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Zittrain a Future We Want to Stop

Posted in November 28th, 2009

Last Class. We will be discussing Zittrain’s The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It. Come prepared to discuss.

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Exploiting

Posted in November 20th, 2009
Published in Intro to EMAC

Tuesday, before Turkey Day (or Tofurkey Day depending) we will be looking at Galloway and Thacker’s The Exploit.

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Six Degrees & Final Papers

Posted in November 11th, 2009

On Tuesday the 17th we will move to the last section of our class, discussing “Network Theory” and how networked media require us to rethink certain media paradigms. Read all of Duncan Watts, Six Degrees.
Final Project: As a final you will need to write a six to eight page paper (approx. 2500 words) focused on [...]

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The Self Part II

Posted in November 5th, 2009
Published in Intro to EMAC

Read danah boyd’s Dissertation, Taken Out of Context. 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.
Note: Over the weekend, full descriptions of the EMAC grad courses will be made available. Check the EMAC blog.

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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