Schedule & Reading List
| MODULE 1: PREMISE |
| Week 1: Old and New |
| Set Reading/s:
– Natale, Simone. (2016). ‘There are no old media.’ Journal of Communication, 66, 585-603. – Sterling, Bruce. (1995). ‘The life and death of media.’ Presentation at the 1995 International Symposium on Electronic Art, Montreal. |
| Week 2: Things and Us |
| Set Reading/s:
– Parikka, Jussi. (2012). ‘Hard(ware) theory,’ in What is Media Archaeology? Oxford: Wiley, 64-70. – Peters, John Durham. (2011). ‘Why we use pencils and other thoughts on the archive (An afterword),’ in Robertson, Craig (Ed.)., Media History and the Archive. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis, pp. 108-120. |
| MODULE 2: PRACTICE |
| Week 3: Celluloid Dreams |
| Set Reading/s:
– O’Hagan, Sean (2016, July 3). ‘The digital age reshapes our notion of photography. Not everyone is happy…’ The Observer. – Wilson, Shaun (2011). ‘Remixing memory through home movies.’ Image & Narrative, 12(2). – Bevan, Alex. (2012). ‘Nostalgia for pre-digital media in Mad Men.’ Television & New Media, 14(6), 546-559. |
| Week 4: Something in the Air |
| Set Reading/s:
– Yochim, Emily Chivers, & Biddinger, Megan. ‘“It kind of gives you that vintage feel”: Vinyl records and the trope of death.’ Media, Culture & Society, 30(2). – McKenzie, Ben, Ashton, David, Elliott, Petra, Richards, John, & Zachariah, Lee. “Moving House“, Night Terrace. [00:00-10:40] – BBC (2011, July 8). “Paris“, Cabin Pressure. [written by John Finnemore, produced by David Tyler; first 10ish mins]. – BBC (1978, March 8). “Episode 1“, The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, written by Douglas Adams with John Lloyd. – Gimlet Media (2016, November 16). “Mandatory”, Homecoming. [first 10ish mins] |
| Week 5: Words on the Page |
| Set Reading/s:
– Butterick, Matthew. (2016). Why Typography Matters (read through each of the five sections: ‘What is Typography’, ‘Who Is Typography For’ etc). In Butterick’s Practical Typography. – Balvenie US (2015). ‘Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain – Episode Five: Arion Press.’ YouTube. |
| Week 6: Tag / Stream / Code / Feed |
| Set Reading/s:
– Menkman, Rosa. (2011). ‘Glitch studies manifesto,’ in Video Vortex Reader 2: Moving Images Beyond YouTube. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, p. 336-347. – McCandless, David. (2012). ‘The beauty of data visualisation.’ TED-Ed. |
| MODULE 3: PRINCIPLE |
| Week 7: Boredom & Deep Work |
| Set Reading/s:
– Bell, Genevieve. (2011, June 11). ‘The value of boredom’, TEDx Talks. [YouTube video] – Newport, Cal. (2016). ‘Chapter three: Deep work is meaningful,’ In Deep Work. New York: Grand Central Publishing, p. 72-92. |
| Week 8: NO READINGS |
| Week 9: Slow Media, Crafts, Innovation |
| Set Reading/s:
– Frayling, Christopher. (2012). ‘The Professor of Digging,’ in On craftsmanship. London: Oberon Books, p. 76-83. – Kohler, Benedikt, David, Sabria, & Blumtritt, Jorg. (2011). The slow media manifesto. |