HOW TO (UNDERSTAND WHY IT’S SO HARD TO) PAY ATTENTION
9/2
Introductions, discussion of New York Times op-ed, “Powerful Forces Are Fracking Our Attention. We Can Fight Back,” by D. Graham Burnett, Alyssa Loh, and Peter Schmidt
9/7 – No class – Labor Day
9/8 (NOTE: this is a Tuesday)
New Yorker article, “The Battle for Attention,” by Nathan Heller
9/9
“Hyper and Deep Attention: The Generational Divide in Cognitive Modes,” by N. Katherine Hayles
9/14
Unwired: Gaining Control over Addictive Technologies, by Gaia Bernstein (excerpt)
9/16
The Ecology of Attention, by Yves Citton (Introduction)
9/21
The Ecology of Attention, by Yves Citton (Conclusion)
9/23
Attensity! through page 35
9/28
Attensity! through page 103
9/30
Attensity! through page 162
10/5
Attensity! through page 243
HOW TO (PRACTICE DIFFERENT WAYS TO) PAY ATTENTION
10/7
Digital Minimalism, by Cal Newport (excerpt)
10/12
How to do Nothing, by Jenny Odell (excerpt)
10/14
How to do Nothing, by Jenny Odell (excerpt)
10/19
Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry, by Jane Hirshfield (excerpt)
10/21
Deep Listening, by Pauline Oliveros
10/26
“Writing an Attention Practice,” Strother School of Radical Attention,
Attention Practice workshop
10/28
Attention Practice workshop
HOW TO (GET OTHERS TO) PAY ATTENTION
11/2
Student-led Attention Practice
Re-read your notes from Attensity!, Listen to Dan Taberski’s Manifesto, Episode 1 and 2
11/4
Student-led Attention Practice
“The Communist Manifesto,” by Karl Marx, Listen to Dan Taberski’s Manifesto, Episode 3
11/9
Student-led Attention Practice
A Spectre Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, by China Mieville (excerpt), Listen to Dan Taberski’s Manifesto, Episode 4 and 5
11/11
Student-led Attention Practice
“Manifesto, Manifestoed, Manifestoing,” by Alex Danchev, “The Situationist Manifesto,” by Guy Debord
11/16
Student-led Attention Practice
Workshop on Manifesto presentations, “Evidence-Based Presentation Design Recommendations”, Listen to Dan Taberski’s Manifesto, Episode 6
11/18
Student-led Attention Practice
“Evidence-based Presentation Design Recommendations,” Workshop on Manifesto presentations
11/23
Manifesto presentations
11/25 – No class – Thanksgiving Holiday
11/30
Student-led Attention Practice
Your Attention Manifesto – writing workshop
12/2
Student-led Attention Practice
Your Attention Manifesto – writing workshop
12/7
Student-led Attention Practice
Your Attention Manifesto – writing workshop
12/9
Your Attention Manifesto and presentation due