Tuesday (1/27):
- Words written on the board by Dr. Sample: Dataveillance, surveillance, and superpanopticon (this word was underlined)
- 18 comments written on the board by students, responding to Foucault’s statement, “Visibility is a trap”
- First interactive class exercise and first time Dr. Sample has recorded us
- 3 people wearing hats to class
- Class finished at 2:52PM
Thursday (1/29)
- Words written on the board by Dr. Sample: Inscribe, writing (written underneath inscribe), represent, and depict (written underneath represent)
- No comments written on board by students
- First YouTube video shown in class
- In preparation for the quantified self assignment, it looks like there are 18 IOS devices, 8 Androids, and 4 Others
- Ended class on the idea that the act of observation changes the object being observed
General observation from both days:
With some exceptions, it seems as though the class organizes its seating arrangement by gender (all 3 girls at one table), fraternity, athletic organization, and college year.