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| Week 1 |
(Aug 25 - 29) |
Assignments |
Monday (E1-E3)
r. 205
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Screening: Labyrinth
Introductions, First Impressions.
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Tuesday (2-3)
r. 105
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Who are we? Where are we? What are we doing here?
Continued introductions, NWE
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Read: NWE intro pages,
"Myth
of the Minotaur"
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Thursday (3)
r. 105
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Homes (assignment)
introduction to .html
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Read "Book of Sand"(3-4) "House
of Asterion"(1-2) in course pack and "Hypertext Gardens"(web) |
| Week 2 |
(Sep 1 - 6) |
Assignments |
Monday (E1-E3)
r. 205
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Labor Day. No Class. |
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Tuesday (2-3)
r. 105
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Gardens.
begin html.
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Read "Penetration"
on eastgate.com
Douglas "Books Without Pages (cp 5-18)
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Thursday (3)
r. 105
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Intersections. |
Read Borges, "Garden of Forking Paths." (p. 19 - 24) Manovich, "Forms" (through p. 31) finish Douglas, and read "12 Blue" (web). |
| Week 3 |
(Sep 8 - 13) |
Assignments |
Monday (E1-E3)
r. 205
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Screening: Memento |
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Tuesday (2-3)
r. 105
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Navigations. Web Design. |
Manovich, "Myth of Interactivity." |
Thursday (3)
r. 105
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Finding your way. |
"Photopia"
and "The Library of Babel"(cp)
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| Week 4 |
(Sep 15 - 20) |
Assignments |
Monday (E1-E3)
r. 205
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Screening: Run Lola Run |
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Tuesday (2-3)
r. 105
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Medium v. Message. Interface. |
Read Bolter (cp) |
Thursday (3)
r. 105
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web(home)page due [peer-review] |
Borges, "Tlon"
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| Week 5 |
(Sep 22 - 27) |
Assignments |
Monday (E1-E3)
r. 205
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Screening: The Matrix |
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Tuesday (2-3)
r. 105
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The Desert of the Real.
Immersion.
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Start Baudrillard. "Remediation" p. 97-102. (cp) |
Thursday (3)
r. 105
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Apparati. |
Sue Morris "FPS" (cp)
Matrix web-comics
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| Week 6 |
(Sep 29 - Oct 4) |
Assignments |
Monday (E1-E3)
r. 205
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Screening: The Animatrix |
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Tuesday (2-3)
r. 105
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Remediation. |
read Bolter (cp). |
Thursday (3)
r. 105
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Media. |
Finish Baudrillard, Heidegger (cp)
webcomics
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| Week 7 |
(Oct 6 - 11) |
Assignments |
Monday (E1-E3)
r. 205
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Enter the Matrix. |
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Tuesday (2-3)
r. 105
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Dreams. |
Read Phillip K. Dick "Adjustment Team"
Borges' "The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths"
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Thursday (3)
r. 105
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web-comic: "Goliath." "Heidegger" cp 175 - 177. Work on projects. |
| Week 8 |
(Oct 13 - 18) |
Assignments |
Monday (E1-E3)
r. 205
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Tuesday (2-3)
r. 105
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"Brave New World of
the Matrix" |
Thursday (3)
r. 105
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matrix project due [peer-review] |
Heidegger "Unheimlich"(cp)
House of Leaves through ch. 1
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| Week 9 |
(Oct 20 - 24) |
Assignments |
Monday (E1-E3)
r. 205
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Screening: Dark City |
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Tuesday (2-3)
r. 105
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"Shade"
The Interior |
HOL through ch. 4
finish "Shade"
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Thursday (3)
r. 105
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The Other |
HOL through ch. 8
Descartes (cp)
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| Week 10 |
(Oct 27 - 31) |
Assignments |
Monday (E1-E3)
r. 205
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Screening: The Blair Witch Project |
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Tuesday (2-3)
r. 105
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Ariadne's thread. Connections. What to leave behind. |
HOL ch. 9
Borges "
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Thursday (3)
r. 105
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Intertextuality. Derrida. |
Continue HoL ch.9
MOO programming
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| Week 11 |
(Nov 2 - 7) |
Assignments |
Monday (E1-E3)
r. 205
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<JEN>
MOO Programming |
"Rape in Cyberspace"
MOO Manners |
Tuesday (2-3)
r. 105
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Where am I? |
HOL ch. 10 |
Thursday (3)
r. 105
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Homecoming. No Class. |
HOL ch. 11 -12 |
| Week 12 |
(Nov 10 - 14) |
Assignments |
Monday (E1-E3)
r. 205
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No screening, but come anyway.
Inside/Outside. <Bob Vilators>
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HOL ch. 13, 14, 15 |
Tuesday (2-3)
r. 105
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Holiday. No Class. |
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Thursday (3)
r. 105
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<MOO CROO> |
HoL ch. 16 -19 |
| Week 13 |
(Nov 17 - 21) |
Assignments |
Monday (E1-E3)
r. 205
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Screening: Perfect Blue |
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Tuesday (2-3)
r. 105
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HoL ch. 20 |
Thursday (3)
r. 105
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<KMLF> |
HoL ch. 21 - 23. |
| Week 14 |
(Nov 24 - 28) |
Assignments |
Monday (E1-E3)
r. 205
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Screening: TBA |
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Tuesday (2-3)
r. 105
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house of leaves project due [guided tours] |
Appendices:II: C,D,E. |
Thursday (3)
r. 105
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Thanksgiving Holiday. |
McCloud ch. 4,5.
McCloud, "Choose
your own Carl"
start on project. |
| Week 15 |
(Dec 1 - 5) |
Assignments |
Monday (E1-E3)
r. 205
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Screening: TBA |
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Tuesday (2-3)
r. 105
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Choose your own adventure. Finding your way out of the
maze. |
Paul Ward "Video Game as Remediated Animation" |
Thursday (3)
r. 105
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[peer review projects] |
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| Week 16 |
(Dec 8 - 10) |
Assignments |
Monday (E1-E3)
r. 205
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Screening: Spirited Away |
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Tuesday (2-3)
r. 105
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projects due, course evaluations. Where have we
been? Blinking into Daylight. |
Go Forth. |
Thursday (3)
r. 105
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Reading days, no more class. |
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Note: There will be no Final Exam.
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