this is digital media and english studies autumn quarter 2006.

ENGLISH + 569

(schedules)
Weeks 1-4
Weeks 7-10

 

20 September 2006

Introduction to English 569

How did I get here?

Close reading exercise

*Read: Dunn, Patricia. "Challenging Theories of Knowing." (.pdf download) > > >

*Search: "hell house" > > >

*Read, listen, view: NPR, "Hell House" > > >

*Read, listen, view: Official Hell House site > > >

*Listen: This American Life, "Devil on my Shoulder," 5/24 Episode 213 > > >

26 September 2006

More on English 569: Dunn and Selfe

Discussion: Read, listen, view

Introduction to screening films > > >

Class screening: Hell House (90 mins)

*Prepare: Flesh out and organize notes on Hell House

*Observe: Location, location, location--sites for media capture around Denney Hall

28 September 2006

Discussion: Read, listen, view--Hell House

Production: Capturing

*Listen: "Pulling Back the Curtain" >  >  >

*Read and listen: "1,000 Postcards" @ Transom.org > > >

*Read and listen: "Street Dogs" @ Transom.org > > >

*Read: "Audacity" @ Transom.org > > >

*Download: Audacity and LAME mp3 encoder > > >

3 October 2006

Introduction: Documentary analysis paper

Introduction: Small digital documentary exercise

Production: Audacity, iMovie, Photoshop

5 October 2006

Introduction: Documentary analysis paper > > >

Introduction: Small digital documentary exercise > > >

Production: Audacity, iMovie, Photoshop

Read and listen: Creative Commons > > >

Read: "Fair Use" (.pdf) > > >

10 October 2006

Thinking about audio

12 October 2006

Introduction: Digital Documentary Project > > >

Examples of projects

Documentary modes of representation > > >

Repetition Compulsion

17 and 19 October 2006

Studio work

24 October 2006

Discussion: Small digital documentary exercise

Viewing: Past projects

Viewing: Compulsion Repetition

The Day My Mother's Head Exploded > > >