FYSE1305A-F10
Dead Technologies
Dead Technologies
The magic lantern, zoetrope, passenger pigeon, typewriter, and Brownie camera live with us today in different forms. These technologies may be dead, but they are not buried. What can we learn about the tools of the present and possibilities for the future by studying the innovations of the past? In this seminar, we will approach research as a creative process and mine historic technologies, works, and documents in preparation for our writing. We will comb through ephemera, visit an archive and a typewriter museum, learn modern tools for video editing and image manipulation, build our own microphones, and develop a magic lantern performance.
The magic lantern, zoetrope, passenger pigeon, typewriter, and Brownie camera live with us today in different forms. These technologies may be dead, but they are not buried. What can we learn about the tools of the present and possibilities for the future by studying the innovations of the past? In this seminar, we will approach research as a creative process and mine historic technologies, works, and documents in preparation for our writing. We will comb through ephemera, visit an archive and a typewriter museum, learn modern tools for video editing and image manipulation, build our own microphones, and develop a magic lantern performance.
- Term:
- Fall 2010
- Location:
- Axinn Center 001(AXN 001)
- Schedule:
- 1:30pm-2:45pm on Thursday at AXN 001 (Sep 6, 2010 to Dec 3, 2010)
1:30pm-4:15pm on Tuesday at AXN 001 (Sep 6, 2010 to Dec 3, 2010) - Type:
- Seminar
- Instructors:
- Hope Tucker
- Subject:
- First Year Seminar
- Department:
- First-Year Seminar Program
- Division:
- Interdisciplinary
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- ART CW
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 92750
- Subject Code:
- FYSE
- Course Number:
- 1305
- Section Identifier:
- A