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- Introductions, syllabus, themes and goals of course, key concepts<\/li>\n
- How do we socialize? What is involved in communication, signaling and social behavior? We will take a look at some ideas from social science as well as hacks\/subversions\/tactics used by artists and designers to explore online and offline\u00a0social interaction.<\/li>\n
- Class survey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Recommended readings discussed in\u00a0today’s lecture<\/h4>\n
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- Erving Goffman, 1959. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. Chapter 1<\/li>\n
- Menkmen, Rosa, 1999. A Technological Approach To Noise. In the Glitch Moment(um)<\/a> – chapter 1. Page 7-25<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For next week:<\/h4>\n
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- Review the information on this site<\/li>\n
- Join the class google group and blog (reset your password with something more secure)<\/li>\n
- Complete class survey here<\/a><\/li>\n
- Complete week 2 readings and make a comment on the blog summary after Tuesday to initiate class discussion<\/li>\n
- Carry out exercise 1<\/li>\n
- Set up twitter account and send me your handle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Exercise 1<\/i>
\nCreate social breaching\/hacking experiment in physical space. Describe the experiment in an instructive sentence such as:
\n\u201cRide the subway and walk up to a seated passenger and ask for their seat.\u201d<\/i>
\nThese exercises must be done in person and are not to be technologically mediated. Carry out each of your social hacks and document the results – you may need to work in pairs to do this. Documentation should be in a medium that is both of interest to you and that represents your hack well (You might to choose to make a sound recording, a photo, a short video, a written reflection, a drawing etc.). Bring the instruction and the documentation to present in class next week for discussion.
\nPost your instruction and the documentation of your experiment to your blog.
\nIf you are having trouble thinking of a social breach – carry out one of Garfinkel’s listed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"kiss\"](\"https:\/\/www.courses.tegabrain.com\/SS15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/kiss.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nTino Sehgel<\/a>, Kiss<\/em>, 2007.<\/p>\n
2 – Jan 29:\u00a0Computer networks are social networks<\/h2>\n
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- What makes a social space? What was the promise of\u00a0computational social spaces\u00a0and have they lived up to this? We will consider historic and contemporary social spaces and their characteristics\u00a0asking what are the differences between physical public space and virtual public space? What of\u00a0bulletin boards, platforms like geocities, friendstar, myspace, facebook and ello? What do we mean by social capital, reputation based economies and ambient intimacy?\u00a0What have been some approaches of the artist and designer working to explore these spaces?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Readings to be discussed this week – led by Andrew and Ivana<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Clay Shirky, 2008. Here comes everybody. Chapter 1.<\/a><\/li>\n
- Benjamin Walker’s Dislike Club Podcast – Episode 1 –\u00a0http:\/\/toe.prx.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Supplementary readings<\/p>\n
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- Shirky, C. (2008). Gin, television, and social surplus. Published online, April<\/i>, 26<\/i>.<\/a><\/li>\n
- boyd, danah, 2011. “Participating in the Always-On Lifestyle.” The Social Media Reader (ed. Michael Mandiberg), pp. 71-76. Online here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
This week’s to do list:<\/h4>\n
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- Carry out your analysis of an existing social media network.<\/li>\n
- If you haven’t scanned\u00a0Menkmen, Rosa, 1999. A Technological Approach To Noise. In the Glitch Moment(um)<\/a>\u00a0from last week please do. (page 11-16) It will help you with your task this week.<\/li>\n
- Carry out exercise 2 (you may want to spend time reviewing tools like\u00a0iftt)<\/li>\n
- Complete\u00a0week 3 readings<\/li>\n
- Make 2 tweets linking to artworks or design works that you like that explore\u00a0social media, social interaction, social experimentation. Use the class hashtag #SSS15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Exercise 2<\/i><\/p>\n
A) Create an artwork based on the\u00a0creation and\u00a0application of a breaching or glitch experiment\u00a0in a social network. You are to use your\u00a0chosen\u00a0network unconventionally, misuse it, bend the established social protocols of the space, disrupt it, communicate in an unusual way or by using different means than normal or create a whimsical or poetic action within in it. You are\u00a0aiming to\u00a0explore\u00a0our expectations of this\u00a0space in some way. Make a post describing your work, its results,\u00a0why you classify your chosen behaviors as breaking with the conventional use of the space. What has this exercise\u00a0illustrated for you? Document your experiment with a\u00a0description, with screenshots or other forms of documentation.<\/p>\n
Come to class ready to discuss. And thank you Lauren McCarthy<\/a> for this exercise.<\/p>\n
Some inspiration -> think about how you might translate or try these in\u00a0other mediums\/platforms etc to get your ideas flowing.<\/p>\n
![\"executrix-as-La-Fornarina-1024x514\"](\"https:\/\/www.courses.tegabrain.com\/SS15\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/executrix-as-La-Fornarina-1024x514-1024x514.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n- \n
- Addie\u00a0Wagenknecht<\/a>,\u00a0<\/i>Webcam Venus<\/em>,\u00a0video and performance, 2013.\u00a0sexcutrix as La Fornarina<\/em>, Raphael (1518)<\/li>\n
- Visit Steve on Instagram<\/a>, 2014<\/li>\n
- David Horvitz<\/a>, Public Access, 2010-2011<\/li>\n
- Yes Men, New York Times Special Edition<\/a><\/li>\n
- Kate Paterson, Second Moon<\/a><\/li>\n
- Nathan for you STDs<\/a><\/li>\n
- Nathan for you 2 grams<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mail Art<\/a><\/li>\n
- Social Media Collective – Oversharer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
3 – Feb 5:\u00a0Decentralization and the Internet<\/h2>\n
Readings to be discussed this week –\u00a0discussion led by Zach and Alex Zahn<\/h4>\n
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- Galloway, A. R. (2004). Protocol: how control exists after decentralization<\/i>. MIT press.\u00a0Introduction.<\/a><\/li>\n
- Oliver, J., Savi\u010di\u0107, G., & Vasiliev, D. (2011). The Critical Engineering Manifesto. Online: http:\/\/criticalengineering.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n
- And if you can manage it, I really recommend reading the Deleuze below, Galloway talks about this essay in his work, its only a few pages and has some key ideas in it… Take a look.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Supplementary Readings<\/p>\n
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- Deleuze, G. (1992). Postscript on the Societies of Control.<\/a> October<\/i>, 3-7.<\/li>\n
- 21 sharable technologies that will decentralize the world – http:\/\/www.shareable.net\/blog\/21-technologies-that-will-decentralize-the-world<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
- Why Bitcoin matters (2014) – http:\/\/dealbook.nytimes.com\/2014\/01\/21\/why-bitcoin-matters\/\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For next week:<\/h4>\n
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- Download OpenPaths<\/a> to your phone or device and create a login. This application will allow you to access and use your geolocation data, you might want to use your geo-data later in term.<\/li>\n
- Complete\u00a0week 4 readings<\/li>\n
- Carry out and exercise 3 – described here.<\/a>\u00a0This will be presented for critique to our guest next week.<\/li>\n
- Take three photographs of different internet infrastructure in your neighbourhood and tweet them out with the class hashtag SSS15.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
4 – Feb 12: Visiting artist – Lauren Mccarthy<\/h2>\n
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- Visiting artist – Lauren Mccarthy<\/li>\n
- Homework discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Readings to be discussed this week<\/h4>\n
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- Turkle, Sherry. (2012). Alone together: Why we expect more from technology and less from each other. Basic books. Introduction (page 13-30 in this dodgy copy).<\/a><\/li>\n
- McCarthy, Lauren. (2014). You, Me and My Computer<\/a>\u00a0(Online Eyeo talk).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For next week:<\/h4>\n
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- Carry out exercise 4 – described here.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n
- Complete readings for week 5<\/li>\n
- Review, edit and further research your blog posts to date. Review and select the post that you will submit for submission as Assessment 1, Part 1 next week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
5 – Feb 19: Experimental design methods<\/h2>\n
Assessment\u00a01 part 1\u00a0due today online.<\/p>\n
Readings for this week<\/h4>\n
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- This week and next we will explore\u00a0the\u00a0future through connected devices. Cisco thinks it\u2019s pretty great<\/a>. \u00a0But Bruce Sterling has some other thoughts. Your\u00a0assigned reading is the introduction of:<\/li>\n
- Bruce Sterling, “The Epic Struggle of the Internet of Things”\u00a0–\u00a0Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n
- Also for listening on the bus, this RadioLab episode\u00a0just came out and is about Facebook, one\u00a0the ‘big 5’ messing with our data and our minds. Essential listening here.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n
Tutorial:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Introduction to physical computing. Arduino workshop #1.<\/li>\n
- Form assignment groups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For next week:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Review the list of artist examples tagged\u00a0this week, as listed on the tumblr (will be published as of Thursday night). Come with your favorite ready to discuss next week. Analyse what artistic strategies have been used in this piece,\u00a0and why these strategies have made you want to talk about this piece.<\/li>\n
- Review Arduino 1, doing the exercises we didn’t get to in class. Review electricity 1 tutorial on this site if you need a primer on circuits.<\/li>\n
- Read\u00a0assignment 2 brief and\u00a0get thinking.<\/li>\n
- Reading for next week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
6 – Feb 26: Data and the Internet of things: Privacy,\u00a0power and ethics<\/h2>\n
Readings assigned \u00a0– discussion led by Danielle and Chris<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Dada data and the internet of paternalistic things. Link here.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Supplementary readings :<\/strong><\/p>\n
- \n
- Commodified Spouse – <\/i><\/span>http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/01\/28\/quantified-spouse-movement_n_2567459.html<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
- You Don’t Want Your Privacy, Disney and the Meat Space Data Race. https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2014\/01\/18\/you-dont-want-your-privacy-disney-and-the-meat-space-data-race\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Tutorial:\u00a0<\/strong>Arduino workshop #2.<\/h4>\n
For next week:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Prepare your brief and assignment 2 prototype\u00a0pitches in groups. Your pitch should include your response to the Parts 1-3 in the assignment brief. Include preliminary research on how you plan to build your prototype and why. Make sure you do the assignment 2 readings as listed in the brief.\u00a0What questions is it responding to etc. Prepare a deck and a presentation for critique in class next week. ( 5-10minutes)<\/li>\n
- Complete Arduino 2 lab<\/li>\n
- Complete readings for next week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
7 – Mar 5: Art and the API<\/h2>\n
Compulsory readings – readings led by Anthony and Julie (next week)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
Objects of intense feeling, the case of the twitter api. Link here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n
Supplementary\u00a0readings:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
Thorp, Jerr. (2013). Art and the API. Online here: http:\/\/blog.blprnt.com\/blog\/blprnt\/art-and-the-api<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
Tutorial: Arduino workshop #3<\/h4>\n
Assignment 2 pitches this week.<\/p>\n
For next week (changed due to snow day today):<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Work through the Arduino 3 tutorial<\/a> exercise\u00a0– \u00a003A \u2013 TALKING TO PROCESSING.<\/li>\n
- Assignment 2 pitches\u00a0to be presented at the start of class next week\u200b. This pitch should include a conceptual outline of your project with research. This should respond to\u00a0steps 1-3 in project brief. You should also develop a technical plan for the construction of your\u00a0project.\u00a0Identify any\u00a0parts of your project\u00a0that you don’t know how to make yet and list materials and sensors\/components\u00a0you need to obtain. If your work has a speculative angle (ie you are going to create a prototype with\u00a0an imaginary functionality to explore your brief, articulate how you will create your prosthetic to\u00a0suggests that functionality\u00a0to your audience. Eg. using an\u00a0indicator light )\u00a0You should prepare a deck and a presentation around 5 min long.\u200b<\/li>\n
- Continue\u00a0developing\u00a0Assignment 2\u00a0 in your groups. Bring any materials\u00a0you will need to work on your project in class next week\u200b<\/li>\n
- Please complete this weeks\u00a0API reading<\/a> and also\u00a0the supplementary API reading by Jer Thorp<\/a> if you haven’t already. Come ready to discuss\u00a0next week. (discussion led by\u00a0Anthony and Julie<\/span>)\u00a0(Next weeks reading\u00a0will now happen the week after (week 9).<\/li>\n
- Think about the issues in these\u00a0readings and how they relate to\u00a0the\u00a0Week 7\u00a0lecture links<\/a> on\u00a0artists working with APIS in the\u00a0lecture\u00a0part of the site\u200b.\u00a0Comment on Anthony and Julie’s reading summary<\/a>, perhaps discussing\u00a0some of the ideas in Jer Thorp’s\u00a0reading,\u00a0or commenting on\u00a0one of the art examples from the lecture.<\/li>\n
- Take a look at\u00a0some\u00a0the artworks in ARTART section<\/a> of this site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
8 – Mar 12:<\/h2>\n
Compulsory readings – API readings from last week to be led by Anthony and Julie<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
Tutorial: Project work<\/strong><\/p>\n
9 – Mar 19.<\/h2>\n
Readings for this week – discussion led by Erica.<\/strong><\/p>\n
RadioLab – Talking to Machines – http:\/\/www.radiolab.org\/story\/137407-talking-to-machines\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
Supplementry<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
Cox, G. (2013). Speaking Code: Coding as aesthetic and political expression<\/i>. MIT Press.<\/p>\n
Politics of the English language – https:\/\/www.mtholyoke.edu\/acad\/intrel\/orwell46.htm<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
10 – Mar 26: Assignment 2 due and\u00a0: Introduction to Communication, code and language<\/h2>\n
Assignment 2 is due today<\/p>\n
1 hour setup time<\/p>\n
For\u00a0week 11:<\/p>\n
Watch this ted talk.<\/a><\/p>\n
See this to do list.<\/a><\/p>\n
Apr 2: No class<\/p>\n
Spring recess<\/p>\n
11 – Apr 9:\u00a0Social Automation – bots bots bots<\/h2>\n
Readings for this week :\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Jonze, Spike (2012). Her<\/i> (Feature Film) – Trailer here.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Supplementary readings.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- How to become internet famous for $68 – https:\/\/medium.com\/@kevin_ashton\/how-to-become-internet-famous-for-68-828ed0b249cf<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- What isn\u2019t automated? This article on content moderation is essential reading:\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/10\/content-moderation\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Tutorial<\/strong><\/p>\n
- \n
- Javascript and text files<\/li>\n
- Introduction to p5.js<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For next week:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Reading for next week<\/li>\n
- Analyze or create a text using a source text of your choosing and the code examples discussed in class.<\/li>\n
- Review bots resources and reading materials<\/li>\n
- Prepare final project proposal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
12 – Apr 16: Security and Surveillance (TBC)<\/h2>\n
Due to our field trip\u00a0event being not yet announced, we will now be going on a field trip on Sat 2nd to a conference on art, creative practice and code. More on this in class.<\/p>\n
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- bot proposal\u00a0presentations<\/li>\n
- bot workshop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Readings for this week \u00a0– readings led by Alissa and Emily<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Crawford, Kate. (2014). The Anxieties of Big Data. <\/i>The New Enquiry.<\/span><\/li>\n
- Art, Activism and CCTV – http:\/\/www.joannemcneil.com\/art-activism-and-cctv\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Supplementary Material :<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Citizen Four – Edward Snowden Documentary (if you can find a screening or opportunity to see this, it is a must!).\u00a0Trailer is here.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For next week:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Readings for next week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
13 – Apr 23:\u00a0Technologies for social change, resistance\u00a0and protest<\/h2>\n
Readings for this week :<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Gladwell, Malcom. (2010). Small Change. The New Yorker. Online here.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Tutorial<\/strong><\/p>\n
- \n
- Bots workshop #2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For next week:<\/strong><\/p>\n
- \n
- Final project work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Bots workshop #2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Gladwell, Malcom. (2010). Small Change. The New Yorker. Online here.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Readings for next week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Art, Activism and CCTV – http:\/\/www.joannemcneil.com\/art-activism-and-cctv\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Crawford, Kate. (2014). The Anxieties of Big Data. <\/i>The New Enquiry.<\/span><\/li>\n
- What isn\u2019t automated? This article on content moderation is essential reading:\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/10\/content-moderation\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- How to become internet famous for $68 – https:\/\/medium.com\/@kevin_ashton\/how-to-become-internet-famous-for-68-828ed0b249cf<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Work through the Arduino 3 tutorial<\/a> exercise\u00a0– \u00a003A \u2013 TALKING TO PROCESSING.<\/li>\n
- You Don’t Want Your Privacy, Disney and the Meat Space Data Race. https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2014\/01\/18\/you-dont-want-your-privacy-disney-and-the-meat-space-data-race\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Commodified Spouse – <\/i><\/span>http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/01\/28\/quantified-spouse-movement_n_2567459.html<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
- Dada data and the internet of paternalistic things. Link here.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Bruce Sterling, “The Epic Struggle of the Internet of Things”\u00a0–\u00a0Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n
- \n
- McCarthy, Lauren. (2014). You, Me and My Computer<\/a>\u00a0(Online Eyeo talk).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Turkle, Sherry. (2012). Alone together: Why we expect more from technology and less from each other. Basic books. Introduction (page 13-30 in this dodgy copy).<\/a><\/li>\n
- 21 sharable technologies that will decentralize the world – http:\/\/www.shareable.net\/blog\/21-technologies-that-will-decentralize-the-world<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
- Oliver, J., Savi\u010di\u0107, G., & Vasiliev, D. (2011). The Critical Engineering Manifesto. Online: http:\/\/criticalengineering.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n
- Visit Steve on Instagram<\/a>, 2014<\/li>\n
- boyd, danah, 2011. “Participating in the Always-On Lifestyle.” The Social Media Reader (ed. Michael Mandiberg), pp. 71-76. Online here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Benjamin Walker’s Dislike Club Podcast – Episode 1 –\u00a0http:\/\/toe.prx.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Clay Shirky, 2008. Here comes everybody. Chapter 1.<\/a><\/li>\n