gone gallery
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Saturday, April 05, 2008
visual and critical studies graduate symposium at cca
today at the california college of the arts, seven graduate students in visual and critical studies presented their master's theses as part of this year's graduate symposium. the work was excellent and original, the presentations were engaging, and a good day was seemingly had by all.
the presentations were divided into three panels:
reconstructing objects, which included erik scollon's "craft in the expanded field," maya kimura's "the schoolgirl body in pieces: sex as violence in makoto aida's harakiri schoolgirls," and analisa violich goodin's "an imagined absence: images of loss and the performance of representation";
visualizing work and play, which included rae quigley's "the stinking rose: a food festival at play in the production of social order" and victoria gannon's "day laborer landscapes: seeing informal hiring sites; and
charting the digital domain, which included guinevere harrison's "neogeography: mapping our place in the world" and lee pembleton's "the work of art in the age of digital reproduction."
i served as moderator of the last panel and thoroughly enjoyed guinevere's exploration of online maps and the way they can foster individual and collective expression and action and lee's reworking of walter benjamin's germinal essay by way of louis althusser's concept of the hail. during my comments, i noted how both presentations represent exciting new directions in digital media studies in that they a) move from text to visual culture; b) pay attention to cultural and economic contexts; c) transcend silly and ultimately unhelpful utopian vs dystopian debates; and d) approach the web as not merely a platform for consumption but rather for consumption and contribution - the participatory web. it was a thrill to be a part of this panel.
overall, i really enjoyed the day at CCA and am excited about what they are doing. i was particularly impressed with the graduate students and their ability and willingness to cross disciplinary boundaries, fuse methodological approaches, and assume roles and voices that are at once deeply critical, deeply creative, and deeply engaged.
the presentations were divided into three panels:
reconstructing objects, which included erik scollon's "craft in the expanded field," maya kimura's "the schoolgirl body in pieces: sex as violence in makoto aida's harakiri schoolgirls," and analisa violich goodin's "an imagined absence: images of loss and the performance of representation";
visualizing work and play, which included rae quigley's "the stinking rose: a food festival at play in the production of social order" and victoria gannon's "day laborer landscapes: seeing informal hiring sites; and
charting the digital domain, which included guinevere harrison's "neogeography: mapping our place in the world" and lee pembleton's "the work of art in the age of digital reproduction."
i served as moderator of the last panel and thoroughly enjoyed guinevere's exploration of online maps and the way they can foster individual and collective expression and action and lee's reworking of walter benjamin's germinal essay by way of louis althusser's concept of the hail. during my comments, i noted how both presentations represent exciting new directions in digital media studies in that they a) move from text to visual culture; b) pay attention to cultural and economic contexts; c) transcend silly and ultimately unhelpful utopian vs dystopian debates; and d) approach the web as not merely a platform for consumption but rather for consumption and contribution - the participatory web. it was a thrill to be a part of this panel.
overall, i really enjoyed the day at CCA and am excited about what they are doing. i was particularly impressed with the graduate students and their ability and willingness to cross disciplinary boundaries, fuse methodological approaches, and assume roles and voices that are at once deeply critical, deeply creative, and deeply engaged.
Monday, March 31, 2008
new reviews in cyberculture studies (april 2008)
each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies (RCCS) publishes a set of book reviews and author responses.
books of the month for april 2008 include:
Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture
Author: Lisa Gitelman
Publisher: MIT Press, 2006
Review 1: J. Patrick Biddix
Review 2: David Heineman
Review 3: Michelle Rodino-Colocino
Author Response: Lisa Gitelman
Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide
Author: Henry Jenkins
Publisher: NYU Press, 2006
Review 1: Susan Keith
Review 2: Anne Kustritz
Review 3: Darby Orcutt
Review 4: J. Richard Stevens
Author Response: Henry Jenkins
Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder
Author: David Weinberger
Publisher: Times Books, 2007
Review 1: Lucinda Austin
Review 2: Geoffrey B. Cain
Review 3: Erika Pearson
Author Response: David Weinberger
Online Matchmaking
Editors: Monica T. Whitty, Andrea J. Baker, James A. Inman
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan, 2007
Review 1: Trudy Barber
Author Response: Andrea J. Baker
enjoy. there's more where that came from.
books of the month for april 2008 include:
Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture
Author: Lisa Gitelman
Publisher: MIT Press, 2006
Review 1: J. Patrick Biddix
Review 2: David Heineman
Review 3: Michelle Rodino-Colocino
Author Response: Lisa Gitelman
Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide
Author: Henry Jenkins
Publisher: NYU Press, 2006
Review 1: Susan Keith
Review 2: Anne Kustritz
Review 3: Darby Orcutt
Review 4: J. Richard Stevens
Author Response: Henry Jenkins
Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder
Author: David Weinberger
Publisher: Times Books, 2007
Review 1: Lucinda Austin
Review 2: Geoffrey B. Cain
Review 3: Erika Pearson
Author Response: David Weinberger
Online Matchmaking
Editors: Monica T. Whitty, Andrea J. Baker, James A. Inman
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan, 2007
Review 1: Trudy Barber
Author Response: Andrea J. Baker
enjoy. there's more where that came from.
davies forum speaker series: kevin epps
the davies forum on digital literacy continues its speaker series this thursday evening with kevin epps. first the facts:
who? kevin epps, writer, activist and award-winning filmmaker
what? a semester-long speaker series devoted to literacy in a digital age
where? maier room, fromm hall, university of san francisco
when? thursday, april 3 at 6:30 pm
price? free and open to the public
kevin epps is a writer, activist, and award-winning filmmaker. his debut film, straight outta hunters point (2002), about a predominately african-american community in san francisco, has garnered local and national acclaim. epps is also the filmmaker behind rap dreams, released in 2006. in addition to being a passionate community activist who speaks out about social, economic, and environmental issues confronting underserved communities, epps is a member of san francisco's digital media advisory council, made up of leading digital, new media, and technology innovators, organizations, and companies, and also a board member of the SF black film festival. epps is currently working on the black rock which chronicles the experiences of african-american prisoners at alcatraz.
for his davies forum presentation, kevin will screen some of his work, talk about straight outta hunters point and rap dreams, discuss independent and new media, and foster dialogue with students and other attendees.
to see what we've been up to so far, see www.flickr.com/photos/tags/daviesforum/ (photos) and www.usfca.edu/its/cit/video/davies_forum.html (videos).
see you there.
update: i am experimenting with embedding videos from the talks.
who? kevin epps, writer, activist and award-winning filmmaker
what? a semester-long speaker series devoted to literacy in a digital age
where? maier room, fromm hall, university of san francisco
when? thursday, april 3 at 6:30 pm
price? free and open to the public
kevin epps is a writer, activist, and award-winning filmmaker. his debut film, straight outta hunters point (2002), about a predominately african-american community in san francisco, has garnered local and national acclaim. epps is also the filmmaker behind rap dreams, released in 2006. in addition to being a passionate community activist who speaks out about social, economic, and environmental issues confronting underserved communities, epps is a member of san francisco's digital media advisory council, made up of leading digital, new media, and technology innovators, organizations, and companies, and also a board member of the SF black film festival. epps is currently working on the black rock which chronicles the experiences of african-american prisoners at alcatraz.
for his davies forum presentation, kevin will screen some of his work, talk about straight outta hunters point and rap dreams, discuss independent and new media, and foster dialogue with students and other attendees.
to see what we've been up to so far, see www.flickr.com/photos/tags/daviesforum/ (photos) and www.usfca.edu/its/cit/video/davies_forum.html (videos).
see you there.
update: i am experimenting with embedding videos from the talks.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
gone
(since yesterday, i've been searching for images of felipe sixto, former special assistant to president bush. i've tried google images, google video, google news: nothing. i've searched flickr. i've tried youtube. i've tried wikipedia. i've searched the blogosphere using technorati and google blog search. no images of felipe sixto. so for now, this will have to do.)
gone gallery
gone gallery
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
are you a media studies student at USF?
hey, are you a media studies student at USF? if yes, please visit andrew goodwin's blog where he explains how YOU can participate in our departmental review this thursday. please contribute your ideas and insights.
Monday, March 24, 2008
davies forum speaker series: kelly quinn
the davies forum on digital literacy continues its speaker series this thursday evening with kelly quinn. first the facts:
who? kelly quinn, assistant professor, american studies, miami university
what? a semester-long speaker series devoted to literacy in a digital age
where? maier room, fromm hall, university of san francisco
when? thursday, march 27, at 6:30 pm
price? free and open to the public
as with the rest of the davies forum speakers series, this event is free and open to the public. in preparation for the talk, you are welcome and encouraged to read the following:
Jane Jacobs' "The Uses of Sidewalks: Assimilating Children"; "The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety"; and "The Uses of Sidewalks: Contact" from Death and Life of Great American Cities (Random House, 1961).
kelly's talk will proceed from a few basic points:
the importance of the sidewalk;
the importance of slowness;
the importance of social intercourse - face to face social intercourse;
the importance of hand-crafted, DIY goods.
to see what we've been up to so far, see www.flickr.com/photos/tags/daviesforum/ (photos) and www.usfca.edu/its/cit/video/davies_forum.html (videos).
see you there.
who? kelly quinn, assistant professor, american studies, miami university
what? a semester-long speaker series devoted to literacy in a digital age
where? maier room, fromm hall, university of san francisco
when? thursday, march 27, at 6:30 pm
price? free and open to the public
as with the rest of the davies forum speakers series, this event is free and open to the public. in preparation for the talk, you are welcome and encouraged to read the following:
Jane Jacobs' "The Uses of Sidewalks: Assimilating Children"; "The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety"; and "The Uses of Sidewalks: Contact" from Death and Life of Great American Cities (Random House, 1961).
kelly's talk will proceed from a few basic points:
the importance of the sidewalk;
the importance of slowness;
the importance of social intercourse - face to face social intercourse;
the importance of hand-crafted, DIY goods.
to see what we've been up to so far, see www.flickr.com/photos/tags/daviesforum/ (photos) and www.usfca.edu/its/cit/video/davies_forum.html (videos).
see you there.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
a talk for librarians at stanford university
today i hopped in the car and drove down to palo alto to present some ideas to librarians in green library at stanford. the talk was organized by stanford librarian shinjoung yeo and the information center.
i seldom give talks about classes that are still in progress but that's what most of my presentation today covered. first, i talked about what my students are doing this semester in digital journalism. next, i talked about what my students are doing in digital literacy. my main idea, i think, was to say that instead of librarians and educators thinking about teaching with technology, we should be thinking about learning with technology. put another way, instead of professors and librarians building sites for students to visit and obey, we should encourage our students to build their own sites - sites where they follow their curiosity, create content, converse, and collaborate (the five c's). i closed my talk by gushing about gleeson gleanings.
i began by discussing my digital journalism students and their tech skills: they blog, they flickr, they comment, they tag. they, like other young people, create lots and lots of content, some of it really good. i presented our growing campus map and clicked through some of the pins. i spent considerable time on one pin, the pin over USF's organic garden.
this year at USF, the garden project - 11 students, 2 profs - has planted an organic farm on campus. last week, i sent out my digital journalism students to cover the garden. today, with the librarians, i focused on one post, miles' USF Organic Garden Project post, which includes excellent writing, photography, and video, but also includes an inaccuracy. i then noted to the librarians how a garden project student, valeria, commented on miles' blog and corrected the mistake. so: a digital journalism student explores and documents the work of garden project students, and then a garden project student reads over and makes more accurate the work of a digital journalism student. very cool: students teaching students. i call that campus crowdsourcing.
i then changed gears and talked about the students and happenings in my digital literacy course. i explained, i think, the davies forum and the uniqueness of the enrolled students. i also explained that the course includes multiple field trips and some stellar guest speakers including ivan chew.
i used this photograph to share with the librarians a long, complex, and wonderful story about ivan's visit with the davies forum and one day i'll try to blog about it in detail. but i also used this photograph to explain how my davies forum students are not only creating content. they are organizing content. they are curating content.
to illustrate what i meant by student-generated content and curation, i showed lulu's Librarians of the Future photo set:
and flickr's public daviesforum tag:
at this point, time was running short and things got blurry, but i seem to recall saying that i ask my students to log off - to go to a lecture, to attend a concert, to walk around and photograph a garden, to make a delicious meal, to physically drag your body away from the computer or cell phone and experience something deeply in first life - and then to blog about it. i said to the librarians that i expect all my students, my digital journalism students and my digital literacy students, to log off before they blog off.
i ended with four reasons why gleeson gleanings is so cool:
* it's a group blog, collaboratively written by librarians and library staff;
* section/topic bloggers seem to be developing organically;
* blog posts are diverse in terms of length/depth (this is huge in the long run);
* and the best: USF students actually comment on it!
books on shelves vs databases online, authorial credibility vs the wisdom of the crowds, closed journals vs open access, taxonomies vs folksonomies - seems to me that librarians and academics have a lot of concerns and opportunities in common. the more we work together, especially when it comes to curriculum, the smarter and more creative our students become.
thanks green library!
i seldom give talks about classes that are still in progress but that's what most of my presentation today covered. first, i talked about what my students are doing this semester in digital journalism. next, i talked about what my students are doing in digital literacy. my main idea, i think, was to say that instead of librarians and educators thinking about teaching with technology, we should be thinking about learning with technology. put another way, instead of professors and librarians building sites for students to visit and obey, we should encourage our students to build their own sites - sites where they follow their curiosity, create content, converse, and collaborate (the five c's). i closed my talk by gushing about gleeson gleanings.
i began by discussing my digital journalism students and their tech skills: they blog, they flickr, they comment, they tag. they, like other young people, create lots and lots of content, some of it really good. i presented our growing campus map and clicked through some of the pins. i spent considerable time on one pin, the pin over USF's organic garden.
this year at USF, the garden project - 11 students, 2 profs - has planted an organic farm on campus. last week, i sent out my digital journalism students to cover the garden. today, with the librarians, i focused on one post, miles' USF Organic Garden Project post, which includes excellent writing, photography, and video, but also includes an inaccuracy. i then noted to the librarians how a garden project student, valeria, commented on miles' blog and corrected the mistake. so: a digital journalism student explores and documents the work of garden project students, and then a garden project student reads over and makes more accurate the work of a digital journalism student. very cool: students teaching students. i call that campus crowdsourcing.
i then changed gears and talked about the students and happenings in my digital literacy course. i explained, i think, the davies forum and the uniqueness of the enrolled students. i also explained that the course includes multiple field trips and some stellar guest speakers including ivan chew.
i used this photograph to share with the librarians a long, complex, and wonderful story about ivan's visit with the davies forum and one day i'll try to blog about it in detail. but i also used this photograph to explain how my davies forum students are not only creating content. they are organizing content. they are curating content.
to illustrate what i meant by student-generated content and curation, i showed lulu's Librarians of the Future photo set:
and flickr's public daviesforum tag:
at this point, time was running short and things got blurry, but i seem to recall saying that i ask my students to log off - to go to a lecture, to attend a concert, to walk around and photograph a garden, to make a delicious meal, to physically drag your body away from the computer or cell phone and experience something deeply in first life - and then to blog about it. i said to the librarians that i expect all my students, my digital journalism students and my digital literacy students, to log off before they blog off.
i ended with four reasons why gleeson gleanings is so cool:
* it's a group blog, collaboratively written by librarians and library staff;
* section/topic bloggers seem to be developing organically;
* blog posts are diverse in terms of length/depth (this is huge in the long run);
* and the best: USF students actually comment on it!
books on shelves vs databases online, authorial credibility vs the wisdom of the crowds, closed journals vs open access, taxonomies vs folksonomies - seems to me that librarians and academics have a lot of concerns and opportunities in common. the more we work together, especially when it comes to curriculum, the smarter and more creative our students become.
thanks green library!
Friday, March 14, 2008
two instructor positions in film studies at the university of san francisco
there are two instructor positions in film studies (housed within the department of media studies) for fall 2008 at the university of san francisco. if you're qualified, please consider applying. if you know someone who's qualified, please consider passing this along.
[1] Instructor for Experimental Cinema Production
The University of San Francisco's Media Studies Department is currently seeking an instructor to teach Experimental Cinema starting fall 2008. This is a production oriented upper division course that is meant to introduce students to 16mm. filmmaking and experimental techniques related to both film and video production and the fusion of the two. The Experimental Cinema Production course is one of several electives students pursuing a film minor at USF can take. This course is the only 16mm. film course offered in the department. The class is limited to 12 students.
Qualified candidates need to have teaching experience in the area of experimental filmmaking and 16 mm film production, demonstrating proficiency with Bolex cameras, flatbed editing, and hand processing film. M.F.A. preferred, however, candidates with years of filmmaking experience plus teaching experience will also be considered.
Please send letter of interest, resume and example of experimental film syllabus by April 10 to:
Lydia Fedulow
Media Studies
2130 Fulton Street
SF, CA 94117
[2] Instructor for LGBT Cinema
USF's Media Studies Department is currently seeking an instructor to teach LGBT Cinema starting fall 2008. This course traces Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender film from the pre-Motion Picture Code era to the "New Queer Cinema" of the 1990s and beyond. This course is an elective course for Media Studies majors, Sociology Majors, Film Studies minors, and Gender and Sexuality Studies minors. It is limited to 40 students.
Qualified candidates need to have teaching experience in the area of LGBT Cinema. An M.F.A. or Ph.D. is preferred, however candidates with years of professional experience in the field, plus teaching experience will also be considered.
Please send letter of interest, resume and example of LGBT Cinema syllabus by April 10 to:
Lydia Fedulow
Media Studies
2130 Fulton Street
SF, CA 94117
If you have any questions please contact Lydia Fedulow. USF's Film Studies minor is directed by Melinda Stone.
[1] Instructor for Experimental Cinema Production
The University of San Francisco's Media Studies Department is currently seeking an instructor to teach Experimental Cinema starting fall 2008. This is a production oriented upper division course that is meant to introduce students to 16mm. filmmaking and experimental techniques related to both film and video production and the fusion of the two. The Experimental Cinema Production course is one of several electives students pursuing a film minor at USF can take. This course is the only 16mm. film course offered in the department. The class is limited to 12 students.
Qualified candidates need to have teaching experience in the area of experimental filmmaking and 16 mm film production, demonstrating proficiency with Bolex cameras, flatbed editing, and hand processing film. M.F.A. preferred, however, candidates with years of filmmaking experience plus teaching experience will also be considered.
Please send letter of interest, resume and example of experimental film syllabus by April 10 to:
Lydia Fedulow
Media Studies
2130 Fulton Street
SF, CA 94117
[2] Instructor for LGBT Cinema
USF's Media Studies Department is currently seeking an instructor to teach LGBT Cinema starting fall 2008. This course traces Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender film from the pre-Motion Picture Code era to the "New Queer Cinema" of the 1990s and beyond. This course is an elective course for Media Studies majors, Sociology Majors, Film Studies minors, and Gender and Sexuality Studies minors. It is limited to 40 students.
Qualified candidates need to have teaching experience in the area of LGBT Cinema. An M.F.A. or Ph.D. is preferred, however candidates with years of professional experience in the field, plus teaching experience will also be considered.
Please send letter of interest, resume and example of LGBT Cinema syllabus by April 10 to:
Lydia Fedulow
Media Studies
2130 Fulton Street
SF, CA 94117
If you have any questions please contact Lydia Fedulow. USF's Film Studies minor is directed by Melinda Stone.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
davies forum speaker series: fred stutzman
the davies forum on digital literacy continues its speaker series this thursday evening with fred stutzman. first the facts:
who? fred stutzman, Ph.D. student at the university of north carolina's school of information and library science and co-founder and developer of claimID
what? a semester-long speaker series devoted to literacy in a digital age
where? maier hall, fromm hall, university of san francisco
when? thursday, march 13, at 6:30 pm
price? free and open to the public
drawing on three years of research and analysis, fred will explore the critical issues surrounding social network use - what we do in online social networks, how and why we join them, and what value we get from participating. in addition, fred will look at attitudes towards privacy and disclosure, and explore what social networks of the future might look like. with luck, he'll also talk a bit about claimID.
as with the rest of the davies forum speakers series, this event is free and open to the public. in preparation for the talk, you are welcome and encouraged to read the following:
danah boyd, "why youth (heart) social network sites: the role of networked publics in teenage social life"; louise story, "the evolution of facebook’s beacon"; and fred stutzman, "social network transitions" and "situational relevance in social networking websites."
to see what we've been up to so far, see www.flickr.com/photos/tags/daviesforum/ (photos) and www.usfca.edu/its/cit/video/davies_forum.html (videos).
see you there.
who? fred stutzman, Ph.D. student at the university of north carolina's school of information and library science and co-founder and developer of claimID
what? a semester-long speaker series devoted to literacy in a digital age
where? maier hall, fromm hall, university of san francisco
when? thursday, march 13, at 6:30 pm
price? free and open to the public
drawing on three years of research and analysis, fred will explore the critical issues surrounding social network use - what we do in online social networks, how and why we join them, and what value we get from participating. in addition, fred will look at attitudes towards privacy and disclosure, and explore what social networks of the future might look like. with luck, he'll also talk a bit about claimID.
as with the rest of the davies forum speakers series, this event is free and open to the public. in preparation for the talk, you are welcome and encouraged to read the following:
danah boyd, "why youth (heart) social network sites: the role of networked publics in teenage social life"; louise story, "the evolution of facebook’s beacon"; and fred stutzman, "social network transitions" and "situational relevance in social networking websites."
to see what we've been up to so far, see www.flickr.com/photos/tags/daviesforum/ (photos) and www.usfca.edu/its/cit/video/davies_forum.html (videos).
see you there.
Thursday, March 06, 2008
digital journalism begins to heat up
for the first few weeks, my digital journalism students and i read about and discussed online journalism and the various ethical issues and technical opportunities that surround it.
during the next few weeks, my students - including austin, brigid, emilia, jacob, laura, and miles - began blogging and flickring, recording various events and spaces across the USF campus.
today we began to map our progress.
if you click on the map above, you will be taken to the "real" map (hosted on laura's blog), where each pin can be clicked to find a blog post, flickr set, or other assorted material related to the geographic section of campus.
we're just beginning but already it's offered some excellent learning opportunities.
* by linking to our individual work through the collective blog, students can easily read each others' blog posts and look at each others' flickr sets and hopefully learn from one another. learning happens in many ways but my favorite is when students learn from students.
* it's nothing new for journalism students to think of campus as their "beat" but google maps' visualization of campus, where every building, every field of grass, every tree can be zoomed in and zoomed out, gives students a whole new perspective of the campus they think they know so well.
* the mapping software we are using, atlas, makes collaboration - between students, between classes - extremely easy. what's preventing the students enrolled in my class from working with other USF journalism classes taught by teresa moore and michael robertson?
* this project is totally scalable. today, near the end of class, the students and i were admiring our creation. then i clicked on the toolbar on the left side and began zooming out - first USF, then haight ashbury, then golden gate park, then san francisco, then the bay area. i let that sink in for a bit and then said something like "once we finish USF, let's make our beat golden gate park. and after that, let's make it the city."
i have high hopes for digital journalism in general and my digital journalism students in particular.
during the next few weeks, my students - including austin, brigid, emilia, jacob, laura, and miles - began blogging and flickring, recording various events and spaces across the USF campus.
today we began to map our progress.
if you click on the map above, you will be taken to the "real" map (hosted on laura's blog), where each pin can be clicked to find a blog post, flickr set, or other assorted material related to the geographic section of campus.
we're just beginning but already it's offered some excellent learning opportunities.
* by linking to our individual work through the collective blog, students can easily read each others' blog posts and look at each others' flickr sets and hopefully learn from one another. learning happens in many ways but my favorite is when students learn from students.
* it's nothing new for journalism students to think of campus as their "beat" but google maps' visualization of campus, where every building, every field of grass, every tree can be zoomed in and zoomed out, gives students a whole new perspective of the campus they think they know so well.
* the mapping software we are using, atlas, makes collaboration - between students, between classes - extremely easy. what's preventing the students enrolled in my class from working with other USF journalism classes taught by teresa moore and michael robertson?
* this project is totally scalable. today, near the end of class, the students and i were admiring our creation. then i clicked on the toolbar on the left side and began zooming out - first USF, then haight ashbury, then golden gate park, then san francisco, then the bay area. i let that sink in for a bit and then said something like "once we finish USF, let's make our beat golden gate park. and after that, let's make it the city."
i have high hopes for digital journalism in general and my digital journalism students in particular.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
critical perspectives on web 2.0
my short essay, "history, hype, and hope: an afterward," has been published in this month's issue of first monday. yeah!
the origins of this collaboration was a panel called "critical perspectives on web 2.0: surveillance, discipline, labor," organized by michael zimmer for the association of internet researchers conference in vancouver, canada in october 2007. our panel was well received and well attended ...
... so we decided to approach first monday about a special issue. they agreed; we worked hard to prepare our papers for publication; and yesterday, on the first monday of the month, first monday published our efforts:
Special issue: Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0
edited by Michael Zimmer
thanks to michael for organizing us, to my fellow contributors for making the special issue special, and to first monday for doing what they've been doing for over ten years.
the origins of this collaboration was a panel called "critical perspectives on web 2.0: surveillance, discipline, labor," organized by michael zimmer for the association of internet researchers conference in vancouver, canada in october 2007. our panel was well received and well attended ...
... so we decided to approach first monday about a special issue. they agreed; we worked hard to prepare our papers for publication; and yesterday, on the first monday of the month, first monday published our efforts:
Special issue: Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0
edited by Michael Zimmer
Preface: Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0
by Michael Zimmer
Market Ideology and the Myths of Web 2.0
by Trebor Scholz
Web 2.0: An argument against convergence
by Matthew Allen
Interactivity is Evil! A critical investigation of Web 2.0
by Kylie Jarrett
Loser Generated Content: From Participation to Exploitation
by Søren Mørk Petersen
The Externalities of Search 2.0: The Emerging Privacy Threats when the Drive for the Perfect Search Engine meets Web 2.0
by Michael Zimmer
Online Social Networking as Participatory Surveillance
by Anders Albrechtslund
History, Hype, and Hope: An Afterward
by David Silver
thanks to michael for organizing us, to my fellow contributors for making the special issue special, and to first monday for doing what they've been doing for over ten years.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
party in palo alto!
yesterday was my sister cara's birthday and as a present mom offered to stay with w and d while cara and steve spent a weekend in napa valley chillaxing.
so today, with parents out of town, we partied in palo alto! mom, in from santa cruz, provided the mac and cheese, sarah and i drove down from the city, and sister nancy, jeff, a, and b traveled the few blocks from their own home. good times were had.
on the way back home, sarah said that mom said that my sister lisa said that p, one of two new nephews in new york city, said his first word: "cat." apparently he said it twice.
the little ones are growing so beautifully and so quickly.
so today, with parents out of town, we partied in palo alto! mom, in from santa cruz, provided the mac and cheese, sarah and i drove down from the city, and sister nancy, jeff, a, and b traveled the few blocks from their own home. good times were had.
on the way back home, sarah said that mom said that my sister lisa said that p, one of two new nephews in new york city, said his first word: "cat." apparently he said it twice.
the little ones are growing so beautifully and so quickly.
Friday, February 29, 2008
bryan alexander and homemade chili
a digital literacy first: davies scholar blake cooked a homemade meal for all people attending bryan alexander's talk. homemade chili, pita chips, baguettes, and a fruit platter = very delicious. with a single meal, blake raised the bar on davies forum refreshments.
davies scholars amber and lulu:
davies scholars lis, steven, and sara:
davies scholar kelly was out of town.
bryan alexander!
for more pics of the davies forum, see www.flickr.com/photos/tags/daviesforum/
davies scholars amber and lulu:
davies scholars lis, steven, and sara:
davies scholar kelly was out of town.
bryan alexander!
for more pics of the davies forum, see www.flickr.com/photos/tags/daviesforum/
new reviews in cyberculture studies (march 2008)
each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies (RCCS) publishes a set of book reviews and author responses. books of the month for march 2008 include:
Cybersounds: Essays on Virtual Music Culture
Editor: Michael D. Ayers
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2006
Review 1: Lori Landay
Review 2: Shintaro Miyazaki
Review 3: Marc W.D. Tyrrell
Editor Response: Michael D. Ayers
Cyberspace Romance: The Psychology of Online Relationships
Authors: Monica Whitty, Adrian Carr
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
Review 1: Rhiannon Bury
Review 2: Michele Hammers
Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays
Editors: Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse
Publisher: McFarland & Co., 2006
Review 1: Lan Xuan Le
Author Response: Karen Hellekson & Kristina Busse
The Virtual Window: From Alberti to Microsoft
Author: Anne Friedberg
Publisher: MIT Press, 2006
Review 1: Christy Dena
Author Response: Anne Friedberg
enjoy. there's more where that came from.
Cybersounds: Essays on Virtual Music Culture
Editor: Michael D. Ayers
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2006
Review 1: Lori Landay
Review 2: Shintaro Miyazaki
Review 3: Marc W.D. Tyrrell
Editor Response: Michael D. Ayers
Cyberspace Romance: The Psychology of Online Relationships
Authors: Monica Whitty, Adrian Carr
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
Review 1: Rhiannon Bury
Review 2: Michele Hammers
Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays
Editors: Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse
Publisher: McFarland & Co., 2006
Review 1: Lan Xuan Le
Author Response: Karen Hellekson & Kristina Busse
The Virtual Window: From Alberti to Microsoft
Author: Anne Friedberg
Publisher: MIT Press, 2006
Review 1: Christy Dena
Author Response: Anne Friedberg
enjoy. there's more where that came from.
Monday, February 25, 2008
davies forum speaker series: bryan alexander
the davies forum on digital literacy continues its speaker series this thursday evening with bryan alexander. first the facts:
who? bryan alexander, director of research, NITLE
what? a semester-long speaker series devoted to literacy in a digital age
where? maier hall, fromm hall, university of san francisco
when? thursday, february 28, at 6:30 pm
price? free and open to the public
bryan will discuss the implications of web 2.0 for the academy, along with the emergent field of web 2.0 storytelling.
as with the rest of the davies forum speakers series, this event is free and open to the public. in preparation for the talk, you are welcome and encouraged to read the following:
Christy Dena, "Online Augmentation to Emerging Participatory Culture Practices: Player-Created Tiers in Alternate Reality Games," Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies (Feb 2008); Steve Himmer, "The Labyrinth Unbound: Weblogs as Literature," in Into the Blogosphere: Rhetoric, Community, and Culture of Weblogs, eds. Laura J. Gurak, Smiljana Antonijevic, Laurie Johnson, Clancy Ratliff, and Jessica Reyman (June 2004); Clay Shirky, "Ontology is Overrated: Categories, Links, and Tags" (spring 2005); and Sean Stacey (aka SpaceBass), "Undefining ARG," posted article to Unfiction (November 10th, 2006)
see you there.
who? bryan alexander, director of research, NITLE
what? a semester-long speaker series devoted to literacy in a digital age
where? maier hall, fromm hall, university of san francisco
when? thursday, february 28, at 6:30 pm
price? free and open to the public
bryan will discuss the implications of web 2.0 for the academy, along with the emergent field of web 2.0 storytelling.
as with the rest of the davies forum speakers series, this event is free and open to the public. in preparation for the talk, you are welcome and encouraged to read the following:
Christy Dena, "Online Augmentation to Emerging Participatory Culture Practices: Player-Created Tiers in Alternate Reality Games," Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies (Feb 2008); Steve Himmer, "The Labyrinth Unbound: Weblogs as Literature," in Into the Blogosphere: Rhetoric, Community, and Culture of Weblogs, eds. Laura J. Gurak, Smiljana Antonijevic, Laurie Johnson, Clancy Ratliff, and Jessica Reyman (June 2004); Clay Shirky, "Ontology is Overrated: Categories, Links, and Tags" (spring 2005); and Sean Stacey (aka SpaceBass), "Undefining ARG," posted article to Unfiction (November 10th, 2006)
see you there.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
davies forum speaker series: brewster kahle
the davies forum on digital literacy continues its speaker series this thursday evening with brewster kahle. first the facts:
who? brewster kahle, founder and digital librarian, internet archive
what? a semester-long speaker series devoted to literacy in a digital age
where? 113 cowell (note room change for this week only!), university of san francisco
when? thursday, february 21, at 6:30 pm
price? free and open to the public
(brewster is the guy on the right!)
as with the rest of the davies forum speakers series, this event is free and open to the public. in preparation for the talk, you are welcome and encouraged to read the following:
Andrew Richard Albanese, "Scan This Book: An Interview with Open Content Alliance's Brewster Kahle,” Library Journal (August 2007); Kevin Kelly, "Scan this Book!" New York Times Magazine (May 14, 2006); Siva Vaidhyanathan, portions of The Googlization of Everything
hope to see you there.
who? brewster kahle, founder and digital librarian, internet archive
what? a semester-long speaker series devoted to literacy in a digital age
where? 113 cowell (note room change for this week only!), university of san francisco
when? thursday, february 21, at 6:30 pm
price? free and open to the public
(brewster is the guy on the right!)
as with the rest of the davies forum speakers series, this event is free and open to the public. in preparation for the talk, you are welcome and encouraged to read the following:
Andrew Richard Albanese, "Scan This Book: An Interview with Open Content Alliance's Brewster Kahle,” Library Journal (August 2007); Kevin Kelly, "Scan this Book!" New York Times Magazine (May 14, 2006); Siva Vaidhyanathan, portions of The Googlization of Everything
hope to see you there.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
the first drops of wellness
i've been sick for six days.
six days.
i've been able to make strategic appearances - ivan chew's awesome talk in our davies forum on digital literacy, dinner near clement with ivan, si wei, and sarah, a faculty meeting, a meeting with the deans - but other than that i've been at home, inside, for six days.
throughout the span, nene's been camping out near the door to our deck, giving me this look that says, "what's your problem?!? it's blue and beautiful outside, let's get going!"
and she gets confused when she hears my response: ack! cough! weeze!
the worst part of the sickness was that i had to cancel one class of digital journalism - the class when students were going to present their blogs in class. arg. the second worst part of the sickness was that i missed out exploring the city with ivan, si wei, and sarah.
but: the best part of the sickness is that today, for the first time in six days, i feel the first drops of wellness.
six days.
i've been able to make strategic appearances - ivan chew's awesome talk in our davies forum on digital literacy, dinner near clement with ivan, si wei, and sarah, a faculty meeting, a meeting with the deans - but other than that i've been at home, inside, for six days.
throughout the span, nene's been camping out near the door to our deck, giving me this look that says, "what's your problem?!? it's blue and beautiful outside, let's get going!"
and she gets confused when she hears my response: ack! cough! weeze!
the worst part of the sickness was that i had to cancel one class of digital journalism - the class when students were going to present their blogs in class. arg. the second worst part of the sickness was that i missed out exploring the city with ivan, si wei, and sarah.
but: the best part of the sickness is that today, for the first time in six days, i feel the first drops of wellness.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
new blog on campus - gleeson gleanings
there's a new blog on campus and it's called gleeson gleanings.
collectively written by various USF librarians, including debbie benrubi, jessica lu, debbie malone, and kelci baughman mcdowell, gleeson gleanings is off to an excellent start and promises to present "news and factual nourishment from the library’s collections and services."
the blog's scope appears to be as diverse as its authors' interests. it includes announcementy entries on topics like library hours, scheduled power outages, and job openings ("Part-Time Library Assistant IV for Digital Projects"). it includes resource information on projects like the AJCU digital repository. And it includes instructions for students on checking out DVDs and videos and instructions for faculty on ordering new journal subscriptions.
gleeson gleanings also gives us a lot of reasons to go - physically - to the library. after all, in gleeson library's thacher art gallery there's between the lines, featuring paintings, prints, photography, sculpture, installation works, and architectural and graphic design from USF faculty. there's the USF book club, which meets this coming tuesday on the second floor to discuss gabriel garcÃa márquez's masterpiece love in the time of cholera. and on the third floor, in the donohue rare book room, there's books (?) by poets (!), an exhibit of books made by the students in jaime robles’ MFA workshop. gleeson gleanings reminds us that the heart of campus is the library.
welcome to the blogosphere gleeson library!
collectively written by various USF librarians, including debbie benrubi, jessica lu, debbie malone, and kelci baughman mcdowell, gleeson gleanings is off to an excellent start and promises to present "news and factual nourishment from the library’s collections and services."
the blog's scope appears to be as diverse as its authors' interests. it includes announcementy entries on topics like library hours, scheduled power outages, and job openings ("Part-Time Library Assistant IV for Digital Projects"). it includes resource information on projects like the AJCU digital repository. And it includes instructions for students on checking out DVDs and videos and instructions for faculty on ordering new journal subscriptions.
gleeson gleanings also gives us a lot of reasons to go - physically - to the library. after all, in gleeson library's thacher art gallery there's between the lines, featuring paintings, prints, photography, sculpture, installation works, and architectural and graphic design from USF faculty. there's the USF book club, which meets this coming tuesday on the second floor to discuss gabriel garcÃa márquez's masterpiece love in the time of cholera. and on the third floor, in the donohue rare book room, there's books (?) by poets (!), an exhibit of books made by the students in jaime robles’ MFA workshop. gleeson gleanings reminds us that the heart of campus is the library.
welcome to the blogosphere gleeson library!
Monday, February 11, 2008
davies forum speaker series: ivan chew
the davies forum on digital literacy continues its speaker series this thursday evening with ivan chew. first the facts:
who? ivan chew, adult & young people's services librarian, national library board, singapore
what? a semester-long speaker series devoted to literacy in a digital age
where? maier room, fromm hall, university of san francisco
when? thursday, february 14, at 6:30 pm
price? free and open to the public
Ivan Chew is a trained librarian and received his MSc (Information Studies) from Nanyang Technology University. In his years working for the National Library Board (Singapore), he has been a Public Services librarian at a community library, a Web Project Manager for a website targeting at students, a manager of a shopping mall library, and a regional library manager. He currently heads the Adult & Young People's Services (Public Libraries), working with a team of librarians in delivering services to schools and organizations island-wide.
When he's off work, Ivan draws, paints, blogs, runs a mailing list for librarians, and works on original songs for a collaborative online music album.
(to get an idea of what ivan will be talking about, please visit his blog post about the event. also, if there is a topic you wish ivan to address, please add a comment to his blog post.)
as with the rest of the davies forum speakers series, this event is free and open to the public. in preparation for the talk, you are welcome and encouraged to read the following:
Times of My Life, "My Old Katong Final Pt.- Other Lost Landmarks"; Lam Chun See, "What Prompted Me To Start This Blog"; Ivan Chew, "My father, Basketball, and the late President Chiang Kai-shek"; and Taking Up The Challenge, "Talk On Blogging For Seniors."
hope to see you there.
who? ivan chew, adult & young people's services librarian, national library board, singapore
what? a semester-long speaker series devoted to literacy in a digital age
where? maier room, fromm hall, university of san francisco
when? thursday, february 14, at 6:30 pm
price? free and open to the public
Ivan Chew is a trained librarian and received his MSc (Information Studies) from Nanyang Technology University. In his years working for the National Library Board (Singapore), he has been a Public Services librarian at a community library, a Web Project Manager for a website targeting at students, a manager of a shopping mall library, and a regional library manager. He currently heads the Adult & Young People's Services (Public Libraries), working with a team of librarians in delivering services to schools and organizations island-wide.
When he's off work, Ivan draws, paints, blogs, runs a mailing list for librarians, and works on original songs for a collaborative online music album.
(to get an idea of what ivan will be talking about, please visit his blog post about the event. also, if there is a topic you wish ivan to address, please add a comment to his blog post.)
as with the rest of the davies forum speakers series, this event is free and open to the public. in preparation for the talk, you are welcome and encouraged to read the following:
Times of My Life, "My Old Katong Final Pt.- Other Lost Landmarks"; Lam Chun See, "What Prompted Me To Start This Blog"; Ivan Chew, "My father, Basketball, and the late President Chiang Kai-shek"; and Taking Up The Challenge, "Talk On Blogging For Seniors."
hope to see you there.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Monday, February 04, 2008
davies forum speaker series: mary madden
part of this spring's davies forum on digital literacy is an exciting speaker series on thursday evenings. the talks begin at 6:30 pm and take place on the university of san francisco campus. all events are free and open to the public.
our first speaker will be mary madden this coming thursday. please join us!
who? mary madden, senior research specialist, pew internet and american life project
what? a semester-long speaker series devoted to literacy in a digital age
where? maier room, fromm hall, university of san francisco
when? thursday, february 7, at 6:30 pm.
price? free
Mary Madden is Senior Research Specialist at the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Her research areas include music and the internet, intellectual property issues online, teens and communication technology, college students and the internet, online communities, and demographic trends in online pursuits. She is the lead author of many Pew reports, including "Digital Footprints: Online identity management and search in the age of transparency" and "Artists, Musicians and the Internet," a report that examines artists' experiences with the internet and their attitudes towards copyright issues online. Mary holds an M.A. in Communication, Culture and Technology from Georgetown University and a B.A. in English from The University of Florida. Her interest in the digital music debate is fueled by her graduate research and her prior experiences working in music promotion and concert production.
for more information, see our facebook event page. hope to see you there.
our first speaker will be mary madden this coming thursday. please join us!
who? mary madden, senior research specialist, pew internet and american life project
what? a semester-long speaker series devoted to literacy in a digital age
where? maier room, fromm hall, university of san francisco
when? thursday, february 7, at 6:30 pm.
price? free
Mary Madden is Senior Research Specialist at the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Her research areas include music and the internet, intellectual property issues online, teens and communication technology, college students and the internet, online communities, and demographic trends in online pursuits. She is the lead author of many Pew reports, including "Digital Footprints: Online identity management and search in the age of transparency" and "Artists, Musicians and the Internet," a report that examines artists' experiences with the internet and their attitudes towards copyright issues online. Mary holds an M.A. in Communication, Culture and Technology from Georgetown University and a B.A. in English from The University of Florida. Her interest in the digital music debate is fueled by her graduate research and her prior experiences working in music promotion and concert production.
for more information, see our facebook event page. hope to see you there.
Friday, February 01, 2008
a new classroom on campus
three days ago, the organic garden on USF's campus looked like this:
today, it looks like this:
and like this:
a new classroom is growing on campus.
today, it looks like this:
and like this:
a new classroom is growing on campus.
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