Discussion

There will be a number of readings for this course. Each reading will be prepared by one pair of students, who will read in depth and present and lead a discussion around the ideas in it. The goal is not to just give a report, but to engage the class in an interesting and provocative discussion. Things to include in your planning / presentation include:

• Summary of main ideas.
• Links, images, or video of projects / products / things referenced in the reading.
• Other relevant things you've read, heard, or seen.
• Personal experiences.
• Questions for the class related to the reading.
• Questions for the class that relate all three of the readings together.

On the days you are not presenting, you do not need to read all of each reading, but you need to read/scan enough to be able to participate in the class discussion.

Sign up for the reading(s) you'd like to present on by putting your name next to it in the syllabus.

Part 1: Protocol and control

• Tania Bucher, [Objects of Intense Feeling: The Case of the Twitter API] (http://computationalculture.net/article/objects-of-intense-feeling-the-case-of-the-twitter-api) (Ainsley O'Connell)
• Alexander Galloway, Protocol - Introduction pg3-27 (Pierre Depaz)
• The Anxieties of Big Data, Kate Crawford (Sehwan, Brigitte Jellinek)

Part 2: Response and freedom

• Critical Art Ensemble, Electronic Civil Disobedience (Nicholas Hagans)
• Manifestos (Pat Shiu, Jeremy White)
  • UBERMORGEN.COM
  • Critical Engineering, Julian Oliver, Gordan Savičić, Danja Vasiliev
  • A Hacker Manifesto, McKenzie Wark
• The ABC of Tactical Media, David Garcia, Geert Lovink and The Exploit: A Theory of Networks, Alexander Galloway(Amelia Winger-Bearskin)

Part 3: Networks

• Impersonating the Machine, James Bridle (AV, Crystal Brusch)
• The Cult of Sharing, Mike Bulajewski - also check out "below the API" (Kaz Sakamoto, Caroline Chiu)
• The Epic Struggle for the Internet of Things, Bruce Sterling (Jingwen Zhu,Rubin Huang)