The Uncanny (Week 9)

How are our media haunted? What’s strange, eerie, or weird about digital media? What ghosts lurk in the machine?

Monday, March 9 (Week 9)

• Mark Fisher, “Approaching the Eerie” from The Weird and the Eerie (2016), pp. 61-64
• Andy Campbell, Glimmer (2009)
• Introduction to Let’s Play project

Wednesday, March 11

• Sigmund Freud, “The Uncanny” (1919), pp. 1-21
• Andy Campbell, The Flat (2006)
• Blog (Round 3): Group E

Note: The rest of this section of the course is struck-through, indicating the switch over to the coronavirus-induced remote learning section of the course. See the Pandemic section of the course for the rest of the calendar.

Friday, March 13

• Twine Workshop
• Tracery Project Due

Monday, March 16 (Week 10)

• Bury Me, My Love (2017)
• Blog (Round 4): Group A

Wednesday, March 18

• Bury Me, My Love (2017)
• Blog (Round 4): Group B

Friday, March 20

• Twine Workshop

Header: Creepy Mannequin photo by Psk Slayer on Unsplash