Extra Credit: up to 1%
Attend any of the following events or activities AND write a blog post explaining how the event/extra-curricular learning extends and enhances our learning. These posts are due THE LAST DAY OF CLASS
Halloween costume: Wear a costume related to our class on 10/30, and write a blog post about the meaning of your costume (and include a photo!). Be creative!
DATED EVENTS
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Thursday, October 16, 2025
3:00-5:30
Digital Humanities Center
LA 61, Bottom of the Library Dome
About the La Jolla Reading Room Sound Installation
Visit the Digital Humanities Center this semester to experience La Jolla Reading Room, an interactive sound installation by Matthew Hebert, SDSU Art + Design, with Jared Stanley, University of Nevada – Reno.
Composed of sculptures and sound recordings, the exhibition draws inspiration from the traditions of library reading rooms, places set aside for silent reading and contemplation, as well as the form of artists’ books, especially those which include the full spectrum of sensory experience in the act of reading. The sculptures resemble a set of reading tables arranged in a maze-like pattern. Recordings are composed of the voices of writers, artists, and book enthusiasts—a collaged chorus of readers, thinking aloud about the experience of reading and interacting with artists’ books.
Library exploration and explication: Select a book from the library catalog and go find it in the stacks. Document your process and explain your experience in a blog post that close reads the space of the library and the embodied experience of “searching” for information in physical space.
The SDSU Center for the Study of Media and Performance events:
1. Writing About Art
Who: Brian Hu (TV, Film, & New Media), Shelley Orr (Theatre), Eric Smigel (Music)
Format: Panel of informal presentations, discussion
When: Wednesday, October 15 at 12 noon.
Where: Rhapsody Hall (Music 113)
2. Why Artists Make Robots: A Conversation
Part of CSMP’s AI (and) Art series.
Who: Prof. Yin Yu (Art + Design) with Qi Wang (Aerospace Engineering))
Format: Lecture / discussion
When: November 12 at 3:30pm
Where: SDSU Digital Humanities Center (Library dome basement)
PODCASTING WORKSHOPS IN THE DHC
#1: Introduction to Podcasting
Thursday October 2, 2 PM – 3 PM
Learn podcasting basics, approaches, and best practices
#2: Podcasting Editing and Post Production
Thursday October 9, 2 PM – 3 PM
Learn common editing and post production techniques
Advance registration requested.
