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The following schedule of readings is extremely tentative,
and, at this point in time, is only intended to give
you some over-acrhing sense of the shape of the class.
Additional critical readings will be paired with our
online readings and (I hope) will be available through
an e-reserve system.
| jan 22 |
introductions
brief history of the web
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| jan 24 |
donna haraway, cyborg
manifesto
cyborg manifesto exchange from Mute (link to follow)
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| jan 29 |
alternate
cyborg manifesto
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| jan 31 |
landow, hypertext 2.0, introduction, 1-32
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| feb 05 |
landow, hypertext 2.0, hypertext and critical theory, 33-48
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| feb 07 |
neal stephenson, in
the beginning . . .
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| feb 12 |
neal stephenson, in
the beginning . . .
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| feb 14 |
gray, pokemon
landow, hypertext 2.0, reconfiguring narrative, 178-218
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| feb 19 |
william gibson, neuromancer
Web site on cyberpunk
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| feb 21 |
william gibson, neuromancer
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| feb 26 |
william gibson, neuromancer
PAPER ONE DUE
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| feb 28 |
neal stephenson, snow
crash
stephenson's Web site
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| mar 05 |
neal stephenson, snow
crash
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| mar 07 |
neal stephenson, snow
crash
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| mar 12 |
MIDTERM
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| mar 14 |
"Our Story So Far: class collaborative story
landow, hypertext 2.0, reconfiguring the author, 90-114
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| mar 19 |
SPRING BREAK: woo hoo!
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| mar 21 |
SPRING BREAK: yipee!
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| mar 26 |
internet hoaxes: cnet's favorites, part one and part two
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| mar 28 |
blogs: tiffy's blog, evhead, and the beginning (read two weeks of each)
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| apr 02 |
the kaycee nicole affair:
the end of the whole mess
cocky bastard's last words to kaycee
the kaycee nicole story
kaycee nicole archives
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| apr 04 |
cyberpoetics:
dinner for one, by cheryl ball
cyberpoetics of typography, by kurt brereton
things not worth keeping, kristen lavers and cris cheek
animisms, jim andrews
anne wysocki
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| apr 09 |
ebooks: stephen king, the plant: one, two, three, four, five, six
stephen king's Web site
copyright in the electornic age
"stephen king's 'plant' uprooted"
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| apr 11 |
king, the plant
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| apr 16 |
ezines: salon.com, wired, time, new yorker
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| apr 18 |
shockwave movies: sex slave (all episodes) and tim burton's stain boy (all episodes)
NOTE::ADDED 04.16.02::also be sure to read the production notes for stainboy.
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| apr 23 |
Tron (in class)
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| apr 25 |
Tron
Come to the regular classroom, though I suspect we'll be moving to the seminar room again.
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| Apr 30 |
The Matrix (in class)
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| may 02 |
The Matrix
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| may 6 |
LAST DAY TO HAND IN FINAL PROJECTS |
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