James' DIGC-120 Mind Map

Unit Projects

Serendipity

Critical Reflection

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Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 4

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 1

Unit 4

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 1

Unit 4

Brainstorming

Research

Structure

Prototyping

Structure

Brainstorming

Prototyping

Research

Structure

Brainstorming

Research

Prototyping

Structure

Brainstorming

Research

Prototyping

Kipple and Bits

Random Ideas

Creative Inspiration

Sticky Quotes

Kipple and Bits

Random Ideas

Creative Inspiration

Sticky Quotes

Kipple and Bits

Random Ideas

Creative Inspiration

Sticky Quotes

Kipple and Bits

Random Ideas

Creative Inspiration

Sticky Quotes

Concepts and Takeaways

Platforms/Tools

Critical Connections

Noteworthy Discussions

Concepts/Takeaways

Platforms/Tools

Critical Connections

Noteworthy Discussions

Concepts/Takeaways

Platforms/Tools

Critical Connections

Noteworthy Discussions

Critical Connections

Concepts/Takeaways

Platforms/Tools

Noteworthy Discussions

Word

Tech 101

Digital Articles/Online Zines for design/structure ideas

If we are constantly being pushed media (Pandora) based on our existing preferences, we may never discover new preferences. If I’m consuming every album that reminds Pandora, Apple Music, or Spotify of “Donda”, I may never hear Beethoven’s Fifth.

Digital Articles/Online Zines for design/structure ideas

Critical response essay with embedded images/video

iBook Author templates

Is google making us stupid?

iBooks author

digital zine/e book?

digital propaganda pamphlet

It is somnambulism (rather than determinism) that characterizes technological politics.
-Rheingold, quoting Langdon Winner (1).

Old media have little choice but to play by the new-media rules. (Carr, pg.8).

“If we…fill them up with content, we will sacrifice something important not only in ourselves, but in our culture.” (Carr, pg. 14)

web created stock-characters

persuasion architecture = mirror

memes about contemporary stupidity

A Modest Proposal by J. Swift

Word, iBooks Author, Coggle,

Aphorisms for memes.

Intro/Overview

Anecdotes

Context

Conclusion

Solo or scripted non-fiction

What is positive obsession?

How I got into photography

Introduce my positive obsession

How it changed the way I interact with the world

Agoraphobia

Voyeurism

Barriers

storytelling through juxtaposition

Photography and my creative practice

Careful how we wield them

PO's can be our most developed tools

understand historical abuses of these tools within the digital universe

What is obsession?

octavia butler

random house dictionary

photography

coping

intellectual tech informs thought

music? Instrumental, trance/prog

soundbites?

crowd noises

city traffic

shutter click?

zapsplat.com

Call to action/ signoff

Audio component

Digital zine?

Ego

Greed and Instagram

self expression vs showcasing wealth

Guiding question

narrative support

conclusion

parting queries/ encourage interaction

quotes

charts/data

thesis

multimedia web page?

other digital presentation formats?

Sources TBD

Fractal emergent strategy

"want to hear freedom ring, but we want to tune out the sirens of oppression as well."

civic engagement and species-wide change.

"Upwards to the prophetic dream or downwards to the nightmare"


"what we practice at the small scale sets the patterns for the whole system."

• If you could change one thing about humanity...

Book of Martha

podcast component

Part One: Limits to Growth

Part Two: Solutions

Design Thinking

Ideate

Prototype

Define

Test

Empathize

In designing a rhetorical digital piece for Unit 3, I started by considering my audience: How do people usually get information these days? What creative methodology would best facilitate the transfer of information to my audience?

In engaging in species-level problem-solving, I tried to consider my own experiences/strengths that might yield meaningful insight.
I was able to leverage prior research on overpopulation and limits to growth from an old rabbit-hole. I used this as a jumping-off point for creative thought and problem-solving.

I developed my idea for eliminating follower metrics on social media accounts by observing a widely accepted practice in individual digital discourse and questioning its prudence on a species level.

By observing a species-level problem, I was able to develop potential solutions at the individual level--based on the assumption that our collective problems indeed manifest (as fractals) in the individual.

Sadly, I've only been able to test my pedagogy on myself: I have no means for gauging it's efficacy in others or for the collective at large. One of the dangers of species-level social engineering is that iterative processes can lead to absolute disaster. Trial and error carries the risk of, well, error.