About the Schedule

All readings are to be completed before class. The schedule and due dates are subject to change. There may be times when a particular reading is not discussed as fully as others. This is okay; the fact that you have read it will contribute to developing a thorough understanding of the ideas presented in the course and will benefit the work you complete. Please read the texts in the order listed.

January

Week 1: 1/23 — Introductions and Context
Assignment for the first class meeting
Introductions, syllabus, the course blog, K. Kelly, Turchi, Yancy, WorldMapper, Bloom Like an Artist by Ida Eva Margrethe Neverdahl (jellyvampire)
New to blogging and tweeting: read Rettberg, Johnson, and Silver
Hand out Blogging and Tweeting Assignments

Week 2: 1/30 — More Context and Mapping
Primary: Reynolds, “Maps”; Propen, “Visual” “Critical GPS”; Palmeri, “The First Time”; Wood, Everything Sings (whole book); on the Learning Record
Supplemental: Propen, “Critical GPS” “Visual”; Reynolds, “Streetwork”; Wolff
Hand out Creating an Atlas Assignment

February

Week 3: 2/6 — Mapping and Semiotics
Wood (both); Propen, “Visual”; Hall, Intro, Chapters 1 – 3; I Live Here (“Ciudad Juarez” and “Milawi”)

Week 4: 2/13 — Comics and Semiotics  CANCELED FOR SNOWSTORM
Hall, rest of book; McCloud, Understanding Comics; McCloud on TED; from I Live Here: “Ingushetia” and “Burma”
Mapping draft due by class-time
Learning Record Parts A1 and A2, 4 Observations due

Week 5: 2/20 — Comics and Semiotics
Hall, rest of book; McCloud, Understanding Comics; McCloud on TED; from I Live Here: “Ingushetia” and “Burma”
Ferguson; Gaylor; Lessig; Vaidhyanathan; Faden; Creative Commons video
Final Maps due on Issuu
Hand out optional (Neil Gaiman) Assignment

Week 6: 2/27 — Mashup, Remix
Ferguson; Gaylor; Lessig; Vaidhyanathan; Faden; Creative Commons video by Dylan
Edwards and Tyron, Tryon (both), Palmeri “Palin”; McIntosh
“Imagine This,” “100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers,” “The Golden Age of Video” by Ricardo Autobahn; “Shining,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” “Brokeback to the Future,” “Mrs Doubtfire,” Looks like the next two have been removed: Communism,” “Ain’t We Got Fun?”  [notes for class, no need to watch now (Brokeback Mountain Trailer); Marriage is a Partnership; About Fallout ]
Introduction to movie editing software
Final Maps due on Issuu
Hand out Mashup Assignment

March

Week 7: 3/6 — Mashup, Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use
Lessig; Vaidhyanathan; Faden; Creative Commons video by Dylan
Mashup Proposals Due
Hand out Midterm Learning Record assignment

Week 8: 3/13 — Class Canceled for Conferences
Mapping out Mashups, working on mashups
Mashup Storyboards Due

Sunday, 3/16: midterm Learning Records due via Dropbox

Week 9: Spring Break March 17 – 21

Week 10: 3/27 — Mashup
Mashup RD 1 due by start of class

April

Week 11: 4/3 — Class Canceled for Conferences
Mashup RD 2 due online 1 day before conference

Sunday, 4/6: Mashup Final draft and reflections due online by 11:00pm

Week 12: 4/10 — Photo Essay
Palmeri “Zooming”; Trachtenberg, Introduction; Part 1: All; Part 2: Baudelaire, Robinson
Hand out Photo Essay Assignment

Week 13: 4/17 — Photo Essay
Selections from Trachtenberg: Hine, Stieglitz, Strand, Weston, Barthes; Other photography theory essays: Benjamin, Burgin, Sontag, Kuhn, Kelly; photo essays (see the Readings page)
Hand out Photo Essay Assignment
Monday, 4/21: Photo essay proposal due by 11:00pm

Week 14: 4/24— Photo Essay
Lister, Manovich, Ritchin; Morris: Preface, Chapters 1 – 3; course evals
Discuss Final Learning Record
Photo Essay in-class photo assessment workshop

May (updated 4/10/14)

Week 15: 5/1— Photo Essay
Last day of class; class party; Morris: rest of book
Photo Essay in-class photo assessment workshop

Week 16: Finals Week
Tuesday, 5/6: Photo Essay final draft due by 11:00pm
Friday, 5/9 Saturday, 5/10: Learning Record Final Due by 11:00pm