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

Also see: D&T Reading, Watching, Listening for class books and articles. Contents Technology Cultural Competence Guides As you prepare your paper, please use the appropriate style guides to standardize and justify how you describe minority and marginalized groups. Additional Trainings Positionality and Theory General Research Guides Templates/Resources for your Papers…

Also see: D&T Reading, Watching, Listening for class books and articles.

Contents

Technology

  • What is “technology?” See this discussion from Keywords for American Cultural Studies.
  • What is “disruptive technology?” See this discussion of disruptive innovation from Harvard Business Review.
  • An example list of arguably disruptive technologies: PBS American Experience’s Technology Timeline.

Cultural Competence Guides

As you prepare your paper, please use the appropriate style guides to standardize and justify how you describe minority and marginalized groups.

Additional Trainings

Positionality and Theory

  1. Positionality (NYU login required): building on your background, engineering major & interests 
  2. Recommended Method: Critical Literary Theory

General Research Guides

Templates/Resources for your Papers (by Prof)

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