Lecture 1: Introduction to Digital Cultures

Welcome to the first session of the Digital Cultures module on the IOCT Masters. I hope everyone enjoyed a good break and are ready for 2009.


Following our discussion in class, I'd like you to adress the following issues in regards to analogue/digital devices/objects here in the comments.

Remember to include:

• a list of features
• an overview of what the device is and how it works
• why it is important
• why people use or don't use it

Assignment for next week:

Read "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" by Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) (this was handed out in class).



Please write a reflective blog post on your reading. I have added you all as an author to this module blog so please sign in and choose to "create" a new post. Be sure to include your name and "Lecture 1" in the title of the blog post.

Some things to consider:

• role of representation of identity
• trickery of language
• authenticity
• dissemination
• production
• readership
• authorship

try to contextualise this alongside what we discussed today about digital culture.

If you like Borges do check out some of his fiction including the very well know "Garden of Forking Paths" included in this collection.