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The algorithm multiple, the algorithm material Laura Devendorf Elizabeth Goodman School of Information, UC Berkeley

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The algorithm as rule set

Donald Knuth, The Art of Programming (1969), p27

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Case study: online dating Eharmony.com

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Where is the algorithm?

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Where is the algorithm?

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Where is the algorithm?

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Algorithms as multiple

Annemarie Mol, The Body Multiple, pp 17–18

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The algorithm, multiplying

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CASE STUDY: DIGITAL FABRICATION MACHINES

Jason Kelly Johnson and Michael Shiloh, 2013

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The algorithm material

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The algorithm material

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The algorithm material

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The algorithm material

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Writing the algorithm

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:>> Shift From objects to relationships

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Body & Machine

Costumes by Fortunato Depero for his ballet ‘Machine of 3000’ (1924)

Oskar Schlemmer, Slat Dance (1927)

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Being the Machine

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THANKS!

Donald Knuth, The Art of Programming (1969), p27

Laura Devendorf www.artfordorks.com Elizabeth Goodman www.confectious.net


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