Sense & Scale

A site to explore cultures, cities, and computing at varying senses and scales. Updated by Ar Ducao, with content from classes at NYU, MIT, CUNY and more.

Contact: see syllabi

Month: October 2021

  • Announcements Tech check Seating check Giveaways are taking a break today. Interesting Events/Orgs/Opps Interesting quiz from the Action Zone bystander training: What is your Bystander Intervention Personality? PEN America: More Media Literacy guides Resource packet (Google link to PDF) PEN America Media Literacy program page PEN America’s Media Literacy Toolkit For…

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  • Announcements Tech check Seating check Giveaways Interesting Events/Orgs/Opps NYU Female Founders Fellowship of up to $50K: Info Session 1 and 2 Webinar @ Cooper Union: Panel on Blockchain currency NYC Street Vendor Scavenger Hunt NYU Relaxation Oasis (part of Wellness Services) Simply Secure: The Limits of Digital Consent (whitepaper) Coming…

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  • After reviewing the calendar please share feedback if you’d like to see something changed. Thanks! ?️?️ 10/28: Gowanus or Borough Hall walk (weather permitting) 11/2: Visit to Bobst. We will meet @ Tandon and take the shuttle. 11/4: Gowanus or Borough Hall walk (weather permitting) 11/9: Remote: Fishbowl discussions. I’ll…

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  • Now that I’ve taught D&T for a few years (and have spent decades thinking about D&T), here are some of the top topics that come up again and again for many kinds of experiences in many kinds of D&T fields. I will start fleshing these out into resource guides… during…

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  • Announcements Tech check Seating check Giveaways Current upcoming class activity dates: Probably Tuesday: Gowanus (infrastructure), weather allowing More frequent remote classes in November/December Midterm checkpoint: today! Your total word count will be around 3300-3600. Please see the syllabus for the grading rubric. I’ll start reading today and will comment after…

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  • Announcements Tech check Seating check Giveaways Current upcoming class activity dates: 10/21: Remote class with “Human Subjects” training  10/26 or 10/28: Gowanus (infrastructure), weather allowing 11/02: Visit to Bobst 11/9 or 11/11: Borough Hall (politics), weather allowing 11/16: Remote Environmental and Racial Justice conference 11/23: Visit to Dibner 12/02: Remote…

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  • Announcements Tech check Seating check Giveaways!  NYU Library has lots of video access Upcoming events in flux. Current plans: 10/21: Remote class with Microaggressions training 11/02: Visit to Bobst. 11/16: Visit to Dibner 12/2: VPL make-a-thon. 12/7: Emojis? Attend the NYU Environmental and Racial Justice conference on Nov 16? Midterm:…

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  • Announcements Tech check Seating check Giveaways!  No class next Tuesday 10/12 Quick show of hands please: Dibner: archives only? Or stacks + archives? Bobst: Avery Fischer Center? Data Services? Update: Questions on a particular part of your paper? Email me with a bookmark link (don’t @me in a comment) Interesting…

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  • Announcements Tech check Seating check Giveaways!  Last chance: input on Inside Ideas. No class next Tuesday 10/12 Thursday, 10/7: a visit from Verbatim Performance Lab, then a walk to Brooklyn Navy Yard Thursday, 10/21: Remote class with a training on Microaggressions Thursday, 10/28: Emoji workshop South of Atlantic is now Cobble…

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