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DIY NETWORK TOPOLOGIES & PROTOCOLS

Thematic Project Description

Historically the “embroidery sampler” was a piece of fabric used to practice one’s skills and record favorite patterns to be shared with others. Rather than a cohesive design, its surface was embellished with “samples” or small embroidered demonstrations of embellished letters from the alphabet and decorative stitchery, which were intended to show the proficiency of the maker and uniqueness of the handcrafted designs.

As a thematic project, the Networked Media Sampler takes this model as its starting point. Rather than a singular theme, it is a collection composed of a series of workshops, talks and presentations. Each element in the series is intended to highlight key areas of interest within networked culture and open source media practices. Through hands-on explorations and theoretical enquiry, the Networked Media Sampler will look at the contrast between closed and open systems. It will examine the limitations of the contemporary idea of the "Web", social media, and the so-called "Open Web". Next to this the project will look at models of network topologies and protocols, play with DIY approaches to building your own tools, and explore the dynamics of peer-to-peer exchange.

Keeping with the tradition of the sampler, this thematic project is a means of testing the surface of a very rich and complex tapestry whose texture is constituted through intertwining threads, nodes and rhizomatic turns.

Schedule

(dates subject to change – check wiki calendar for the most current information)

October 6, Install Party: Reboot and Rethink, workshop
October 10th-11th, Terminal Sessions: Getting down to basics, workshop
October 18th – Walter Langelaar Guest Lecture - moved - date to be announced
October 25th Programm(ed/ing) Culture Audrey Samson Guest Lecture & Eric Schrijver, Guest Lecuture and mini-workshop
Nov. 1st Revisionism harms History AKA the Italian restaurant
Nov. 8th Border Gateway Protocol in Wonderland with Linda Hilfling
Nov. 14-15 Based on a True Story with Nicolas Malevé
Nov. 21,22,24 Step by Step with Wendy Van Wynsberghe
Nov. 28-29 Furtherfield with Ruth Catlow and Marc Garrett, Guest Lecture followed by tutorials
Nov. 29th A failed coup attempt with folk songs (Part V) with Seda Guerses
Dec. 5th – 6th Spoken Drawings workshop with OSP members
Dec. 15th Final presentations and assessments

Documentation

Maintain your plans, notes on lectures, and work documentation on the wiki. Planning and documentation allows you to track your progress, prioritize course work, and helps staff to coordinate support and feedback. Remember, never be wiki-shy!

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-(subtitle: DIY NETWORK TOPOLOGIES & PROTOCOLS)
+[[File:Sampler by Elizabeth Laidman, 1760.jpg|thumbnail]]
+DIY NETWORK TOPOLOGIES & PROTOCOLS
-== Reading List ==
+== Thematic Project Description ==
+Historically the “embroidery sampler” was a piece of fabric used to practice one’s skills and record favorite patterns to be shared with others.  Rather than a cohesive design, its surface was embellished with “samples” or small embroidered demonstrations of embellished letters from the alphabet and decorative stitchery, which were intended to show the proficiency of the maker and uniqueness of the handcrafted designs.
-HTTP
+As a thematic project, the Networked Media Sampler takes this model as its starting point. Rather than a singular theme, it is a collection composed of a series of workshops, talks and presentations. Each element in the series is intended to highlight key areas of interest within networked culture and open source media practices. Through hands-on explorations and theoretical enquiry, the Networked Media Sampler will look at the contrast between closed and open systems. It will examine the limitations of the contemporary idea of the "Web", social media, and the so-called "Open Web".  Next to this the project will look at models of network topologies and protocols, play with DIY approaches to building your own tools, and explore the dynamics of peer-to-peer exchange.
-* http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/HTTP2.html
-BitTorrent - Protocol
+Keeping with the tradition of the sampler, this thematic project is a means of testing the surface of a very rich and complex tapestry whose texture is constituted through intertwining threads, nodes and rhizomatic turns.
-* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_%28protocol%29
-* http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0003.html
-Douglas Rushkoff: The next net
+[[File:network_model.gif]]
-* http://shareable.net/blog/the-next-net
-What kind of input?
-INSTEAD:
+== Schedule==
-THROUGH invited guests, students are given a critical at the limitations of contemportaty idea of the "Web", social media nad the so called "Open Web" -- Through their work, students will build a working alternative network. Through incremental assignments students will build "nodes" which in some way respond to a specific problem posed by guests / tutors.
+(dates subject to change – check wiki calendar for the most current information)
+* '''October 6''', [[Install Party]]: Reboot and Rethink, workshop
+* '''October 10th-11th''', [[Terminal Sessions]]: Getting down to basics, workshop
+* <strike>'''October 18th''' – Walter Langelaar Guest Lecture - moved - date to be announced</strike>
+* '''October 25th''' [[Programm(ed/ing) Culture]]  Audrey Samson Guest Lecture & Eric Schrijver, Guest Lecuture and mini-workshop
+* '''Nov. 1st''' [[Revisionism harms History]] AKA the Italian restaurant
+* '''Nov. 8th''' [[Border Gateway Protocol in Wonderland]] with Linda Hilfling
+* '''Nov. 14-15''' [[Based on a True Story]] with  Nicolas Malevé
+* '''Nov. 21,22,24''' [[Step by Step]] with Wendy Van Wynsberghe
+* '''Nov. 28-29''' [[Furtherfield]] with Ruth Catlow and Marc Garrett, Guest Lecture followed by tutorials
+* '''Nov. 29th'''  [[A failed coup attempt with folk songs (Part V)]] with Seda Guerses
+* '''Dec. 5th – 6th''' [[Spoken Drawings]] workshop with OSP members
+* '''Dec. 15th'''  Final presentations and assessments
-(AVOIDING: Pipeline for pipelines sake... pipe youtube into sound into a blog, woo!)
+== Documentation ==
+Maintain your plans, notes on lectures, and work documentation on the wiki. Planning and documentation allows you to track your progress, prioritize course work, and helps staff to coordinate support and feedback. Remember, never be wiki-shy!
+[[File:poor.gif]]
-Ex:
+[[Category:Thematic project]]
-HTTP degrades when number of downloaders increases.
-Response: Bittorrent as a protocol (Students read Bram .. original Bittorrent protocol document.