[UIUC] MDIA590 / IS596: AI + Democracy – Fall 2020: CRN: 63181 (MDIA590) / 73527 (IS596) – 4 credit hours

Object/Case Study Prompt - Contextual/Situatedness Dimensions (due 11/3)

Consider your object/case study. Now consider the question below. Take 30 minutes to write a response to the below. If/as needed, take 30 minutes to skim resources online and to draw them into your response.

Context and Situatedness: Where/in what context do you notice your object appears/materializes/takes effect in the world? How do you notice it comes to appear, and next to what or in what? What it is connected to/dependent on? Where is it absent?  What activities or ways of life enable one to come across it? What kinds of audiences is it addressed to, and how are they addressed/engaged? Who is excluded in these addresses? When can it appear? What is the rhythm of its appearance? How does this matter?

Post your response to your Scalar page, and send the link for your Object Response along with your link for your Reaction to the Assigned Readings to asaychan@gmail.com by 8PM Tuesday 11/3.