Comments on: History 82 Fall 2014 Syllabus

By: Molly Steenson

Molly Steenson — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 23:10:43 +0000

We’ll have to compare notes, Timothy. I’m working on a book about the history of interactivity through an architecture-design-cybernetics-AI lens and teaching some similar stuff. Drop me an email and let me know where I can send you my syllabus.

By: alan

alan — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:53:24 +0000

Looks pretty good. There is probably something better than this on digital culture outside the U.S., but I have used

“The Otaku’s Pseudo-Japan” from Azuma, Hiroki. Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals. Translated by Jonathan E. Abel and Shion Kono. Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2009.

with some luck. I am sure there is stuff that would fit your class better, however.

By: Timothy Burke

Timothy Burke — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 23:09:34 +0000

Great suggestion. Thanks!

By: SamChevre

SamChevre — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:56:30 +0000

For the "Is digital culture really digital", I'd suggest Ted Chiang's short story "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling." It was a Hugo nominee, so I read it-I thought it was a better essay than story.