The Digital Downside: Moving from Craft to Factory Production in Online Learning
Timothy LukeTim Luke takes on the business of online learning.
From Utopianism to Weak Messianism: Electronic Culture’s Spectral Moment
Stephanie TrippStephanie Tripp addresses Spectres of Marx, the text featuring some of Derrida?s most detailed encounters with both historical materialism and information technology.
Michael Milken and the Corporate Raid on Education
Kenneth J. SaltmanJunk bond swami Michael Milken jumped out of prison a few years ago and into for-profit education. Ken Saltman submits Milken's latest venture to the light of day.
Textual Events (3 of 5)
Marc BousquetHow to commodify "intellectual property" when the object, a text, is made of other texts, and each reading is a re-writing? The Politics of Information, Part 3, considers the identity of event and machine.
What’s Left: Materialist Responses to the Internet
Mark PosterUrging adaptibility and breadth, Mark Poster takes issue with the niches bored by early Internet critiques.
Before and After the Web: George P. Landow (interviewed by Harvey L. Molloy)
George LandowGeorge Landow talks with Harvey Molloy about personal projects and future Web speculations.
On ®TMark, or, The Limits of Intellectual Property Hacktivism
Caren IrrCaren Irr on ®TMark.com.
Intellectual Property Law, Freedom of Expression, and the Web
Kembrew McLeodKembrew McLeod, fresh from having trademarked the phrase freedom of expression®, speeds through the domain name scandals of the information superhighway.
A Better Mao’s Trap
Lisette GonzalesInfiltrate, animate, dominate. Lisette Gonzales reviews Derek Pell's Little Red Book of Adobe LiveMotion.
What’s Mine is Mine, and What’s Yours Is Mine: Ownership in Online Universities
Paul CollinsPaul Collins on collegiate content: syllabus, discussions, lectures, and all.
Patched In: A Conversation with Anne-Marie Schleiner about Computer Gaming Culture
Tara McPherson
An essay by Tara McPherson (and a conversation with Anne-Marie Schleiner) concerning patch mutations, opensorcery, and other explainable gaming offshoots.
The Politics of Information (Part 2 of 5)
Marc BousquetPart 2 of The Politics of Information, a collection that reintroduces class and materiality to the study of technocultures.
Metadiversity: On the Unavailability of Alternatives to Information
David GolumbiaTempering the myth of global variety, David Golumbia processes the dominance of English in digital environments - and a highly standardized English at that.
Prospects for a Materialist Informatics: An Interview with Donna Haraway
Donna Haraway, Lisa NakamuraLisa Nakamura questions Donna Haraway about race, speed, and the cyborg.