[Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 193, Issue 5

[Gabriella Coleman, Dr.]

Hi Maya (and all),

Thanks Maya  for the update :) and best of luck finishing the 
dissertation. That's exciting.

Since a few people asked off list about how to best use the site, I 
thought I would say a little more about it as I've used it now for one 
semester (so not all that long).

I don't find it useful to assign the site but have usually used 
particular entries in one of two ways: I will assign a piece or two as a 
reading/watching just as I would a podcast or movie or article and 
sometimes include the category page. For instance if we are doing 
something on geopolitics and hacking, I'd assign something like this 
https://hackcur.io/hackers-are-free-people-just-like-artists-who-wake-up-in-the-morning-in-a-good-mood-and-start-painting/ 
Or if I wanted to have students learn about liberation technologies, I'd 
maybe assign this piece on an early encryption program made by South 
African freedom fighters. https://hackcur.io/operation-vula/

We also watch videos in class together and then I have a student read 
the entry out loud and we then discuss. Some videos are better for 
public viewing together than others.

It's a bit of a weird genre and we are still working on it and might 
also eventually move to long form essays but for now, they are smaller 
nuggets and written in a style that is accessible, and presumes no prior 
knowledge.

Do feel free to reach out with suggestions of any kind. This is very 
much a work-in-progress.

All best,
Biella



Hello,

Thanks for the update on Hack_Curio Biella. It is nice to see
interesting projects grow out of academic research, and see them being
useful!

And thank you for including my project in you list :-)))
So let me just take the opportunity to flesh out some future plans and
directions for A is for Another: A Dictionary of AI
https://aisforanother.net

This is on hiatus while I finish my dissertation; but after October, I
will be putting together a classroom-based workshop/exercise format to
suggest how students and teachers can work on writing entries.  I will
also have a submission form so that anyone who has an entry can submit
something one-off. The dictionary's architecture requires that entries
be put together in a certain way. Please do write to me if you have
questions or suggestions for this project. Stay tuned

Thank you.
Best wishes,
Maya

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