We’ll meet synchronously on Zoom.
To Prepare for Class:
- Complete one videolog for Exercise #1, described here. Please come to class prepared to talk about your method.
- Be sure you have read/viewed the required materials (listed on day 1 and 2)
Today’s Agenda:
3 – 3:45 pm ET: In three break-out groups we’ll report back on our self-tracking exercise and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the method.
3:45 – 4:30pm ET: We’ll engage with an example of a “vlog”-formatted film, and then Profs Luka, Markham, and Mattern will reflect on our discussion and develop two questions that will serve as prompts for our next in-class exercise…
4:30 – 6:30pm ET: On your own, you’ll create two videologs incorporating ideas from our discussion and responding to our two prompts. Be prepared to share one of these with the class (i.e., be cautious about sharing personal information!). And please take a 15-minute break somewhere within this two-hour period.
- Vlog 2 – Using the exact same video footage* as for Vlog 1, create a new narrative voiceover, reflecting on the question:
“Why did I do X versus Y?”–here, you might explore your motivations for making (or avoiding) certain actions, clicking (not clicking) on certain items, moving your hands in certain ways, and other very microscopic details of your interaction, engagement, and even inaction or gaps with digital media technology[Edit: Jan 7 @ 5:15pm]: How does multiplicity — multiple tasks, multiple devices, multiple feeds, multiple senses of time, multiple presences (e.g., simultaneously inhabiting both digital and physical realms), multiple personalities or senses of “self” — play out online? - Vlog 3 – Using again the same footage, you will create a third video with a new voiceover, responding to the questions given in class: What is not happening? Why didn’t I do X or Y?
- * If your existing video footage doesn’t lend itself to remixing with new audio, you can simply create a new video. We’ve invited you to repurpose the same footage primarily to demonstrate the whole process of iteratively abstracting from the same data, which is what we do to find meaning in the data we collect through fieldwork.
6:30 – 6:50pm ET: Break-out groups discuss their work and choose one volunteer to share their work with the larger group.
6:50 – 8pm ET: Small groups report back and Profs Luka, Markham, and Mattern will respond to emerging insights, persistent challenges, etc.
Supplemental Resources:
- Edgar Gómez Cruz, Shanti Sumartojo, and Sarah Pink, Refiguring Techniques in Digital Visual Research (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)