SOCI 3751
Sociology 3751 FA Cultures of Computing
Fall 2009
Topics
- Outline
- Bletchley Park
- Punched-Cards
- IT Revolution
- Gibsonian Themes 1. Computer and Calculator Collectors
- GT 2. Stephen King’s Wang, ZX-81, eBay
- Screening [partial] of 2001: A Space Odyssey
- From HAL to Deep Blue
- Screening of Sneakers
- Phreak Culture
- Screening of War Games
- Hacker Culture
- Screening of Hackers
- Hacker Style and Substance
- Screening of Tron
- Cyberpunk
- Screening of Johnny Mnemonic
- Canada Hacks: Mafiaboy
- CH: Mafiaboy
- TP Continued
- Bugs and Viruses
- List of Readings
- No readings
- Martin Campbell-Kelly, “Punched-Card Machinery,” in Computing Before Computers, ed. W. Aspray, Ames: Iowa State University, 1990
Sources
- syllabus ↗Fall 2009
- Course source ↗