| Week 1 | Tuesday September 1 | Introduction to the
course What is Cybertheory?
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Read for the 8th: EXCERPTS FROM JULES VERNE "LIBRARY OF BABEL" BY BORGES |
| Week 2 | Tuesday September 8 | VISIONS OF THE
FUTURE Group 1 present readings |
Read for the 15th: READER -Intro to STORMING THE REALITY STUDIO, MCCAFFERY -THE GIRL WHO WAS PLUGGED IN," JAMES TIPTREE (CYBERSEX, ED. RG JONES,1996) --ESCAPE VELOCITY, INTRO AND CH. 1, TURN ON, BOOT UP, JACK IN |
| Week 3 | Tuesday September 15 | BRAINS AND BODIES Assignment: Exercise One
Group 2 present readings |
Read for the 22nd:
-WILLIAM GIBSON, IDORU HAND OUT, -ARTICLE, LARA CROFT |
| Week 4 | Tuesday September 22 | FUTURE BODIES, BEYOND
CYBORGS?
Group 3 present readings DUE Exercise One, Group Project: (Present)
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Read for the 29th: READER, -"EXTENDED BODY: INTERVIEW WITH STELLARC" BY ATZORI & WOOLFORD, IN DIGITAL DELIRIUM, ED ARTHUR AND MARILOUISE KROKER (1996) -ESCAPE VELOCITY, CH 4 "RITUAL MECHANICS" |
| Week 5 | Tuesday September 29 | CYBERNETIC
BODY ART (class ENDS at 6pm)
Group 4 present readings |
Read
for the 6th: READER -EXCERPT, HOLY FIRE, BY B STERLING (1996) pgs 52 – 74, 124-164 -ESCAPE VELOCITY, CH 6 CYBORGING THE BODY POLITIC (LONG!)
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| Week 6 | Tuesday October 6 | REPLACING THE BODY;
AGE & TIME
Group 5 present readings
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Read for the 13th: -ESCAPE VELOCITY CH 5 ROBOCOPULATION |
| Week 7 | Tuesday October 13 | CYBERSEX DUE Exercise TWO, Group Project: GRAD present |
Read for the 20th: READER -SANDY STONE
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| Week 8 | Tuesday October 20 | IDENTITY GRAD present readings/WORK
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Read for the 27th: READER -FASCINATION, MASCULINITY, AND CYBERSPACE BY ROB MILTHORP (IMMERSED IN TECHNOLOGY, ED MARY ANNE MOSER1996) -EXERPT, THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE BY W GIBSON/B STERLING
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| Week 9 | Tuesday October 27 | SOCIAL IMPACT OF
TECHNOLOGY GRAD present readings Assignment: Exercise THREE, Group Project: QUIZ TWO |
Read for the 3rd: READER, -GUTENBERG MYTH |
| Week 10 | Tuesday November 3 | SOCIAL IMPACT OF
TECHNOLOGY
Group 1 present readings DUE Exercise THREE, Group Project
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Read for the 10th: READER -"TRANSMITTING ARCHITECTURE" BY MARCOS NOVAK IN DIGITAL DELIRIUM, ed ARTHUR AND MARILOUISE KROKER (1996) |
| Week 11 | Tuesday November 10 | SPACE
MIDTERM MANIFESTATIONS DUE Group 2 present readings |
Read for the 17th: READER -MARTIAN CHRONICLES EXERPT BY RAY BRADBURY -"BLOODCHILD," BY OCTAVIA BUTLER -"VIRTUAL SKIN: ARTICULATING RACE IN CYBERSPACE" CAMERON BAILEY (IMMERSED IN TECHNOLOGY, ED M A MOSER1996)
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| Week 12 | Tuesday November 17 | RACE AND VISIONS OF
THE FUTURE Group 3 present readings |
Read for the 24th: READER; -POSTMODERN CURRENTS, CH 5, "ART IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL SIMULATION" LOVEJOY
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| Week 13 | Tuesday November 24 | ART AND TECHNOLOGY Group 4 present readings |
Read for the 24th: READER -POSTMODERN CURRENTS, CH 6, "TRANSAESTHETICS" LOVEJOY
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| Week 14 | Tuesday December 1 | ART AND TECHNOLOGY Group 5 present readings |
NO READING |
| Week 15 | Tuesday December 8 | FINAL CLASS Final Projects DUE Viewing & Festivities |
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| Week 16 | Tuesday Dec 15 – 20 | Finals week | Finals week |