Networked Media Sampler
Thematic Project Description
(subtitle: DIY NETWORK TOPOLOGIES & PROTOCOLS)
Through invited guests, students are given a critical at the limitations of contemporary 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.
?ILLUSTRATION?
(AVOIDING: Pipeline for pipelines sake... pipe youtube into sound into a blog, woo!)
Ex: HTTP degrades when number of downloaders increases. Response: Bittorrent as a protocol (Students read Bram .. original Bittorrent protocol document.
Documentation
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Next to following generic information, please add special requirements if necessary, or if the default requirements do not apply to your thematic project.
Each participant is supposed to create a wiki page to document the following aspects:
- Outcomes of weekly assignments
- Project plan and concept
- Annotated bibliography
- Final project and essay
Required readings and audiovisuals
HTTP
BitTorrent - Protocol
Douglas Rushkoff: The next net
Guests
TO BE DETERMINED
Planning
PLANNING to come.