Week 4

Forgotten histories

September 10:

Readings:

• Atkinson, Paul. “The Curious Case of the Kitchen Computer: Products and Non-Products in Design History.” Journal of Design History, vol. 23, no. 2, 2010, pp. 163–179. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40801931.
• Braun, Hans-Joachim ‘Symposium on Failed Innovations: Introduction’, Social Studies of Science, vol. 22, no. 2, 1992, p. 213. https://www.jstor.org/stable/285613

             Topics: analyzing forgotten media

             Activities: 

September 12: Lab: Media scavenger hunt