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Understanding Media Studies

Spring 2017 | The New School | Shannon Mattern

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Month: January 2017

January 23: Intro + Overview

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[Image: Tyler Lastovich, via Unsplash, Free for Use]

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January 30: Overview of Team Project + Team Formation

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Before 5pm EST on January 29: please post to this shared Google Doc (you’ll be prompted to enter your New School login info) a 150-word

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February 6: Contours of the Field

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[Image: Jaisril, Contours, via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0] DEAN CAROL WILDER John Culkin, “A Schoolman’s Guide to Marshall McLuhan,” The Saturday Review (March 18, 1967):

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February 13: Prep for Panel 1 (March 6: Documentary And Difference) + Academic Skills Workshop 1: Graduate Research + Writing

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6PM: BRITA SERVAES, NEW SCHOOL LIBRARIES, + JEANNIE KAHANEY FROM THE UNIVERSITY LEARNING CENTER 6:45PM: PREP FOR “DOCUMENTARY AND DIFFERENCE” PANEL ON MARCH 6 Genevieve Yue,

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February 27: Prep for Panel 2 (March 27: Power Plays With Data) + Group Meeting Time

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6PM: PREP FOR “POWER PLAYS WITH DATA” PANEL ON MARCH 27 7PM: GROUP MEETINGS Zara Rahman, “2016: A Year of Data-Driven Confusion,” Model View Culture

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March 6: Panel 1: Documentary and Difference

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[Image: via the Chicago Film Society’s Leader Ladies Project] GENEVIEVE YUE, Assistant Professor of Culture and Media, Eugene Lang College Genevieve Yue is an assistant

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March 13: Prep for Panel 3 (April 17: Media and Thermodynamics) + Academic Skills Workshop 2: Thesis

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6PM: ROBBIE POWERS STOPS BY TO DISCUSS FALL 2017 REGISTRATION (To accommodate Robbie’s special visit, our class might go a bit long tonight. Please try

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March 27: Panel 2: Power Plays with Data

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Image: UNDP Ukraine, via Flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0 ZARA RAHMAN, Fellow, Data & Society Zara is a researcher, writer, and linguist who is interested in

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April 3: Prep for Panel 4 (April 24: Expanding Soundscape) + Academic Skills Workshop 3: Resumes, CVs + Cover Letters

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[The above image, by the way, shows contact microphones attached to bridge cables, a technique integral to Kevin T. Allen’s Bridge film.] 6PM: JENNIFER MACDONALD

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April 10: Prep for Panel 5 (May 1: Everyday Innovation: Africa) + Academic Skills Workshop 4: Internships Etc.

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6PM: WORKSHOP: Internships, Networking, Social Media Profiles + Portfolios, with Robbie Powers, Director of Student Affairs, and Career Services’ Lisa Romeo (Here’s Robbie’s and Lisa’s

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