Category: theory
For readings
The novel is dead this time it’s for real | Books | The Guardian
The novel is dead this time it's for real | Books | The Guardian. This course, what it’s about, why, and what is really happening around us. By an author.... Read More
Tactics & Strategies
There’s nothing quite like going above and beyond the scope of what’s required. With that in mind, I’m recommending that you read chapter 3.2 of Michel de Certeau’s The Pract... Read More
All Readings for the Course
Here are ALL of the readings for the course. Keep in mind that the “x readings” denotes the class by which the readings should be completed. For example, the week 1.2 readings should b... Read More
Readings for Monday (Week 3.1)
Here are the readings for Monday providing you with a strong grounding in hypertext from renown theorist George Landow as well as following on from our discussions this week with Jay Bolter’s W... Read More
The week that was
Off to a flying start this week with a focus on practical skills in the workshop and more on the theoretical side in our first symposium. The symposium was a little bit explanatory rather than analy... Read More
Readings for Wednesday (Week 2.2)
This week there are two key readings by Vannevar Bush and Ted Nelson, both of which in some way speculate on technological futures by extrapolating the affordances of current technologies. ‘Li... Read More
Readings for Monday (Week 2.1)
The readings for the coming class are all about design fiction. Everything you create is designed to participate in a potential future, so logically it stands that being able to anticipate potential... Read More
Paul Revere, Social Graph, Speculative Writing
The readings about networks and graphs. Facebook has what it calls a social graph, which is the data it maps about all our connections. I can’t do the mathematics behind it, but it is potentiall... Read More