From Analog to Digital
Week One: January 18th
• Intro: Gutenberg Parenthesis
Week Two: January 25th
• “What is an Author” -Foucault
• “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.”-Walter Benjamin
• “The Medium is the Message”-Marshall McLuhan
Week Three: February 1st
• The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe by Elizabeth Eisenstein
Week Four: February 8th
• Remediation by Jay David Bolter and Richard Grusin
Week Five: February 15th
• Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages by Alex Wright
• Everything is Miscellaneous by David Weinberger
Week Six: February 22nd
• Information Feudalism: Who Owns the Knowledge Economy by Peter Drahos and John Braithwaite
• Rip: A Remix Manifesto (documentary)
Week Seven: February 29th
• Smart Mobs by Howard Rheingold
Week Eight: March 7th
• “Coase’s Penguin, or, Linux and the Nature of the Firm” -Yochai Benkler
Investigative Histories
Spring Break
Week Nine: March 21st
• Journalism Group
Week Ten: March 28th
• K-12 Group
Week Eleven: April 4th
• Museums Group
Week Twelve: April 11th
• Arts & Entertainment Group
Week Thirteen: April 18th
• Higher Education Group
Producing the Future
Week Fourteen: April 25th
• Final Project: Museums, Entertainment, K-12
Week Fifteen: May 2nd
• Final Project: Higher Education, Journalism