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What\u2019s Due Next?<\/h2>\n<h3>This Week<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday (today): Keyword <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/readings\/agency\/\">Agency<\/a> and ancillary reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxmatters.com\/mt\/archives\/2017\/07\/designing-agentive-technology-ai-that-works-for-people.php\">Designing Agentive Technology: AI That Works for People<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thursday<strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>Response post to \u201cAgency\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Near Future<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Be sure you\u2019re able to access Apple TV+ (either through free trial or paid subscription) to watch\u00a0<em>Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson<\/em>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/episode\/auto-tune\/umc.cmc.4nweb4l9c5pec75va165ot8wv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 1: Auto-Tune<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What\u2019s Coming Up?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Continue thinking about how you\u2019ll use ArcGIS StoryMap to visualize the definition of a keyword of your choice from KMS and\/or our class coverage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tuesday, November 2<\/h2>\n<h3>Reflections on Short Response Paper #2: Technology<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Use <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/VN3PMEpoh4fk5g7K8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this Google Form<\/a> to reflect on the experience of writing this paper (use the QR code if you&#8217;d rather)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1121\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/qrcode_docs.google.com-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1121\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1121\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/qrcode_docs.google.com-2-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/qrcode_docs.google.com-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/qrcode_docs.google.com-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/qrcode_docs.google.com-2-176x176.png 176w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/qrcode_docs.google.com-2-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/qrcode_docs.google.com-2.png 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Feedback Form for Short Response Paper #2<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Let&#8217;s discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1teX25maVu6UXlNE2s2HJKvh07I8BrztGfghO_pHQHRM\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the results<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Any additional feedback on the assignment and the approach? How did you improve your work?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Thinking about Agency<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/readings\/agency\/\">Algorithms as Information Brokers: Visualizing Rhetorical Agency in Platform Activities<\/a> (Hocutt 2019)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxmatters.com\/mt\/archives\/2017\/07\/designing-agentive-technology-ai-that-works-for-people.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Designing Agentive Technology: AI That Works for People<\/a> (Noessel 2017)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What was news to you?<\/li>\n<li>What did you already know?<\/li>\n<li>What did you struggle to understand?<\/li>\n<li>What new insights did you identify?<\/li>\n<li>How might Agency be a useful approach to understanding <em>All You Need is Kill<\/em> and <em>Edge of Tomorrow<\/em>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Visualizing Agency in a Digital Platform: Assemblage Agency<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1122\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/search_interface_agency.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1122\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1122\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/search_interface_agency-1024x428.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/search_interface_agency-1024x428.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/search_interface_agency-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/search_interface_agency-768x321.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/search_interface_agency-624x261.png 624w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/search_interface_agency.png 1306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visualizing the Agency of a Search Interface<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>When you write a paper, where does agency reside?<\/li>\n<li>How do you know?<\/li>\n<li>What does this tell you about the way we think about meaning-making activities and knowledge work?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Thursday, November 4<\/h2>\n<p>Consider the extent to which agency may be shared with animate and inanimate objects in this fight scene clip from <em>First Strike<\/em> (1996, directed by Stanley Tong).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jackie Chan&#039;s First Strike - Fight Scene\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l0JYNznbL0Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are the actants (potential actors with agency)?<\/li>\n<li>What is the relationship among actors (actants that end up agentive)?<\/li>\n<li>Where do you see agency residing in various sequences from this fight scene?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Application in the World<\/h3>\n<p>One definition of agency, or at least rhetorical agency, is the ability to make meaning, and possibly change, in the world. As a result, agency has a relationship with power and its location.<\/p>\n<p>If agency is <em>making<\/em> (meaning, difference, etc.), then who or what <strong>has<\/strong> and <strong>lacks<\/strong> agency in today&#8217;s social, economic, political, religious, and cultural climate? We&#8217;ll draw this up on the whiteboard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4432-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1165\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4432-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Dry erase board image\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4432-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4432-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4432-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4432-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4432-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4432-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4433-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1166\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4433-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Dry erase board image\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4433-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4433-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4433-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4433-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4433-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4433-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4430-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1167\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4430-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Dry erase board image\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4430-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4430-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4430-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4430-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4430-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4430-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4431-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1168 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4431-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Dry erase board image\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4431-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4431-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4431-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4431-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4431-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/files\/2021\/10\/IMG_4431-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What does this network of relations suggest about agency&#8217;s origins and practice?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who or what has agency?<\/li>\n<li>Who or what is left out of agency?<\/li>\n<li>What is the relationship of agency to media? To culture? To identity?\n<ul>\n<li>How do media address or handle agency?<\/li>\n<li>How does culture address or handle agency?<\/li>\n<li>How does identity tie into agency, especially in the information economy?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s Due Next? This Week Tuesday (today): Keyword Agency and ancillary reading Designing Agentive Technology: AI That Works for People Thursday:\u00a0Response post to \u201cAgency\u201d Near Future Be sure you\u2019re able to access Apple TV+ (either through free trial or paid subscription) to watch\u00a0Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson:\u00a0Episode 1: Auto-Tune What\u2019s Coming Up? Continue thinking about how you\u2019ll use ArcGIS&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/2021\/10\/31\/week-11-november-2-4\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166655],"tags":[91513,68230,811],"class_list":["post-1120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-notes","tag-agency","tag-short-response-paper","tag-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1120"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1169,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120\/revisions\/1169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}