Schedule

schedule subject to change

Medium Thinking/Medium Design

9/5

In Class: Course Introduction, set up Google Drive folders, discuss Learning Record, preview Albers reading

9/7

Read: Anni Albers, "Work With Material"
In Class: Discuss Learning Record, Zine-making workshop led by Prof. Sayre, Director of Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH)

9/12

In Class: LRO discussion, log book discussion, Albers discussion, zine-making workshop (continued)

9/14

Read: Keller Easterling, "Medium Design"
In Class: Discuss Easterling, zine-making workshop (continued)

9/15

LEARNING RECORD INTERVIEW DUE BY 5:00PM

Just Following Procedure?

9/19

Read: John Cage, Foreword to Silence; Kenneth Goldsmith, "Why Conceptual Writing? Why Now?"
In Class: John Cage performance workshop

9/21

Listen: Harry Mathews, General introduction to Oulipo in 15 minutes [content warning - mention of suicide]
In Class: Oulipo constrained-writing workshop

9/26

Read: Sol Lewitt, "Paragraphs on Conceptual Art"
In Class: Sol Lewitt workshop

Writing With/Against Media

9/28

Read: Salter and Moulthrop, excerpt from Twining
In Class: Twine workshop

10/3

In Class: Twine workshop

10/5

In Class: Twine workshop

10/10

Read: Kate Compton and Michael Mateas, "Tracery: An Author-Focused Generative Text Tool"
In Class: Tracery workshop

10/12

In Class: Tracery workshop

10/17

In Class: Learning Record workshop

10/19

NO CLASS - PROF. BROWN AT A CONFERENCE

10/20

MIDTERM LEARNING RECORD DUE BY 5:00PM

10/24

Read: Weizenbaum, "Computer Power and Human Reason" (excerpt)
In Class: ELIZA chatbot workshop

10/26

Read: Chiang, "ChatGPT is a Blurry JPEG of the Web"
In Class: ChatGPT workshop

10/31

Read: McCloud, excerpt from Making Comics
In Class: Comics workshop

11/2

In Class: Comics workshop

11/7

Read: Gertz and Di Justo, excerpt from Environmental Monitoring with Arduino
In Class: Arduino workshop

11/9

In class: Arduino workshop

11/14

In class: Project proposal workshop

11/16

In class: Project proposal workshop and informal presentations

Developing Final Projects

11/21

In class: Open workshop

11/28

In class: Open Workshop

11/30

In class: Slide presentations workshop/Open workshop

12/5

In class: Student presentations

12/7

In class: Student presentations

12/12

In class: Learning Record Workshop

12/21

FINAL LEARNING RECORD DUE BY 11:00AM