Media Arts and Culture

MAAC3435Emergent Media Technologies (O)3 ch (3S) (W)

Examine the relationship between residual, in-use, and emergent media technologies with a focus on the influence of these interactions on culture and identity. This course looks at various media, including the quipu, printing press, electricity, etc. to examine key moments when changing media ecologies influence wider social, political, and economic spheres. A key aim of the course is to analyze the materiality of various media technologies.