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Assignment for Oct 27:

Pick one of the following subjects and prepare a 20 minute group
presentation on one of them. All group members receive the same
grade for the group presentation. Make sure you time your presentations
to be 20 minutes in length (find material to show, sites to look at, and more).
All group members need to be involved in the presentation. Prepare your presentation
reflecting on the qualities of a good presentation. Does the speaker present slowly and
project his/ her voice clearly? Prepare lecture notes and additional visual material
(ie. Power Point file). How do you divide up different parts of the presentation
within the group? Make an effort not to use self-depricating language and repeat important
information.

What follows are the topics and support materials to help you prepare the presentation.
You can add your own material after consulting with me. These materials will become
parts of your web publication.

  • Net.Art/ Web-based art. What is it?

    "Little Heroes and the Big Dot"
    http://128.205.122.10/~trebor/dms531/net_dot_art/net_dot_art.html
    (mirror of page on Teleportacia)

    History of Net Art

  • Indymedia and How To Join Them

    Give an introduction to Indymedia: What is it? How did it start? What are its goals?
    How do they organize online? What is their relationship to the so called
    "anti-globalization movement"? What is Indymedia news wire? How democratic are they?
    What goes onto the center column? How believable is news on Indymedia?
    How many people visit Indymedia sites?
    How can people get involved with Indymedia?
    http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/FrequentlyAskedQuestionEn
  • Review of Three Out of the Following Web Projects (500 word-long each)

    Adios Barbie
    http://www.adiosbarbie.com/    		 Carmin Karasic: "With Liberty and Justice for All"
    http://custwww.xensei.com/users/carmin/wlajfa/pledge1.htm
    Hard Place by Jenny Polak and Lauren Gill
    "Over 20,000 immigrants are currently being detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Hard Place . . allows visitors to enter INS detention centers and see
    the conditions that detainees face every day."
    http://www.tenement.org/hardplace/    		 Open Secrets by Chris Csikszentmihalyi
    http://opensecrets.org
    Mary Kim Arnold and Matthew Derby: Kokura
    http://www.eastgate.com/Kokura/entrance.htm
    Caitlin Fisher:"These Waves of Girls"
    http://www.yorku.ca/caitlin/waves/navigate.html    		 "Crowds and Power" By Jody Zellen
    http://www.ghostcity.com/crowdsandpower/index.html

  • Book Reviews

    Ask me if you intend to review a relevant book that you just read.
    You could also review the required book for class:
    "Deep Sites. Intelligent Innovation in Contemporary Web Design" by Max Bruinsma
    Another suggestion is Howard Rheingold's "Smart Mobs."


  • Interview with media artists (UB faculty)

    Here you could write a 500 word texts about Steven Vitiello's
    presentation last week or Tim Lenoir's web streamed presentation next week.

    Otherwise, suggest faculty members who you know will respond to your
    approach. As a group you need to interview at least 2 faculty with
    each interview being at least 500 words in length.


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