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.