Notes from class, if they seem spastic that's cause they are colaborativly edited:
January 19 , 2006
March 1, 2006
March 7, 2006
Categories for the final projetcs
Pong Ideas for film20c
A variety of things useful for leading section:
Jose Luis Borges : Questions on The Garden of Froking Paths
- What is history according to this story? How does this relate to fiction?
- How Yu Tsun's actions relate to historical accounts of the event?
- What do the two missing pages at the beginning of Yu Tsun's "dictated, reread, and signed" document imply?
- What do you imagine the letter in his pocket represents? The one he decided not to destroy.
- How is the present associated simultaneously to choices, actions, and consequences?
- Does "The future already exist" or are there "various futures" such the Ts'ui Pen can leave his garden to some of them.
- Why to only some of them?
- How does race come into play? What is the ironic relation between Yu Tsun and Madden and what does it imply?
Vannevar Bush : Questions on As We May Think
- In your own experience, how does Bush's concept of trails through data relate to hypertext and the current situation of the web?
- Relate Bush's conceptualizing of knowledge to Janet Murray's.
- how does Bush's military background affect his imagination / ideas?
- What do you think of his visions of the future?
William S. Burroughs: Questions on The Cut-Up Method of Brion Gysin
- List some examples of the implementation on the cut up method: Remixes
- Why does Borroughs think cut ups are so important?
- Do you agree that all writing is the cut up method?
- Are you a poet?
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