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Abstract/Syllabus:
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Barrett, Edward, 21W.772 Digital Poetry, Fall 2005. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), http://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed 09 Jul, 2010). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
Digital earth and digital poetry. (Image courtesy of Digital Earth. Adapted by MIT OCW.)
Course Highlights
This course features digital and new media poetry Web links in the related resources section.
Course Description
This class investigates theory and practice of digital or new media poetry with emphasis on workshop review of digital poetry created by students. Each week students examine published examples of digital poetry in a variety of forms including but not limited to soundscapes, hypertext poetry, animation, code poems, interactive games, location-based poems using handheld devices, digital video and wikis.
Syllabus
Description
This class investigates theory and practice of digital or new media poetry with emphasis on workshop review of digital poetry created by students. Each week students examine published examples of digital poetry in a variety of forms including but not limited to soundscapes, hypertext poetry, animation, code poems, interactive games, location-based poems using handheld devices, digital video and wikis. Students then create their own poetry in each of these forms and present their work in class for extensive workshop discussion. For some assignments students may work in small collaborative groups. Sharing technical expertise is encouraged. In addition, certain key essays by a range of authors in the history of new media development will be discussed. Non-digital experimental art that has influenced new media poetry will also be discussed each week. Trips to the MIT List Visual Gallery and other Boston-area galleries and museums will also be arranged when relevant exhibits have been scheduled.
Grading
Grading criteria.
| Activities |
Percentages |
| Assessment of Weekly Writing Assignments (Including Brief Analytic Essays) |
60% |
| Final Project |
30% |
| Class Participation |
10% |
Attendance
Since this class emphasizes writing and workshop review, attendance is mandatory.
Calendar
Class Schedule
D=Discussion/Presentation
W=Workshop
Calendar schedule.
| Week # |
Topics |
Key dates |
| 1 |
D: Introduction to Digital Poetry with Discussion of History of New Media Poetry, Definition of Key Terms, and Discussion of Computational Models of Writing (Bush, Nelson, Joyce)
D: Discussion of Remediation in Poetry |
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| 2 |
D: Image and Metaphor in Poetry and Digital Forms
D: Discussion of Relevant Mass-media Forms (Graphic Novels, Comics, the Photographic Essay)
W: Soundscape Poem |
Remediation of "The Altar" into a soundscape assignment due |
| 3 |
D: Hypertext and Non-linear Compositional Techniques
W: Visual Poem |
Remediation of first assignment into a digital visual environment due |
| 4 |
D: Wikis and Collaborative Authoring Over Networks, Authorial Imperative Versus Reader-centered Writing |
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| 5 |
D: Processuality, OuLiPo Experiments, "Listening Post" (Check the List Visual Art Gallery Online Archive For Discussion of this Installation)
W: Hypertext Poem |
Hypertext poems due |
| 6 |
D: Interactivity in New Media Poems, Digital Poetry and Games
W: Process Poem |
Process poem due |
| 7 |
D: Location-based Writing and Mobile Digital Devices
D: Podcasting
W: Game Poem |
Game poem due |
| 8 |
D: Installation and Performance Poetry
D: Code Poems
W: Location-based Poem |
Location-based poem due |
| 9 |
D: Hypermediality, Digital Video
W: Installation or Code Poem |
Performance poem or code poem due |
| 10 |
D: Analysis of Hypermediality from Author and Audience Perspectives
W: Video Poem |
Complete video poem due |
| 11 |
D: Analysis of Collaboration in Creation and Reception of Digital Poetry
W: Wiki Poem |
Wiki poem due |
| 12 |
Review Final Projects |
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| 13 |
Review Final Projects (cont.) |
Hardcopy portfolio reviews due |
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Further Reading:
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Readings
Readings are also listed by session.
Required Readings
Block, Friedrich W., Christiane Heibach, and Karen Wenz, eds. p0es1s: The Aesthetics of Digital Poetry. Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004. ISBN: 377571345X.
Kac, Eduardo, ed. "New Media Poetry: Poetic Innovation and New Technologies." Providence, RI: Visible Language 30, no. 2 (October 1996).
Mathews, Harry, and Alastair Brotchie, eds. Oulipo Compendium. London, UK: Atlas Press, 1998. ISBN: 0947757961.
Recommended Readings
Bolter, Jay, and Richard Grusin. Remediation: Understanding New Media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999. ISBN: 0262522799.
Manovich, Lev. The Language of New Media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001, 2002. ISBN: 0262133741.
Stone, Allucquere Rosanne. The War of Desire and Technology at the Close of the Mechanical Age. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995. ISBN: 0262193620.
Wardrip-Fruin, Noah, and Nick Montfort. The New Media Reader. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003. ISBN: 0262232278.
Readings by Session
Note: Assigned readings are intended to cover topics for multiple weeks.
Course readings.
| Week # |
Topics |
Readings |
| 1 |
D: Introduction to Digital Poetry with Discussion of History of New Media Poetry, Definition of Key Terms, and Discussion of Computational Models of Writing (Bush, Nelson, Joyce)
D: Discussion of Remediation in Poetry |
Block, Friedrich W., Christiane Heibach, and Karen Wenz, eds. p0es1s: The Aesthetics of Digital Poetry. Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004, pp. 57-93. ISBN: 377571345X.
Kac, Eduardo, ed. "New Media Poetry: Poetic Innovation and New Technologies." Providence, RI: Visible Language 30, no. 2 (October 1996): 102-138. |
| 2 |
D: Image and Metaphor in Poetry and Digital Forms
D: Discussion of Relevant Mass-media Forms (Graphic Novels, Comics, the Photographic Essay)
W: Soundscape Poem |
Block, Friedrich W., Christiane Heibach, and Karen Wenz, eds. p0es1s: The Aesthetics of Digital Poetry. Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004, pp. 57-93. ISBN: 377571345X.
Kac, Eduardo, ed. "New Media Poetry: Poetic Innovation and New Technologies." Providence, RI: Visible Language 30, no. 2 (October 1996): 102-138. |
| 3 |
D: Hypertext and Non-linear Compositional Techniques
W: Visual Poem |
Block, Friedrich W., Christiane Heibach, and Karen Wenz, eds. p0es1s: The Aesthetics of Digital Poetry. Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004, pp. 57-93. ISBN: 377571345X.
Kac, Eduardo, ed. "New Media Poetry: Poetic Innovation and New Technologies." Providence, RI: Visible Language 30, no. 2 (October 1996): 102-138. |
| 4 |
D: Wikis and Collaborative Authoring Over Networks, Authorial Imperative Versus Reader-centered Writing |
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| 5 |
D: Processuality, OuLiPo Experiments, "Listening Post" (Check the List Visual Art Gallery Online Archive For Discussion of this Installation)
W: Hypertext Poem |
Block, Friedrich W., Christiane Heibach, and Karen Wenz, eds. p0es1s: The Aesthetics of Digital Poetry. Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004, pp. 155-169, and 181-213. ISBN: 377571345X.
Mathews, Harry, and Alastair Brotchie, eds. Oulipo Compendium. London, UK: Atlas Press, 1998, pp. 11-44 and passim. ISBN: 0947757961.
Kac, Eduardo, ed. "New Media Poetry: Poetic Innovation and New Technologies." Providence, RI: Visible Language 30, no. 2 (October 1996): 138-150, and 214-234. |
| 6 |
D: Interactivity in New Media Poems, Digital Poetry and Games
W: Process Poem |
Block, Friedrich W., Christiane Heibach, and Karen Wenz, eds. p0es1s: The Aesthetics of Digital Poetry. Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004, pp. 155-169, and 181-213. ISBN: 377571345X.
Mathews, Harry, and Alastair Brotchie, eds. Oulipo Compendium. London, UK: Atlas Press, 1998, pp. 11-44 and passim. ISBN: 0947757961.
Kac, Eduardo, ed. "New Media Poetry: Poetic Innovation and New Technologies." Providence, RI: Visible Language 30, no. 2 (October 1996): 138-150, and 214-234. |
| 7 |
D: Location-based Writing and Mobile Digital Devices
D: Podcasting
W: Game Poem |
Block, Friedrich W., Christiane Heibach, and Karen Wenz, eds. p0es1s: The Aesthetics of Digital Poetry. Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004, pp. 155-169, and 181-213. ISBN: 377571345X.
Mathews, Harry, and Alastair Brotchie, eds. Oulipo Compendium. London, UK: Atlas Press, 1998, pp. 11-44 and passim. ISBN: 0947757961.
Kac, Eduardo, ed. "New Media Poetry: Poetic Innovation and New Technologies." Providence, RI: Visible Language 30, no. 2 (October 1996): 138-150, and 214-234. |
| 8 |
D: Installation and Performance Poetry
D: Code Poems
W: Location-based Poem |
Block, Friedrich W., Christiane Heibach, and Karen Wenz, eds. p0es1s: The Aesthetics of Digital Poetry. Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004, pp. 155-169, and 181-213. ISBN: 377571345X.
Mathews, Harry, and Alastair Brotchie, eds. Oulipo Compendium. London, UK: Atlas Press, 1998, pp. 11-44 and passim. ISBN: 0947757961.
Kac, Eduardo, ed. "New Media Poetry: Poetic Innovation and New Technologies." Providence, RI: Visible Language 30, no. 2 (October 1996): 138-150, and 214-234. |
| 9 |
D: Hypermediality, Digital Video
W: Installation or Code Poem |
Block, Friedrich W., Christiane Heibach, and Karen Wenz, eds. p0es1s: The Aesthetics of Digital Poetry. Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004, pp. 251-277, and 287-318. ISBN: 377571345X. |
| 10 |
D: Analysis of Hypermediality from Author and Audience Perspectives
W: Video Poem |
Block, Friedrich W., Christiane Heibach, and Karen Wenz, eds. p0es1s: The Aesthetics of Digital Poetry. Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004, pp. 251-277, and 287-318. ISBN: 377571345X. |
| 11 |
D: Analysis of Collaboration in Creation and Reception of Digital Poetry
W: Wiki Poem |
Block, Friedrich W., Christiane Heibach, and Karen Wenz, eds. p0es1s: The Aesthetics of Digital Poetry. Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004, pp. 251-277, and 287-318. ISBN: 377571345X. |
| 12 |
Review Final Projects |
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| 13 |
Review Final Projects (cont.) |
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Related Resources
Some additional sites you should consult include:
Oulipo
Loss Pequeño Glazier
dichtung-digital
CodingForums.com
Poetry Nation
runme.org
Tornado.Code.Poetry
Programmatology - Viewing this link requires installation of the QuickTime player®
Dorkbot
PennSound
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