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Introduction tothe Digital Liberal Arts
Prof. AlvaradoMDST 3703/7703
28 September 2012
Sullivan
What are the “liberal arts”
artes liberales
Francese
The Seven Liberal Arts
• Trivium– Grammar– Rhetoric– Logic
• Quadrivium– Arithmetic– Geometry– Music– Astronomy
The liberal arts is a curriculum
How has the curriculum changed?Think of the what we mean by “arts and sciences”
How is it different from the professional schools?(engineering, business, medicine, law)
The humanities are at the centerMany departments fall within history, literature, or philosophy
We often call a student of the humanities a scholarWhat do scholars do?
Scholars interpret and reinterpret texts(literature, historical records, law, religion)
Scholars make arguments
essays, books, lectures
All of these forms depend up writing
What happens to scholarship when writing and communication become digital?
The rationalization effect
The principle of media determinism
Plan of the Course
• Seminar and studio tracks (Tues and Thurs)• Survey of ideas, projects, and technologies• Historical, Critical, and Practical• Focus on core theme of how rhetoric and reasoning
change with the new media– Are linear, verbal arguments side effects of literacy?– Don new media bring there new forms of reasoning?
• Investigate two ideas– The rationalization effect– Media determinism