January 4 to 15: synchronous and asynchronous sessions combining the Digital Ethnography Research Center at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; The New School; and the University of Toronto
January 19 through March 8 (New School) / April 5 (University of Toronto): individual and small-group consultations regarding students’ individual projects
We’ll engage in both synchronous and asynchronous activities:
During the January Intensive:
- During the two-week January intensive source, most of our work will be synchronous and will bring together students and faculty from the Digital Ethnography Research Centre at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, The New School, and the University of Toronto. Please check each class session’s webpage for specific logistical information and links. We have chosen our meeting times to accommodate participants from disparate time zones.
- You’ll be asked to complete light reading / listening / screening assignments and concentrated application exercises on your own time. We typically won’t hold class on the days you’re engaged in intensive hands-on activities, to give you sufficient time to complete and reflect on your work.
During the Mid-January-to-March/April Portion of the Class:
- We will rarely meet as a full class. Our primary goal during this latter portion of the class is supporting your own independent or collaborative projects. Some weeks will be dedicated to short, synchronous, one-on-one discussions between each student and their professor; some weeks will be dedicated to small-group workshops with other students who share your research interests and methods; and a few weeks will involve plenary meetings with our classmates at our respective institutions, or in joint-session combining New School and University of Toronto students.
- Independently, on your own time, you’ll complete readings, screenings, and listening exercises that pertain to your own interests; and for several hours each week, you’ll engage in fieldwork. All of this work will support your completion of an independent or collaborative final project.
- You’ll occasionally be asked / invited to use a shared Google Doc to engage in asynchronous discussions, but you’re also welcome to use this platform at your own discretion: to initiate conversations of your own, to reflect on our digital learning environments, and to propose ways that I/we can improve those environments, to solicit or share resources from/with your classmates, etc.