4.366/4.397 Networked Cultures and Participatory Media

Introduces networked platforms to explore the cultural and political impacts of mediated communication. Hands-on design exercises and experiments are continually framed and examined by critical reflection and class discussions. An overview of historical “art for all” and participatory art practices, early net-art and current public art practices will show how digital communication and culture altered the way collaboration occurs, changing conventional notions of authorship and giving rise to collective elaboration of meaning. Lab fee $65.

Spring 2009

Instructor: Amber Frid-Jimenez
Meets: M 10:30 AM-1:30 PM
N51-315
4.397 Graduate Level Subject
Units: 3-3-6
4.366 Undergraduate Level Subject
Units: 3-3-6
Prerequisites: permission of instructor