Tentative Schedule:
Note: I may need to adjust this syllabus and course schedule to accommodate pedagogical needs as they arise. We will discuss all changes as a class and the new schedule will be reflected on our course blog.
| M 1/28 | Class: Introductions. Syllabus.
Home: Buy books. Bring in one personal artifact of your choice. |
| W 1/30 | Class: Artifacts
Home: Read “Always Already New” by Lisa Gitelman http://www.mediastudies.asia/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Gitelman-Always-Already-New-Intro-excerpts.pdf |
| M 2/4 | Class: Close reading.
Home: Read Denis Baron, Chapter 5, “Writing on Clay.” |
| W 2/6 | Class: The clay tablets.
Home: Read The Medium is the Message up to page 43. |
| M 2/11 | Class: Communication 101: https://youtu.be/byyQtGb3dvA
Home: Finish The Medium is the Message Extract one quote from McLuhan you find most relevant and analyze it in a short blog post. |
| W 2/13 | Class cancelled. Attend: Career Services’ Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Professional Minor Event at 5 pm, Rockland A
Home: Write a blog post about your potential career goals and how they relate to this course. |
| M 2/18 | Class: McLuhan and DJ Spooky https://soundcloud.com/mcluhan2011eu/dj-spooky-marshall-mcluhan
Home: Read Elizabeth Einstein. |
| W 2/20 | Class: Snow day
Home: Finish translation. Finish reading Elizabeth Einstein. |
| M 2/25 | Class:. History of printing. Timeline. Bring laptops if possible.
Home: Work on Timeline. Write 3 questions for Carlos Hernandez. |
| W 2/27 | Class: Folios and manuscript translations. Bring laptops if possible.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/px8rhbwbie6ziq0/AAAydf3XxXHz3BBqMDDrpfzCa?dl=0 Carlos Hernandez visits: Home: Write a reflection on your experience. Work on Timeline. |
| M 3/4 | Class: Go to Library and work with Sara Godbee.
Home: Research. |
| W 3/6 | Class: Annotated bibliographies. Bring laptops if possible. You must post two annotated bibliography entries for your project by Friday.
Home: Read Denis Baron, Chapter 12, “From Pencils to Pixels.” |
| M 3/11 | Class: Visit from Hannah Alpert-Abrams.
Home: Finish timelines. |
| W 3/13 | Class: Present timelines and research.
Home: Post reflection. |
| 3/18- 3/20 | Spring Break. No classes. |
| M 3/25 | Class: Understanding Media part 1
Home: Watch: https://vimeo.com/127605643 (30 mins long) |
| W 3/27 | Class: Karl Stolley visits.
Home: Draft Poetic Table haiku. Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qtf11B_JRFS_pnE7UIS4e_Mk29V7xqLSp7zhuEf02-4/edit?usp=sharing |
| M 4/1 | Class: Class Cancelled. Go to Poetic Table event on 4/1 at 5pm and write reflection post instead.
Home: Read https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/tale-of-the-floppy-disks-how-jonathan-larson-created-rent/?_r=0 and https://dougreside.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/larson.pdf |
| W 4/3 | Class: Media Archeology
Home: Read Matthew Kirschenbaum, Track Changes. |
| M 4/8 | Class: Doing DH in a literature class.
Read http://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/debates/text/48 and comment. Home: Read the chapter by Tara McPherson and comment (5 annotations, 2 replies) http://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/debates/part/4 Bring phone chargers and headphones. Download NYTimes VR app. |
| W 4/10 | Class: Introduction to Digital Humanities. VR demo. Bring phone chargers and headphones. Download NYTimes VR app.
Home: |
| M 4/15 | Class: Understanding Media part 2
Home: |
| W 4/17 | Class: Guest speaker
Home: Read Kraus et. al. https://www.dropbox.com/s/0g8nvherv3sdrfb/Kraus_Design.pdf?dl=0 Brainstorm ideas. |
| M 4/22 | Class: Final Project
Home: Write reflection |
| W 4/24 | Class: Guest Speaker: User-centered design
Home: Develop pitch |
| M 4/29 | Class: Pitch ideas
Home: Final. |
| W 5/1 | Class: Peer editing
Home: Final. |
| M 5/6 | Class: Conferences.
Home: Post revised version no later than Wednesday at noon. |
| W 5/8 | Class: Practice presentations.
English department showcase May 9th at 5pm! Home: Finish final. |
| 5/9-11 | Final should be posted by 5/13 at noon |