Thursday, February 10, 2011

Virtual Windows & Melancholia


Online reading for next week:
http://thevirtualwindow.net/

Online lecture meta-commentary from book and online version of book:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-dDisiNfl8

Real-life context bit about why this is hard for me to teach. Why I teach it--its essential theory of our lives lived through and on windows and screens--is hopefully readily apparent.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-anne-friedberg14-2009oct14,0,4931419.story

This person's scholarship inspired me to go to graduate school. This person profoundly shaped who I am today. Weird how that happens, eh? You start with theory and then things just expand from there.

No comments:

Post a Comment