Shirin Kouladjie | Days of My Life : 2001.07.01 |
01 | 01.20Introduction, Logistics, Overview
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Shirin Kouladjie | Days of My Life : 2001.07.01 |
01 | 01.20Introduction, Logistics, Overview
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In the process of this inquiry, a number of questions about collage will be raised. Among them...
• How do the genres of avant-garde poetry, experimental music and interactive writing relate to the collage aesthetic within the visual arts?
• Can flash animation, digital art and other forms of emitted light qualify under the traditional rubric of collage, or are they more properly considered in a separate aesthetic category?
• What is the significance of the mass media's use of the collage aesthetic via new media applications in its presentation of advertising, entertainment and news content?
• Does the collage aesthetic betray a particular political ideology? How does the use of new media applications inform this dynamic?
• Will improved access to cultural and material resources dilute or enhance the aesthetic and political impact of collage as an art form?
• What might recent intersections between the collage aesthetic and new media applications suggest about broader questions of technology, urbanization and globalization?
• What does the collage aesthetic (esp. in the age of new media applications) have to say about authenticity, influence, and originality?
01 | 01.20 | Introduction, Logistics, Overview02 | 01.27 | Paper Collage v. Digital Collage 03 | 02.03 | New Media Applications 04 | 02.10 | Internet as Collage 05 | 02.17 | Hypertext Literature 07 | 03.02 | Mass Media and New Media
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08 | 03.16 | New Media Festivals10 | 03.30 | Plunderphonics 12 | 04.13 | Film, Television, Video 13 | 04.20 | Conceptual Art and Installation Art 14 | 04.27 | Reflection, Synthesis, Evaluation
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Current enrollment figures suggest that there will be a number of spots available for those in other majors and other schools. Anyone interested in enrolling in the course should come to the first class meeting on Tuesday with a course action form in hand.
If you've already e-mailed me, I've placed your name on a waiting list, I've noted your interest in the course, and I will be eager to learn more of that interest on Tuesday.
If you have not yet e-mailed me, but would like to, feel free to (knowing that at this stage in the semester I can't promise individual responses) but don't feel obliged to: you too will have an opportunity to express your interest in the course on Tuesday.
At the first class meeting, I'll give a short talk about my vision for the course and answer any questions you might have about logistics. We'll see how many remain firmly enrolled at that point, and I'll determine a method for choosing among those others still interested in what spots remain.
I intend to make initial decisions about enrollment at the first class meeting, but I also plan to maintain a waiting list beyond that point for any who would be willing to alter their schedule should additional spots open.
Finally, please note the room change: we will not be meeting in Cabell 319, as originally scheduled. Instead, we will meet in Clemons 407, which is just to your left as you enter the library from the Alderman side.
Again, thanks for your e-mails and your interest in the course. I'm looking forward to meeting with you on Tuesday.
—Jim
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ASSIGNMENTS AND REQUIREMENTS...
No prior knowledge of web design (HTML, XML, et al.) is expected, but you will be encouraged to improve your abilities in this regard over the course of the semester. Those beginners looking to improve their handle on basic web design may benefit from consulting Elizabeth Castro's HTML for the World Wide Web, Fifth Edition with XHTML and CSS: Visual Quickstart Guide (Berkeley: Peachpit Press, 2002).
10%: In-Class Participation
30%: Web Presence
Class E-Mails, Site Maintenance, Weblog. Feel free to emphasize these three elements according to your abilities and interests. Be sure to maintain a record of your web presence and your reflections on each week's activities in your weblog. This work will be ongoing, and feedback will occur regularly. A final record of your web presence will be due at semester's end.
30%: Hypertext Responses
Create at least one and as many as five hypertext responses. For the semester, plan to create a minimum of 1500 words, 15 links and 3 images. Prepare your webpage in draft form on discussion days for feedback from the entire class (regarding coding, content, design, etc.). Continue to update them as you see fit throughout the semester, seeking out additional feedback as needed. Final versions of all hypertext responses will be due at semester's end.
30%: Final Project Of your own devising, so long as it functions as an application and/or inquiry of the themes covered in the course. Final projects will be due at semester's end.
Because of the open nature of these policies, students are encouraged to schedule a mid-term review at mid-semester.
Unless controverted by the will of the class, there will be no quizzes and no final examination in this course.
— Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, Letter of August 19, 1785
The policies on this logistics page, however, will not change beyond our second class meeting, on 01.27 (in advance of the drop deadline, on 01.28). Therefore, it's crucial for everyone to evaluate the policies on this page and to perform any necessary edits before 01.27. We will then review these policies together in class on 01.27 to make sure that we're all, so to speak, on the same page.
Staying on the same page will remain crucial from week to week, as any weekly page (with the exception of this one) might be altered at any point between any class meeting. Therefore, once the grading policy is set, assignments under those rubrics will be suggested, rather than required. As with all aspects of our collective web presence, the establishment of suggested assignments should be a group effort.
If, for reasons of university policy, a specific detail should prove non-negotiable at any point, such an impasse will be discussed during a class meeting. To reduce confusion, it may be worthwhile to establish an agreement whereby all updates are indicated by date, time, and the initials of the author. Or, we might prefer to include only the date and the initials of the author, or only the date and time of the update. A caveat: refresh and update regularly when working on the CTI account, as multiple people might be at work at any given time!
In addition to the CTI account, which establishes our collective web presence, use your home directory or another server of your preference to establish an individual web presence for this course (to include your weblog, your hypertext responses, and so on). Be sure to create a space on the course homepage that states your name and links to your individual web presence.
Finally, for archival purposes, a copy of each course page in the CTI account will be saved as of the first course meeting, and copies of any given weekly page will be saved as of the Tuesday prior to and on the day of that particular class meeting.
