Readings

Reading 11/28:
Language Networks by Clay Shirky

Reading 11/17:
The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Steven Raymond (Read this First)
The Bakeoff: Annals of Technology by Malcolm Gladwell (xerox)

Reading 11/10:
Folksonomies - Cooperative Classification and Communication Through Shared Metadata

Reading 11/3:
Ontology is Overrated by Clay Shirky
A Taxonomy of Humor by ???

Reading 10/13:
Mapping the Database

Reading 10/7:
The Situationist City by Simon Sadler (ERES)

Readings 9/29:
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs (ERES)
Lingua Francas for Design: Sacred Places and Pattern Languages by Thomas Erickson
(You are not responsible for William Whyte reading that was on the original syllabus. I hope to show you a video of his work in class.)

Readings for 9/15:
ABC s of Collaboration
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Observations on Collective Cultural Action (This one has some difficult language, so read slowly and do your best.)

Reading for 9/22:
A City is Not A Tree by Christopher Alexander (read part 1 and 2)

You are no longer required to read “Where the Action Is” by Paul Dourish–but it is still on ERES for those of you who are interested!