1. First, watch the video lecture for this week
2. Next, read the required readings for this week.
1. Warfield, Katie. Digital Subjectivities in the Selfie.
2. Barthes. S/Z. p. 3-23
3. Deleuze and Guattari. A Thousand Plateaus. Introduction: Rhizome.
4. Karen Barad. On Touching.
2. Barthes. S/Z. p. 3-23
3. Deleuze and Guattari. A Thousand Plateaus. Introduction: Rhizome.
4. Karen Barad. On Touching.
3. Third, contemplate these questions on your own or with some friends
1. Contemplate the line of Deleuze and Guattari: "there is no longer a tripartite division between a field of reality (the world) and a field of representation (the book) and a field of subjectivity (the author). Rather an assemblage establishes connections between certain multipliticies drawn from each of these orders (p.23.)" What do you understand this to mean and how can you relate it to Katie Warfield's TedX talk?
2. What elements of Balzac's story in S/Z can we relate to the larger themes of Katie's talk: the real/fake, female/male, and text/body.
3. Explain how according to quantum physics, and Barad's interpretation, touching is "queer".
4. How is subjectivity experienced in a selfie according to the piece called Digital Subjectivities in the Selfie?
2. What elements of Balzac's story in S/Z can we relate to the larger themes of Katie's talk: the real/fake, female/male, and text/body.
3. Explain how according to quantum physics, and Barad's interpretation, touching is "queer".
4. How is subjectivity experienced in a selfie according to the piece called Digital Subjectivities in the Selfie?
4. Then, check out these case studies and given the lecture and the required readings for the week, answer the questions below.
1. Piercing, acne and monobrows airbrushed out of school photos. In an age of photoshop, when it comes to our own experience of seeing our faces altered by technology, ought we have a right to deny editing? What are we seeking when we seek an authentic image of ourselves?
2. The Biometric that could kill the password. Biometrics are increasingly popular as an alternative to passwords. The face becomes the password. What are the implications of this sort of technology? Would you be willing to use this as an alternative to a password system?
2. The Biometric that could kill the password. Biometrics are increasingly popular as an alternative to passwords. The face becomes the password. What are the implications of this sort of technology? Would you be willing to use this as an alternative to a password system?