Part I: Introduction & basic concepts
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Videos |
Readings due |
Class activities |
Assignments |
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Introduction |
Wed.
08.19
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Course overview |
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Mobility
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Mon. 08.24 |
Mobility 1 |
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Brewer & Dourish, "Storied spaces" (pp. 1-14)
Castells et. al.,"Communication and mobility in everyday life" (pp. 77-126) in MCS
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Blog post 1 (texts 1 /2) |
Wed. 08.26 |
Mobility 2 |
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Assign class discussion topics
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Place / Space |
Mon. 08.31 |
Glocality vs. Network Locality |
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Gordon, "Redefining the local" (pp. 21-36) in DC
Meyrowitz, "The rise of glocality" (pp. 21-30)
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Blog post 2 (texts 3 / 4)
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Wed. 09.02 |
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Discussion posters
Show student work
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- Choose groups for final project
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History |
Mon. 09.07 |
Labor Day - no class |
Wed. 09.09 |
History of wireless technologies and cell phones |
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Abrahamson, "Hear Me Now"
Farley, "Mobile telephone history" (pp. 22-34)
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Blog post 3 (texts 5 / 6) |
Part II: Mobile interfaces
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Cell phone generations
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Mon. 09.14 |
Cellular generations 2G / 3G / 4G
Generations Table |
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Wilson, "3G to web 2.0?" (pp. 229-242)
Javaid, Rasheed, Meddour, Ahmed, & Prasad, "A novel dimension of cooperation in 4G" (pp. 29-40)
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Blog post 4 (texts
7 / 8)
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Wed. 09.16 |
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Lecture Rheingold (TED) |
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Discussion 1:
Stephanie White / Megan Markov
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5
Ubicomp / Pervasive computing |
Mon. 09.21 |
Ubicomp / Pervasive computing
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Pattie Maes (TED) |
Greenfield, "Section1: What's everyware" (pp. 9-34)
Greenfield, "Section2: How is everyware different from what we're used to?" (pp. 35-88)
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Blog post 5 (texts 9 / 10) |
Wed. 09.23 |
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Optional project reading:
Kato, "Japanese youth and the imagining of keitai" (p. 103-119) |
Discussion 2:
Chris Geatz / Brent Cochrane
- Discuss preliminary proposal
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Locative media
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Mon. 09.28 |
Connecting information to places |
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de Souza e Silva & Frith, "Locative mobile social networks"
Perusco & Michael, "Control, trust, privacy and security" (pp. 4-16) |
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Blog post 6 (texts 11 / 12)
Give questions midterm
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Wed. 09.30 |
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- CYSMN?
- Botfighters
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Part III: Patterns of cell phone use
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7
Macro-coordination
(AOIR)
(fall break week) |
Mon. 10.05 |
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mid-term exam due
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Wed. 10.07 |
Cell phones as social organizers |
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Castells et. al. "The mobile civil society" (pp. 185-214) in MCS |
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Blog post 7 (text 13) |
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Safety and security
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Mon. 10.12 |
Cell phones used for safety, security, and war
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Gordon, "The mobile phone and the public sphere" (pp. 307-319)
Cohen, "When the bombs go off the mobiles ring" (pp. 117-128)
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Blog post 8 (texts 14 / 15)
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Wed. 10.14 |
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Discussion 3:
Wallis Hutchens / Joe Crutchfield
- Discuss storyboard |
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Identity / Self |
Mon. 10.19 |
Cell phones as fashion items / influence on youth behavior
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Castells et. al., "The mobile youth culture" (pp. 127-170)
in MCS
Fortunati & Cianchi, "Fashion and technology in the presentation of self" (pp. 203-226)
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Blog post 9 (texts 16 /17)
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Wed. 10.21 |
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Discussion 4:
Sarah Cozee / Philip Kulczewski
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Mobile learning
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Mon. 10.26 |
Cell phones as educational tools |
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Katz, "Mobile phones in educational settings" (pp. 87-102)
Delacruz, Chung, & Baker, "Finding a place" (pp. 251-268) in DC
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Blog posts 10 (texts 18 / 19) |
Wed. 10.28 |
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- Environmental Detectives
- Frequency 1550
- Savannah |
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Discussion 5:
Evan Crim / Dana Squire
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Part IV: Site-specific case studies
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Asia |
Mon. 11.02 |
Case studies: Asia
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McLelland, "Sociocultural aspects of mobile communication technologies in Asia and the Pacific" (pp. 124-134)
Bell, "The age of the thumb" (pp. 67-87)
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Blog post 11 (texts 20 / 21)
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Wed. 11.04 |
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Discussion 6:
Ranata Reeder
- Discuss preview |
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Africa |
Mon. 11.09 |
Case studies: Africa |
ITU statistics |
Castells, et. al., Wireless communication and global development" (pp. 215-244)
in MCS
James & Verteeg, "Mobile phones in Africa" (pp. 117-126)
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Blog post 12 (texts 22 / 23)
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Wed. 11.11 |
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Discussion 7:
Jennifer Rodriguez / Megan Forman |
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South America |
Mon. 11.16 |
Case studies: South America
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Donner, "Research approaches to mobile use in the developing world" (pp. 140-159)
de Souza e Silva, et. al., "Cell phone appropriation and social mobile use in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil"
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Blog post 13 (texts
24 / 25)
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Wed. 11.18 |
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Discussion 8:
Jane Moon / Jim McGowan
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Discussion |
Mon. 11.23 |
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Lecture mobile technologies (New Yorker)
TED cell phones |
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Discussion 9:
Camila Alvarado |
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Wed. 11.25 |
Thanksgiving - no class |
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Final presentations |
Mon. 11.30 |
Final presentations |
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Give questions for final exam
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Wed. 12.02 |
Final presentations |
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Finals week |
Mon. 12.07 |
Finals week |
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Final exam due |
Wed. 12.09 |
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