Final Project Options

 

FINAL PROJECT OPTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 

1. Submit a research paper of 15-20 pages that addresses course themes in some sustained way.  You have great leeway here in choosing a topic, but you’ll want to make sure that your essay significantly intersects with course readings and/or concerns. You might choose to write about a particular platform, about a developing phenomenon (say, AI art or Ring cameras), about a specific digital “text”, or about a thematic or conceptual concern (say temporality and the digital or the digital and racialization.)  You may choose to expand your presentation topic for this assignment. 

 

2. Create a detailed abstract/synopsis and outline for a longer 25-35 page paper, including a 3-5 page overview of your argument/thesis, a detailed outline for or mapping of the essay, and an annotated bibliography of at least 6 entries.  This should be thought of as a “stub” for future work that would be of longer scope than a seminar paper. 

 

3. Write a series of 3 short (2-3 page) posts modeled on the material on Flow (https://www.flowjournal.org/) or MediaCommons (http://mediacommons.org/) on a topic of your choice, along with a proposal to submit them to either site (or a similar one). 

 

4.  Create a digital project that engages with class themes. This might be a 4-7 minute video essay modeled on sites like InTransition (http://mediacommons.org/intransition/) or it could take another form that better suits its goals. If you choose this option, also submit a 2-page reflection on your project, articulating its goals, shortcomings (if any), and ties to course themes. 

 

Your project/paper should be emailed to me by 5 p.m. Monday, December, 12^th.