quodlibeta, a type of scholarly exercise comprised of disputations
that conjoin a mixture of texts of various provenances (or, in music,
a whimsical succession of pieces spontaneously strung together).
As they did in the 13th century, the appeal of quodlibeta is that
“the disputation [can] center on any problem whatsoever (de quodlibet)
proposed by any listener whatsoever (a quodlibet)” (John Duns Scotus).

		date		quodlibeta rhetoric (13:30-16:00pm, 3A18)		studio (16:00-18:30pm, 2A54)		projects due
				[NOTE: Most readings listed below are in your course compendium. Other readings will be links to online articles. Schedule of reading subject to change.]
		1.9				course orientation in 3A18 today only
		8.9		rhetoric(s) defined Covino and Jolliffe, “What is Rhetoric?” Kennedy, “A Hoot in the Dark” Silva Rhetoricae Rhetoric/Wikipedia Rhetoric definitions Rhetoric Slides		introduction to Lingua MOO Describe character Create and design MOOspace Explore Lingua MOO		future perfect paper due
		15.9		digital rhetorics Lanham, excerpt from The Electronic Word philosophy/rhetoric chart Zappen, “Digital Rhetoric: Toward an Integrated Theory”		depth probe 1: online rhetoric and writing trAce; Electronic Literature Organization; Eastgate; Born magazine; Argumentative hypertext/s; AltX; inthefray; [start a depth probe journal for informal notes]
		22.9		literacy-->electracy Ulmer, “Reality Tables: Virtual Furniture” Ulmer, “The Internet and Its Double” Ulmer Mystory site		group work		depth probe 1 notes due
		29.9		electracy-->mystory Morrison, “From Oracy to Electracies: Hypernarrative, Place, and Multimodal Discourses in Learning Haynes, “Artic Virgins: Élekcriture and the Semiotics of Circumpolar Icon(o)graphé” Ylitalo, "From Media Literacy to Multimedia Essay"		depth probe 2: visual rhetorics and mystory adbusters United Benetton enculturation journal mystory links
		6.10		rhetorics, techné, persuasion Fagerjord, “Rhetoric Convergence” Manovich, excerpt from The Language of New Media Lev Manovich site		group work		depth probe 2 notes due
		13.10		multimodalities and design Kress, “Multimodality, Multimedia, and Genre” Kress, “Gains and Losses: New Forms of Texts, Knowledge, and Learning” Morrison, “Inside the Rings of Saturn” IntermediaLab Designing Design colloquium (Oslo)		Haynes open lecture and discussion of "Glitcheuristics: Shock Design and the Mediation of Global (T)error" depth probe 3: socially/rhetorically-engaged design Propaganda Remix Project They Rule agitnet.org Backspace.com
		20.10		No class due to Autumn Holiday
		27.10		digital ethos and pathos Miller, “Writing in a Culture of Simulation: Ethos Online” Guyer, “Into the Next Room” Walker, “How I was Played by Online Caroline”; ill/txt Brooke, "Weblogs as Deictic Systems"		depth probe 4: rhetoric in digital communities davidstill.org online caroline planetjemma.com orkut.com blogcarnival.com werenotafraid.com		depth probe 3 notes due
		3.11		digital rhetorics in ethics and politics Silverstone, “Proper Distance: Toward an Ethics for Cyberspace” Dibbell, “A Rape in Cyberspace” Boat-people.org		group work
		10.11		rhetoric/cyborg criticism Haraway, “A Cyborg Manifesto” Soufoulis, “Cyberquake: Haraway's Manifesto” Horizon Zero 02 "Mimic: Imitators of Life -- robots, automata, and cyborgs"		game lecture/demo - Jan Rune Holmevik		depth probe 4 notes due
		17.11		game studies and digital rhetorics Aarseth, “Genre Trouble: Narrativism and the Art of Simulation” Aarseth, “We All Want to Change the World: The Ideology of Innovation in Digital Media” Frasca, “Videogames of the Oppressed: Critical Thinking, Education, Tolerance, and Other Trivial Issues” "Video Games find their political voice" "Oops, you're dead"		depth probe 5:game cheats, mods, and walkthroughs; games and politics agoraXchange nybble-engine-toolz watercooler games hazardcards seriousgames.org gamezone world of warcraft walkthrough
		24.11		game studies -- part 2 / final class Payne, “The Production and Consumption of a Nation-Building Ideology: Contemporary Rhetoric and Normative Entertainment in Black and White” Walz, “Delightful Identification and Persuasion: Toward an Analytical and Applied Rhetoric of Digital Games” Mooeindustria: Political videogames against the dictatorship of entertainment		class meets online at Lingua MOO from 4-6:30pm only		depth probe 5 notes due
		25.11		no class / mystory project and written synopsis of ourstory projects due in exam office by 15:00pm				mystory project and ourstory written synopsis due
		12.1.06		oral presentation exams (time and place tba)

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