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-... 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 On 2020-08-05 4:32 p.m., air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org wrote:
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