1-31-2012+Agenda

// January 31st //

q Clifford, James, "On Collecting Art and Culture," in __Out There__, pp. 141- 169. Let's talk about Art, Ethnography, Thick Description, and Narrative. ..

Arr you a Pirate? // —discussion // // other discussion board topics? //

Dutch ISPs Refuse To Block The Pirate Bay

Adaptations, intertextuality, and digital appropriation: Does anyone want to talk about their favourite parts from: q Wallace, Michelle, "Modernism, Postmodernism and the Problem of the Visual in Afro-American Culture," in __Out There__, pp. 39-50. q West, Cornel, "The New Cultural Politics of Difference, in __Out There__, pp. 19-38. q Bhabha, Homi, "The Other Question: Difference, Discrimination and the Discourse of Colonialism," in __Out There__, pp. 71-88.

Superbowl Time! Anyone seen the pre-ads? Volkswagon & Honda --discuss DECODING

Hungry Beast - Product DISplacementDuration: 3:34 - What if the best way of selling a brand was without the brand at all?

Jack Valenti (President of the MPAA ret.) once told a congressional panel in 1982, "I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the women home alone." the MPAA ended up making home videos a major part of their revenue.

Folksonomy: Does everyone have a delicious account? Please set one up. What is social bookmarking? See this Common Craft video.

Twitter: Does everyone have a twitter account? Please set one up. If required by law Twitter will censor tweets What is twitter? See this Common Craft video.

Can we get into groups to 'imagine' how social bookmarking and microblogging could be used for a small digital project?

Facebook Timeline. . . Are we ready to discuss Facebook? People still seem to want to talk about it. But I think some prep is necessary. ..

Do we all understand Net Neutrality?

Hungry Beast - Net NeutralityDuration: 4:54 - Marc Fennell walks us through probably one of the most important issues of our time...

Hungry Beast - Killing the NetDuration: 4:31 - Who is trying to kill the net, who is trying to keep it free!