Course description:

The course will examine the production and circulation of knowledge in light of changing technologies, institutions and textual forms. It aims to provide an overview and framework for comparative perspectives of textual transmission in oral, manuscript, print and electronic communication environments focusing on regulatory frameworks and the transformation of "intellectual property" concept along a historical trajectory, from attribution, authorship, to participatory ownership of creation. It focuses on books, documents and record manifestations through current scholarship in this interdisciplinary domain, ranging from book history to social construction of technology, narrative theory to social informatics, focusing on the book trade, web spheres, play spheres and socio-technical systems such as digital libraries. It deals with the nature of texts (print, non-print, and digital), their reception and literacy practices, communities and institutional contexts. The course will present a critique of the technological revolution paradigm. (syllabus)

Students enrolled in the course have access through eCompanion shell at: http://rutgersonline.net or http://ecollege.rutgers.edu.

For more information on the course contact the instructor.

Course list at: hob_2008@rams.rutgers.edu