School Of Humanities And Communication ArtsText, Media and MemoryWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 102299.1
Discipline: SOCIETY AND CULTURE NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Student must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Research Studies/Master of Research or Master of Research.
About this Unit
In 2016 this unit replaced by 102412 Global Digital Futures. This unit explores how the digital environment is profoundly changing the way we write, record, communicate and remember. Students will be encouraged to think critically about the possibilities that digital resources and methods offer interdisciplinary humanities research, including the implications of using new media formats for compiling, storing and sharing cultural and social data.
The unit begins by considering the influence of earlier media, such as photography and film, on
literary, historical, communication and cultural studies, so that digital innovations can be
understood in a broader context. Reflecting on examples drawn from around the world, with a
focus on Australia, students survey the latest digital formats, genres and knowledge practices,
ranging from the personal and experimental to the institutional. These are discussed in the context
of contemporary issues in areas such as digital identity and privacy, interactivity and simulation,
virtual environments and the semantic web, online communities and crowdsourcing, GIS,
e-research and cyberinfrastructure.
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Specialisations
| SP2019.1 | Digital Knowledge and Innovation | CONTINUING |