You should prepare your talk in the light of some of the larger questions running through the module:
- How does your topic relate to the history of technology? See for example the ‘grand sweep’ works of Siegfried Giedion and Lewis Mumford mentioned at the start of the module.
- How does your topic relate to the question of materiality? What kind of material ‘stuff’ makes up your object/thing/process? See the work of Daniel Miller on material culture.
- How does your topic relate to the ideas of Marshall McLuhan: that media are extensions of human capabilities, and that the medium of communication is the message?
- How does your topic relate to the ‘new mobilities paradigm’ and some of the ideas outlined in the Routledge Handbook of Mobilities?
As explained in the module outline, you have the option to submit a one page outline of your essay (maximum 250 words) by E-mail before 12.00 Monday 8th December. Feedback will be given back early on in the session on Friday December 12th.
Only those who attend in person on Friday 12th will receive feedback on Friday 12th. No one will receive feedback before Friday 12th on submitted essay outlines. Essay outlines submitted after 12.00 on Monday December 8th will not receive formal feedback.
