Slide Deck
Notes, Readings, & Relevant Precedents
- Defining Our World Worksheet
Assignment
Readings
Read one and skim the other, your pick:
- St Clair, Kassia. The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History. John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2018.
- pgs 97-114 (note that this is only a section of the PDF)
- Essinger, James. Jacquard’s Web: How a hand-loom led to the birth of the information age. Oxford University Press, 2004.
- pgs 131 – 148 (note that this is only a section of the PDF)
- Gleick, James. The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood. Pantheon Books, 2011.
- Only read or skim the Prologue (about 8 pages)
Other
- Collect Materials for upcoming semester. You will need to bring the week of 2/11.
- Set up log-in on blog. Review the How to Document Assignments post.
- Create a post on the blog. Write a brief paragraph or list of bullet points that addresses the following:
- What did you find most interesting or exciting?
- What questions do you have?
- What confused you?
- Get logged into Slack. Post a GIF in #general.