Pointers for Undergraduate degrees in Digital Cultures
Dear All, We are right now trying to conceptualise what an undergraduate degree programme in Digital Cultures could look like. We have been trawling the web but largely we come across graduate programmes that offer it as a degree, and I was wondering if anybody has pointers on where to look and what to keep in mind while trying to conceptualise a degree programme like this. Links to programmes that you think are successful, or just reminders about disciplines/stakes that need to be factored in to build a Bachelor's programme that brings in Historical Review + Critical philosophy + Media Studies + Social Science & Humanities Critique + Computing and Management skills, with a global perspective would be greatly appreciated. If you are already running courses in this field, also, do get in touch because we are thinking of a distributed course creation, and would also be able to commission existing experts from around the world to help us do the design in the coming year or two. Warmly Nishant -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,Bangalore, India ( www.cis-india.org ) International Tandem Partner, Inkubator - Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany # +49-0176-841-660-87 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah
Dear Nishant, I believe our BA program in Emerging Media and Communication at University of Texas at Dallas is quite close to what you envision in the digital culture degree program. More info can be found here: http://emac.utdallas.edu All the best with your search. I'd be very interested in learning about other similar programs out there. Cindy -- Cuihua (Cindy) Shen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Emerging Media and Communication University of Texas at Dallas www.shencuihua.com On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Nishant Shah <itsnishant@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear All, We are right now trying to conceptualise what an undergraduate degree programme in Digital Cultures could look like. We have been trawling the web but largely we come across graduate programmes that offer it as a degree, and I was wondering if anybody has pointers on where to look and what to keep in mind while trying to conceptualise a degree programme like this.
Links to programmes that you think are successful, or just reminders about disciplines/stakes that need to be factored in to build a Bachelor's programme that brings in Historical Review + Critical philosophy + Media Studies + Social Science & Humanities Critique + Computing and Management skills, with a global perspective would be greatly appreciated.
If you are already running courses in this field, also, do get in touch because we are thinking of a distributed course creation, and would also be able to commission existing experts from around the world to help us do the design in the coming year or two. Warmly Nishant
-- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,Bangalore, India ( www.cis-india.org ) International Tandem Partner, Inkubator - Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany # +49-0176-841-660-87 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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Dear Cindy, Thank you very much for this reference. I have had a quick look at the EMAC structure and I must say it makes me wish I was an undergrad student again and had the possibility of enrolling in a programme like this. It sounds fantastic, and while our own location is not within Art and Technology studies, definitely would serve as an inspiration in terms of what a course like this could look like. We should have a first outline for the course, and I will make sure to share it with the list and with you as well. Warm regards Nishant On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Cuihua Shen <shencuihua@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Nishant,
I believe our BA program in Emerging Media and Communication at University of Texas at Dallas is quite close to what you envision in the digital culture degree program. More info can be found here: http://emac.utdallas.edu
All the best with your search. I'd be very interested in learning about other similar programs out there.
Cindy --
Cuihua (Cindy) Shen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Emerging Media and Communication University of Texas at Dallas www.shencuihua.com
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Nishant Shah <itsnishant@gmail.com>wrote:
Dear All, We are right now trying to conceptualise what an undergraduate degree programme in Digital Cultures could look like. We have been trawling the web but largely we come across graduate programmes that offer it as a degree, and I was wondering if anybody has pointers on where to look and what to keep in mind while trying to conceptualise a degree programme like this.
Links to programmes that you think are successful, or just reminders about disciplines/stakes that need to be factored in to build a Bachelor's programme that brings in Historical Review + Critical philosophy + Media Studies + Social Science & Humanities Critique + Computing and Management skills, with a global perspective would be greatly appreciated.
If you are already running courses in this field, also, do get in touch because we are thinking of a distributed course creation, and would also be able to commission existing experts from around the world to help us do the design in the coming year or two. Warmly Nishant
-- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,Bangalore, India ( www.cis-india.org ) International Tandem Partner, Inkubator - Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany # +49-0176-841-660-87 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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-- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,Bangalore, India ( www.cis-india.org ) International Tandem Partner, Inkubator - Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany # +49-0176-841-660-87 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah
Our program was just approved as a major and minor degree in eSociety. While I am waiting for a more formal PR blurb, I thought I would share this in answer to your request. This program means to blend social science and computer tech. training into one interdisciplinary degree program. Our list of courses will be available soon, Catherine http://sirls.arizona.edu/content/esociety-new-sirls-bachelor-arts-degree-or-... Catherine F. Brooks, PhD, Assistant Professor School of Information Resources and Library Science; Department of Communication, UA http://catherinefbrooks.faculty.arizona.edu/ http://sirls.arizona.edu/ "If only Romeo and Juliet had had mobile phones, they might have lived happily ever after" (Wellman and Rainie).
________________________________ From: Cuihua Shen <shencuihua@gmail.com> To: Nishant Shah <itsnishant@gmail.com> Cc: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 7:22 AM Subject: Re: [Air-L] Pointers for Undergraduate degrees in Digital Cultures
Dear Nishant,
I believe our BA program in Emerging Media and Communication at University of Texas at Dallas is quite close to what you envision in the digital culture degree program. More info can be found here: http://emac.utdallas.edu
All the best with your search. I'd be very interested in learning about other similar programs out there.
Cindy --
Cuihua (Cindy) Shen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Emerging Media and Communication University of Texas at Dallas www.shencuihua.com
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Nishant Shah <itsnishant@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear All, We are right now trying to conceptualise what an undergraduate degree programme in Digital Cultures could look like. We have been trawling the web but largely we come across graduate programmes that offer it as a degree, and I was wondering if anybody has pointers on where to look and what to keep in mind while trying to conceptualise a degree programme like this.
Links to programmes that you think are successful, or just reminders about disciplines/stakes that need to be factored in to build a Bachelor's programme that brings in Historical Review + Critical philosophy + Media Studies + Social Science & Humanities Critique + Computing and Management skills, with a global perspective would be greatly appreciated.
If you are already running courses in this field, also, do get in touch because we are thinking of a distributed course creation, and would also be able to commission existing experts from around the world to help us do the design in the coming year or two. Warmly Nishant
-- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,Bangalore, India ( www.cis-india.org ) International Tandem Partner, Inkubator - Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany # +49-0176-841-660-87 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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Hi Nishant, There are several undergraduate programmes in digital cultures in the Scandinavian countries: The one at my own department at Lund University in Sweden: Bachelor Programme in Digital Cultures, http://www.kultur.lu.se/utbildning/kandidatprogram-i-digitala-kulturer (i can tell you more about this one off list if you are interested) at Bergen University in Norway: http://www.uib.no/studieprogram/BAHF-DIKUL at Blekinge Technical University in Sweden: http://kampanj.bth.se/utbildningar/digital-kultur-och-kommunikation-180hp/ I believe there are some more, which are related but don't have "digital cultures" in the programme name: for instance at Malmö University (Sweden) and at the IT University in Copenhagen (Denmark). Best, Jutta On 11 February 2013 19:29, Catherine Brooks <cbrooks4@yahoo.com> wrote:
Our program was just approved as a major and minor degree in eSociety. While I am waiting for a more formal PR blurb, I thought I would share this in answer to your request. This program means to blend social science and computer tech. training into one interdisciplinary degree program. Our list of courses will be available soon, Catherine
http://sirls.arizona.edu/content/esociety-new-sirls-bachelor-arts-degree-or-...
Catherine F. Brooks, PhD, Assistant Professor School of Information Resources and Library Science; Department of Communication, UA http://catherinefbrooks.faculty.arizona.edu/ http://sirls.arizona.edu/
"If only Romeo and Juliet had had mobile phones, they might have lived happily ever after" (Wellman and Rainie).
________________________________ From: Cuihua Shen <shencuihua@gmail.com> To: Nishant Shah <itsnishant@gmail.com> Cc: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 7:22 AM Subject: Re: [Air-L] Pointers for Undergraduate degrees in Digital Cultures
Dear Nishant,
I believe our BA program in Emerging Media and Communication at University of Texas at Dallas is quite close to what you envision in the digital culture degree program. More info can be found here: http://emac.utdallas.edu
All the best with your search. I'd be very interested in learning about other similar programs out there.
Cindy --
Cuihua (Cindy) Shen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Emerging Media and Communication University of Texas at Dallas www.shencuihua.com
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Nishant Shah <itsnishant@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear All, We are right now trying to conceptualise what an undergraduate degree programme in Digital Cultures could look like. We have been trawling the web but largely we come across graduate programmes that offer it as a degree, and I was wondering if anybody has pointers on where to look and what to keep in mind while trying to conceptualise a degree programme like this.
Links to programmes that you think are successful, or just reminders about disciplines/stakes that need to be factored in to build a Bachelor's programme that brings in Historical Review + Critical philosophy + Media Studies + Social Science & Humanities Critique + Computing and Management skills, with a global perspective would be greatly appreciated.
If you are already running courses in this field, also, do get in touch because we are thinking of a distributed course creation, and would also be able to commission existing experts from around the world to help us do the design in the coming year or two. Warmly Nishant
-- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,Bangalore, India ( www.cis-india.org ) International Tandem Partner, Inkubator - Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany # +49-0176-841-660-87 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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Dear Nishant, While many Information Studies/Information Science degrees are postgraduate, there are also undergraduate programmes out there (e.g., ours in Information and Social Computing - http://www.ucd.ie/sils) in which I think there would be a lot of overlap with the kinds of issues you are talking about, regards, Lee Lee Komito (e) lee.komito@ucd.ie School of Information & Library Studies (p) +353.1.7167594 University College Dublin (f) +353.1.7161161 Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland (w) www.ucd.ie/lkomito On 11/02/2013 14:00, Nishant Shah wrote:
Dear All, We are right now trying to conceptualise what an undergraduate degree programme in Digital Cultures could look like. We have been trawling the web but largely we come across graduate programmes that offer it as a degree, and I was wondering if anybody has pointers on where to look and what to keep in mind while trying to conceptualise a degree programme like this.
Links to programmes that you think are successful, or just reminders about disciplines/stakes that need to be factored in to build a Bachelor's programme that brings in Historical Review + Critical philosophy + Media Studies + Social Science & Humanities Critique + Computing and Management skills, with a global perspective would be greatly appreciated.
If you are already running courses in this field, also, do get in touch because we are thinking of a distributed course creation, and would also be able to commission existing experts from around the world to help us do the design in the coming year or two. Warmly Nishant
Hi, Nishant, The focus of ASU's digital culture program may be a bit more arts oriented than what you have described, but it is offered as a stand alone undergrad degree or as a concentration for cognate degrees... https://digitalculture.asu.edu/education/degrees Best, Alex
Endicott College has a BS in Internet Studies within the School of Communication that began two years ago. It has not generated the numbers we had anticipated so we are taking a second look at our challenges. For more information: http://endicott.edu/Academics/Communication-Academics/CommunicationInternetS tudies.aspx Following curriculum links will lead you to required courses and descriptions. Laurel Hellerstein, Ph.D. Dean, School of Communication Endicott College -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Nishant Shah Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 9:00 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Pointers for Undergraduate degrees in Digital Cultures Dear All, We are right now trying to conceptualise what an undergraduate degree programme in Digital Cultures could look like. We have been trawling the web but largely we come across graduate programmes that offer it as a degree, and I was wondering if anybody has pointers on where to look and what to keep in mind while trying to conceptualise a degree programme like this. Links to programmes that you think are successful, or just reminders about disciplines/stakes that need to be factored in to build a Bachelor's programme that brings in Historical Review + Critical philosophy + Media Studies + Social Science & Humanities Critique + Computing and Management skills, with a global perspective would be greatly appreciated. If you are already running courses in this field, also, do get in touch because we are thinking of a distributed course creation, and would also be able to commission existing experts from around the world to help us do the design in the coming year or two. Warmly Nishant -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,Bangalore, India ( www.cis-india.org ) International Tandem Partner, Inkubator - Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany # +49-0176-841-660-87 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
Nishant, A few years ago, Tanya Clement started a list of "digital humanities inflected undergraduate programs." The list is a good place to start, especially in the ways people have expanded her list in the comments section of the post. You can read it here: http://tanyaclement.org/2009/11/04/digital-humanities-inflected-undergraduat... Since the time that this initial list came out, I moved from being the Director of the Digital Technology & Culture Program at Washington State University to working with the Digital Cultures and Creativity Program at the University of Maryland. I'm more than happy to chat with you about the approaches taken in both of these programs. Best, Jason -- Jason Farman, Ph.D Assistant Professor of American Studies Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Digital Cultures and Creativity University of Maryland, College Park http://www.jasonfarman.com <http://www.jasonfarman.com> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Laurel Hellerstein <lhellers@endicott.edu>wrote:
Endicott College has a BS in Internet Studies within the School of Communication that began two years ago. It has not generated the numbers we had anticipated so we are taking a second look at our challenges. For more information:
http://endicott.edu/Academics/Communication-Academics/CommunicationInternetS tudies.aspx
Following curriculum links will lead you to required courses and descriptions.
Laurel Hellerstein, Ph.D. Dean, School of Communication Endicott College
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Nishant Shah Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 9:00 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Pointers for Undergraduate degrees in Digital Cultures
Dear All, We are right now trying to conceptualise what an undergraduate degree programme in Digital Cultures could look like. We have been trawling the web but largely we come across graduate programmes that offer it as a degree, and I was wondering if anybody has pointers on where to look and what to keep in mind while trying to conceptualise a degree programme like this.
Links to programmes that you think are successful, or just reminders about disciplines/stakes that need to be factored in to build a Bachelor's programme that brings in Historical Review + Critical philosophy + Media Studies + Social Science & Humanities Critique + Computing and Management skills, with a global perspective would be greatly appreciated.
If you are already running courses in this field, also, do get in touch because we are thinking of a distributed course creation, and would also be able to commission existing experts from around the world to help us do the design in the coming year or two. Warmly Nishant
-- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,Bangalore, India ( www.cis-india.org ) International Tandem Partner, Inkubator - Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany # +49-0176-841-660-87 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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