Week 7: Environmental Media, Habitual Media
March 16
Jussi Parikka, “Materiality: Grounds of Media and Culture,” in A Geology of Media (2015)
Kate Crawford, “Earth,” in Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence (2021)
John Durham Peters, “Introduction,” in The Marvelous Clouds: Toward a Philosophy of Elemental Media (2015)
7pm screening: Early Cinema Shorts
March 18
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Updating to Remain the Same: Habitual New Media (2017) (selection)
Hito Steyerl, “In Free Fall: A Thought Experiment on Vertical Perspective,” e-flux journal (2011)
Jussi Parikka, “Materiality: Grounds of Media and Culture,” in A Geology of Media (2015)
Kate Crawford, “Earth,” in Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence (2021)
John Durham Peters, “Introduction,” in The Marvelous Clouds: Toward a Philosophy of Elemental Media (2015)
7pm screening: Early Cinema Shorts
March 18
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Updating to Remain the Same: Habitual New Media (2017) (selection)
Hito Steyerl, “In Free Fall: A Thought Experiment on Vertical Perspective,” e-flux journal (2011)