4.381/4.391 Introduction to Online Participatory Media: Networks, Tactics, Breakdown

This course introduces an overview of web-based platforms as means through which to explore the cultural, social, political, and economic impact of mediated communication. Hands-on design exercises and experiments are continually framed and examined by critical reflection and discussions. An overview of historical “art for all” and participatory art practices, of early net-art and current public art practices will show how digital communication and culture have altered the way in which collaboration occurs, changing conventional notions of authorship and giving rise to the collective elaboration of meaning.

Students from various fields are highly welcomed to a cross-disciplinary study group.

Fall 2008
Instructor: Amber Frid-Jimenez
Meets R 9:30-12:30P
Room N51-348
Mon 7:00-9:00P
N51-337
4.381 Graduate Level Subject
Units: 3-3-3
4.366 Undergraduate Level Subject
Units: 3-3-6
Prerequisites: permission of instructor
Class Limit: 10