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Class 01 – 2017-01-10:

Materials:

IMPORTANT NOTE:

This class will be meeting regularly from 5:45 to 8:45. I will be available earlier for office hours.

Intro:

We are here to get to know each other, review the syllabus, talk about our goals, build a good culture, and start work. Today we will be defining research topics for the next three weeks. I also hope to learn your names.

Review the syllabus

Social guidelines:

Short presentation:

Introduction to mind-mapping

Personal data index cards 10 minutes each card

Present & share personal cards

Generative mind maps for discssion

To get situated in the topic of Text as Data we are going to think expansively about what Text and Data are. We will be making personal Mind Maps and sharing our findings. As a group excercise we will then try to create groups of related themes. This will provide us with directions for future research and discussion.

Meditation on charaters, glyphs & encoding

Discussion: