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CIMS Methods 2023

Penn Graduate Workshop with Shannon Mattern

  • About the Class
    • Syllabus
    • Learning Goals
    • Course Resources
    • University Resources
    • Changes to the Syllabus
    • Acknowledgments
  • Requirements + Assignments
    • Practical Matters: Devices, Deadlines, Submissions
    • Ethical Matters
    • Final Project Submission Formats
  • Schedule + Readings
  • Student Work
    • Methods Toolkit
    • Our Final Projects

Schedule + Readings

August 30: Introductions + Orientation

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September 6: Method 🤝Theory  

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September 13: What Values Animate Your Research? / Multimodal Scholarship 

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September 20: Digital Methods / Platform Analysis 

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September 25 @ Noon: Project Sketches + Annotated Bibliography Due 

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September 27: Project Workshop / Discuss Methods Toolkit 

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October 4: Qualitative Empirical Methods / Digital Humanities  

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October 11: On Writing, Peer Review, Revision + Publishing

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October 18: Historical + Archival Methods /Project Management

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October 25: Critical Analytical Methods #1: Close Reading, Feminist and Speculative Approaches, Creative + Public Scholarship

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October 29 @ 5pm: Progress Reports Due

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November 1: No Class / Individual Consultations

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November 8: Bespoke Methods / Syllabi

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November 15: Critical Analytical Methods #2: Textual/Sensory Analysis // Toolkit Workshop

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November 21 @ 5pm: Methods Toolkit Submissions Due

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November 22: Thanksgiving / No Class

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November 29: Plug-In Week  

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December 6: Final Presentations

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December 8 @ 5pm: Final Projects Due

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