{"id":4,"date":"2015-07-26T11:10:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-26T11:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/about-me\/"},"modified":"2015-08-01T19:25:09","modified_gmt":"2015-08-02T00:25:09","slug":"schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week 1: (Aug 26, 28)<\/p>\n

Mon:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Introduction, Excerpt from Roger Penrose (The Emperor\u2019s New Mind<\/em>: \u201cTuring Test,\u201d \u201cThe Chinese Room\u201d)<\/p>\n

Fri: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Isaac Asimov\u2019s Three Laws of Robotics, \u201cRobot Dreams\u201d (Discussion)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Week 2 (Aug 31 & Sep 2, 4))<\/p>\n

Mon:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mary Shelly\u2019s Frankenstein<\/em> (Presentation & Discussion)<\/p>\n

*Tue: \u00a0\u00a0 Virtual Forum (VR) due by 10pm<\/p>\n

Wed:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Frankenstein (Disc)<\/p>\n

Fri:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Freud \u201cUncanny,\u201d and Mori \u201cUncanny Valley\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Week 3 (Sep 7, 9, 11)<\/p>\n

Mon:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contextualization Day \/ in-class exploration of Patchwork Girl <\/em>and clips<\/p>\n

from films<\/p>\n

Wed:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Philip K. Dick\u2019s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? <\/em>(Disc)<\/p>\n

* Blade Runner<\/em> Screening (Time and location TBD)<\/p>\n

Fri: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ridley Scott\u2019s Blade Runner<\/em> (Pres & Disc)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Week 4 (Sep 14, 16, 18)<\/p>\n

*Sun: \u00a0 Virtual Forum (VF) due by 10pm<\/p>\n

Mon:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blade Runner<\/em> (Disc)<\/p>\n

Wed: \u00a0\u00a0 Android<\/em> and Blade Runner<\/em> disc. cont.<\/p>\n

Fri: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lydia H Liu The Freudian Robot<\/em> excerpts<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Week 5 (Sep 21, 23, 25)<\/p>\n

Mon:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contextualization Day<\/p>\n

Wed: \u00a0\u00a0 William Gibson\u2019s Neuromancer<\/em> (Pres & Disc)<\/p>\n

*Thu: \u00a0 Virtual Forum (VF) due by 10pm<\/p>\n

Fri:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Neuromancer<\/em> (Disc)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Week 6 (Sep 28, 30 & Oct 2)<\/p>\n

Mon:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Neuromancer<\/em> (Disc. cont.)<\/p>\n

Wed:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excerpts from Jean Baudrillard Simulacra and Simulation<\/em><\/p>\n

Fri: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contextualization Day<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Week 7 (Oct 5, 7, 9)<\/p>\n

Mon:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Special guest speaker \u2013 Professor Pietro Valdastri (Mec. Eng.)<\/p>\n

Wed: \u00a0\u00a0 Neal Stephenson\u2019s Snow Crash<\/em> (Pres & Disc)<\/p>\n

* International Lens \u2013 A Tale of Two Sisters<\/em> Screening (Attendance encouraged, for extra Credit), Sarratt Cinema 7:30pm<\/p>\n

*Thu: \u00a0 Virtual Forum (VF) due by 10pm<\/p>\n

Fri:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Snow Crash<\/em> (Disc)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Week 8 (Oct 12, 14, fall break)<\/p>\n

Mon:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Snow Crash<\/em> (Disc cont.)<\/p>\n

Wed:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nick Bostrom \u201cAre You Living in a Computer Simulation\u201d<\/p>\n

* Sun: MIDTERM PROPOSALS OR ABSTRACTS DUE<\/p>\n

* Watch Ghost in the Shell<\/em> on your own (no screening)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Week 9 (Oct 19, 21, 23)<\/p>\n

Mon: \u00a0\u00a0 Field trip to the VR Lab (Featheringill Hall, room 202; meet in front of the room at 2pm)<\/p>\n

Wed: \u00a0\u00a0 Oshii Mamoru\u2019s Ghost in the Shell<\/em> (Pres & Disc)<\/p>\n

*Thu: \u00a0 Virtual Forum (VF) due by 10pm<\/p>\n

Fri: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ghost in the Shell <\/em>(Disc)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Week 10 (Oct 26, 28, 30)<\/p>\n

Mon:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Donna Haraway \u201cCyborg Manifesto\u201d<\/p>\n

Wed: \u00a0\u00a0 Contextualization Day<\/p>\n

Fri:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Grant Morrison, We3 <\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Week 11 (Nov 2, 4, 6)<\/p>\n

Mon: \u00a0\u00a0 We3<\/em> Disc.<\/p>\n

Wed:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excerpts from Nick Sousanis Unflattening<\/em><\/p>\n

Fri: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ren\u00e9 Descartes \u201cAnimals are Machines\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Week 12 (Nov 9, 11, 13)<\/p>\n

Mon:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contextualization Day<\/p>\n

Wed: \u00a0\u00a0 Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World<\/em> (Pres & Disc)<\/p>\n

*Thu: Virtual Forum (VR) due by 10pm<\/p>\n

Fri: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wonderland <\/em>(Disc)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Week 13 (Nov 16, 18, 20)<\/p>\n

Mon:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wonderland<\/em> (Disc. Cont.)<\/p>\n

Wed: \u00a0\u00a0 Katherine Hayles, How We Became Posthuman<\/em> Chapter 1<\/p>\n

Fri:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reading Day (work on your projects and papers at home)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Week 14 (Thanksgiving Break)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Week 15 (Nov 30 & Dec 2, 4) Final Conference Begins<\/p>\n

Mon: \u00a0\u00a0 Joss Whedon\u2019s Dollhouse Sn1 Ep 9 \u201cHaunted\u201d<\/p>\n

(Available online through on Amazon Instant Video and Netflix. No<\/p>\n

screenings, so have fun watching w\/ friends at home)<\/p>\n

Wed:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conference Day 1<\/p>\n

Fri:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conference Day 2<\/p>\n

* NOON \u2013 Talk by Nick Sousanis, attendance strongly encouraged (extra credit)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Week 16 (Dec 7, 9)<\/p>\n

Mon:\u00a0 Open Office Hours Day<\/p>\n

Wed: \u00a0\u00a0 Writing Day (Focus on completing and submitting your projects and papers)<\/p>\n

FINAL PAPERS AND PROJECTS\/REFLECTION ESSAYS DUE <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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