Dr. Dean Taciuch
George Mason University

Fall 2008


 

English 302:H17
Course Schedule

Week 1 (Aug 25): Class Intro
CD selections
Film clips and slides

Week 2 (Sept 1): Labor Day--No classes

Week 3 (Sept 8): Appropriation . . .
Letham (4); O'Reilly "Piracy is Progessive Taxation"

Week 4 (Sept 15):  . . .  and the Law
Keller (13)

Week 5 (Sept 22): Sound / Space / Art
Scanner (12); Iyer (26)
Essay 1 (Personal Use and ReUse) due

Week 6 (Sept 29): Sound / Space / Art
Corman (35); Cornell boxes at WebMuseum
Cornell's Rose Hobart (from DailyMotion)
Decasia
Stan Brakhage: Mothlight (stills) & Garden of Earthly Delights
RadioHead: House of Cards video and data (Google Code)

Week 7 (Oct 6): Technology
Sterling (6); Jordan/Miller (9)
Dead Media Project notes

Week 8 (Oct 14): (Monday classes meet Oct 14; Tuesday classes do not meet)
Research Methodology
Bush "As We May Think"
Summary Assignment due

Week 9 (Oct 20): Technology
Jordan (24); Domnitch (28)

Week 10 (Oct 27): Evaluation, Documentation & Synthesis
Essay 2 (Dead Media) due

Week 11 (Nov 3)Pop Culture
Hebdige (7); Lanza (16)
Research Proposal due

Week 12 (Nov 10):Pop Culture
Winner (18): McCormick (23)
Annotated Bibliography due

Week 13 (Nov 17)Pop Culture
Chuck D (30); Lanier (36)
All revisions due by Nov 17

Week 14 (Nov 24):Global Culture
Davis (5): Mohaiemen(29)
Peer Review

Week 15 (Dec 1): The Future
Research paper due



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