ENGL 578 Q - Seminar Lit &Other Disciplines - Science,Technology&SpeculatFic

Description:

Course Information: May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of graduate study of literature or consent of instructor.

Special Instructions:

SP22 ENGL 578: Feminist Futures: Digital Engagements with Data & Design - Interested in digital collectives, gaming environments, digital domestication, and big data- Enjoy reading science fiction, watching Black Mirror, and listening to the Flash Forward podcast- Then, this is the seminar for you! Using Feminist Technoscientific scholarship as our backdrop, we-ll explore digital environments such as gaming platforms and internet collectives, we-ll reconsider the metaphors and material realities of data -banks,- and reimagine public, private and domestic spheres via techno-mediation. We-ll pay particular attention to marginalized voices, the impact of feminist science studies, and the methodologies of interdisciplinary fields. Our assignments will be practical and may include: a syllabus buildout, a virtual presentation, alt-ac writing for online and social media spaces, and a conference or research paper on a topic of your choosing. Course texts will include plenty of criti

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Number of Required Visit(s): 0

Course Level: Graduate

Credit: 4

Term(s): Spring