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Could the ubiquity of the contemporary web and its evolution from data transmission medium to universal infrastructure and interface for the interconnection of 'everything' presage what Kurzweil has titled 'the coming Singularity'? As the world enters what are possibly the waning years of human-machine plurality, there is still time to examine the technological and sociocultural phenomenon that is the world wide web, and its role not just in the production, mediation and dissemination of human information, knowledge and culture, but also its function in the gradual unification of all objects, devices and Things, great and small, into an all-encompassing rhizomatic machine that will eventually envelope all of humankind. This module will focus on the concept of Web of Things as a central platform, wherein the web itself is no longer just an application, but an environment for interaction (and possibly assimilation) between People and Things, such as data, devices and services. Participants will evaluate and employ contemporary strategies and methodologies for developing a web-connected device, object, installation, application or service.

Registration for Winter Semester 2016/7 is now closed.

MFA Medienkunst/-gestaltung, MFA Media Art and Design, MSc MediaArchitecture<br /><br />

''Week 1''<br />Introduction<br />Course Organization<br />Administrative Housekeeping<br /><br />Assignment: Read the introduction to <em>[https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/titles/content/9780262013444_sch_0001.pdf Human Information Retrieval]</em> by Julian Warner<br /><br /><br />

''Week 2''<br />A Brief History of Human Information, Retrieval<br /><br />[[/Sources-25Oct16 | Sources and Links from the Lecture]]<br /><br />Assignment: Read the first chapter of <em>[https://www.researchgate.net/file.PostFileLoader.html?id=56fe049fcbd5c24f98534a44&assetKey=AS%3A345931493986305%401459487903440  Paper Machines: About Cards and Catalogs, 1548-1929]</em> by Markus Krajewski<br /><br /><br />

''Week 3''<br />Paper: The first killer App<br /><br />[[/Sources-01Nov16 | Sources and Links from the Lecture]]<br /><br />Viewing: Please review the presentations from Marcus Krajewski and Lothar Müller that we were unable to play in class from the [https://transmediale.de/de/content/paperbound-cultural-imaginaries-and-practices-epoch-paper Paperbound: Cultural Imaginaries and Practices in the Epoch of Paper] symposium at Transmediale 2013<br /><br />Assignment: Read the first chapter of <em>[https://monoskop.org/images/a/a6/Ludovico,_Alessandro_-_Post-Digital_Print._The_Mutation_of_Publishing_Since_1894.pdf  Post-Digital Print: The Mutation of Publishing since 1894]</em> by Alessandro Ludovico<br />and create your [[/Assignment-01Nov16 | Print-to-Digital or Digital-to-Print Transmutations]]<br /><br /><br />

''Week 4''<br />From Page to Wave: Information Dissemination in the 20th Century<br /><br />[[/Sources-08Nov16 | Sources and Links from the Lecture]]<br /><br />Viewing: Have a look at  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1axnba_Ueg This is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium is the Message]<br /><br />Assignment: Read the first chapter of <em>[https://monoskop.org/images/7/73/Kittler_Friedrich_Gramophone_Film_Typewriter.pdf Gramophone, Film, Typewriter]</em> by Friedrich Kittler<br /><br /><br />

''Week 5''<br />Hands-On Introduction to Analog and Digital Electronics<br /><br />Note: Class will be held today in the IFD E-Lab, Room 102<br /><br />[[/Sources-15Nov16 | Sources and Links from the Lecture]]<br /><br /><br />

''Week 6''<br />The Emergence of Digital Information Systems<br />A Digital Infrastructure for Networked Culture<br /><br />[[/Sources-22Nov16 | Sources and Links from the Lecture]]<br /><br />Assignment: Finish preparing your Midterm Presentations and be prepared to discuss your project for 10-15 next week. For our meeting in two weeks, please review [https://www.edge.org/conversation/jaron_lanier-digital-maoism-the-hazards-of-the-new-online-collectivism "Digital Maoism: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism"] by Jaron Lanier<br /><br /><br />

''Week 7''<br />Midterm Presentations<br /><br /><br />

''Week 8''<br />You are the Machine: Cybernetics from Wiener to Haraway to Lanier<br /><br /><br />

''Week 9''<br />Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing: The Web of Everything<br /><br /><br />

''Week 10''<br />People! Soylent Web is People!<br /><br /><br />

''Week 11''<br />Small Data, Big Data, Red Data, Blue Data: From Deep Learning to Deep Dreaming<br /><br /><br />

''Week 12''<br />How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Singularity<br /><br /><br />

''Week 13''<br />Debug Lab<br /><br /><br />

''Week 14''<br />Final Presentations<br /><br /><br />