Monday Wednesday

Week One: June 29/July 1 Course Introduction Reading WE3 in class Introduce Iterative Writing Assignment (IWA) Assignment: Begin Reading Vibrant Matter

Discussing Vibrant Matter "What is at stake in posthumanism?" Assignment: Finish Vibrant Matter Assignment: Begin Reading The Posthuman

Week Two: July 6/8 Discussing The Posthuman and Vibrant Matter "What Is/n't Posthumanism? Assignment: Finish Reading The Posthuman

Discussing The Posthuman "What do we get from posthumanism?" Assignment: Begin reading The Diamond Age Assignment: IWA at 2000-2500 words//3000-3500 words (w/ revisions)

Week Three: July 13/15 Discussing The Diamond Age "Into what does posthumanism creep?" Assignment: Finish Reading The Diamond Age Assignment: Begin Reading Habeas Viscous

Discussing The Diamond Age "What are the values of/in posthumanism?" Assignment: Continue Reading Habeas Viscous Assignment: IWA at 3000-3500 words//4000-4500 words (w/ revisions)

Week Four: July 20/22 Discussing Habeas Viscous "What are the bodies of posthumanism?" Assignment: Finish Reading Habeas Viscous

Discussing Habeas Viscous "What are the stakes of posthumanism?" Assignment: Begin Reading Dawn Assignment: IWA at 4000-4500 words//5000-5500 words (w/ revisions)

Week Five: July 27/29 Discussing Dawn "What are posthuman relations?" Assignment: Finish Reading Dawn Assignment: Begin Reading Natural-Born Cyborgs (selections) Assignment: Begin Reading Ambient Rhetoric

Discussing Dawn "What are posthuman ethics?" Assignment: Continue Reading Ambient Rhetoric Assignment: IWA at 5000-5500 words//6000-6500 words (w/ revisions)

Week Six: August 3/5 Discussing Natural-Born Cyborgs and Ambient Rhetoric "What are the forces of posthumanism?" Assignment: Finish Reading Ambient Rhetoric

Discussing Ambient Rhetoric "What are the consequences of posthumanism?" Assignment: IWA at 6000-6500 words//7000-7500 words (w/ revisions)

POSTHUMANISM English 4900/6190 Summer 2015 l MW 1:00-4:20