This class was originally scheduled to take place on March 17, 2020. On March 11, The Graduate Center and CUNY announced a hiatus on face-to-face instruction from March 12 to March 18 in response to the public health risk posed by the coronavirus. Classes would resume on March 19th. The following assignment and the dates following reflect changes made to the course in response to the requirement that all courses must be offered as distance-learning classes.
Representing Texts
- de Vera, Samantha ” We the Ladies …. have been deprived a voice. Uncovering Black Women’s Lives through the Colored Conventions Archive. pp 1-9 [Commons]
- McLuhan, Marshall “The Medium is the Message” from Understanding Media [Commons]
- Benjamin, Walter “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” Illuminations. ed. Hannah Arendt [Commons]
- Explore the following collections / editions or another of your choice:
Blog post: Write a review of a digital edition or archive project. The review should be between 750-1000 words and take into consideration the intended purpose and audience for the project and the way that the creator of the edition / archive balance the material / conceptual / sociological contexts of their work.
