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Final Class: The Future of the Internet

Posted in April 24th, 2009

For the last class we will be reading Zittrain’s The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It. I will want to talk about material from the whole book, but make sure you read sections 1 & 3 completely. (You can also follow the author on twitter: @zittrain). He is also a pretty funny [...]

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The Exploit

Posted in April 19th, 2009
Published in History and Theory

Thursday, for the second to last class, we will be discussing Thacker and Galloway’s The Exploit. This is a somewhat different take on “network theory.” Although this book is short, it is a tough read, so leave yourself time. Leave your comments/thoughts below.

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Get Linked

Posted in April 12th, 2009
Published in Uncategorized

Thursday we will discuss, Linked, read the whole book—it’s a good read—and leave your comments below. (Also remember that you should submit a working draft of your final project this week sometime.)

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More on the Self

Posted in April 3rd, 2009
Published in Uncategorized

Read danah boyd’s Dissertation. We will be focusing on chapters 4-6, but you might want to begin by reading the first chapter to get a sense of the project. Leave your comments below.

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What This Class is About

"the technical structure of the archiving archive also determines the structure of the archivable content . . . .The archivization produces as much as it records the event." -Derrida, Archive Fever