MAS.S66
Indistinguishable From... Magic as Interface, Technology, and Tradition
Spring 2015
Topics
- Introduction / Overview
- Midterm Project Presentations
- The Magic Circle: Ritual Magick as User Experience Design
Readings
- Macknik, Stephen L. and Susana Martinez-Conde. Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions. Picador, 2011. ISBN: 9780312611675.
- Melton, H. Keith, and Wallace, Robert. Excerpts from The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception . William Morrow Paperbacks, 2010. ISBN: 9780061725906.
- Trivers, Robert. Chapter 16 in Social Evolution . Benjamin-Cummings Publication Company, 1985. ISBN: 9780805385076.
- Woolley, Benjamin. The Queen’s Conjurer: The Science and Magic of Dr. John Dee, Adviser to Queen Elizabeth I . Holt Paperbacks, 2002. ISBN: 9780805065107.
- Montola, Markus, Stenros, Jaakko, and Waern, Annika. Chapter 1 in Pervasive Games: Theory and Design . CRC Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780123748539.
- 10 · The Magic Circle: Ritual Magick as User Experience Design · Fitzkee, Dariel. Chapters 7, 9, 10, and 12 in Showmanship for Magicians . Lee Jacobs, 1988.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.