Links and Info from Class 11/7/13

Below are the links for our course site, and some of the tools and resources discussed in class on 11/7/13.

Wikipedia:

Class wikipedia page. Please enroll (password: Atwood).

The Year of the Flood Wikipedia page, for review and thoughts about what edits we might make as a group.

Resources:

Voicethread

Prezi

Easel.ly

Soundcloud

TimelineJS

Bamboo Dirt (for other suggestions)

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun: Habitual New Media

For those of you who missed Wendy Chun’s talk at Barnard, here is the full video. It’s worth watching. Her presentation style is very engaging and the topic is relevant to our course. Please note that in Professor Chun’s email, she specifically said, “if your students do review [the video], it would be wonderful to get their feedback.”

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun: Habitual New Media from BCRW Videos on Vimeo.

Blurb about the talk from Barnard Center for Research on Women: “New media technologies provoke both anxiety and hope: anxiety over surveillance and hope for empowerment. Wendy Hui Kyong Chun reveals that these two reactions complement rather than oppose each other by emphasizing how exposure is necessary in order for networks to work. Addressing the key ways that gender plays—and has historically played—into negotiating media exposure, she examines how “habits of privacy” persist and are fostered, often to our detriment. Wendy Hui Kyong Chun is professor and chair of modern culture and media at Brown University. She is author of Control and Freedom: Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiber Optics and Programmed Visions: Software and Memory.”
This lecture was recorded on October 10, 2013 at Barnard College in New York City.

Short Paper #1

As you know, your first short paper is due on Oct 17. Papers are due from all students enrolled for credit.

Your paper should:

• Have a clear thesis statement.
• Draw on textual evidence from at least two of our readings.
• Be about 500-750 words.

A few more tips:

• Your paper may be a personal reflective paper or a more traditional essay, depending on which genre suits your topic and your comfort level.
• You are invited to use one of your blog posts as a launchpad, but if you have a different idea you are hankering to explore, that is also acceptable
• If you are feeling stuck, are not sure what to do, or want to do some brainstorming, please email me or talk to me on gchat.  It’s best to ask for this sort of help at least 72 hours before the assignment is due.

Turn your paper in by 6pm on October 17 using the electronic submission form on this site.

Haraway and Halberstam

Both of the readings for this week are available online. You can find Haraway here and Halberstam here on JSTOR. You have access to JSTOR articles through your home campus library holdings. If for some reason you have trouble with that, you should also be able to access if through a free account that will let you read three articles. Leave a comment if you have any trouble.