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| * Modeling leadership and mentorship | * Modeling leadership and mentorship |
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| The instructor will issue grades based on a review of the kudos scores, combined with the instructor's evaluation of student contributions during class discussions. | The instructor will issue grades based on a review of the kudos scores and participation in scoring others, combined with the instructor's evaluation of student contributions during class discussions. |
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| * Ursula Le Guin, "[The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction](https://otherfutures.nl/uploads/documents/le-guin-the-carrier-bag-theory-of-fiction.pdf)" (1986) | * Ursula Le Guin, "[The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction](https://otherfutures.nl/uploads/documents/le-guin-the-carrier-bag-theory-of-fiction.pdf)" (1986) |
| * Julian Bleeker, "[Design Fiction: A Short Essay on Design, Science, Fact, and Fiction](https://web.archive.org/web/20171004021016/http://drbfw5wfjlxon.cloudfront.net/writing/DesignFiction_WebEdition.pdf)," Near Future Laboratory (March 2009) | * Julian Bleeker, "[Design Fiction: A Short Essay on Design, Science, Fact, and Fiction](https://web.archive.org/web/20171004021016/http://drbfw5wfjlxon.cloudfront.net/writing/DesignFiction_WebEdition.pdf)," Near Future Laboratory (March 2009) |
| * Ezra Klein, "[N.K. Jemisin’s Master Class in World Building](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6xyFQhbsjQ)," _Vox_ (August 27, 2018) | * Ezra Klein, "[N.K. Jemisin’s Master Class in World Building](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-build-a-world-with-fantasy-master-n-k-jemisin/id1081584611?i=1000418571825)," _Vox_ (August 27, 2018) |
| * Sheila Jasanoff, "[Future Imperfect: Science, Technology, and the Imaginations of Modernity](https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/3305673/1.-Jasanoff-and-Kim-2015-Dreamscapes-of-Modernity-Sociotechnical-Imaginari.pdf)," in Sheila Jasanoff and Sang-Hyun Kim (eds), _Dreamscapes of Modernity: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and the Fabrication of Power_ (University of Chicago Press, 2015) | * Sheila Jasanoff, "[Future Imperfect: Science, Technology, and the Imaginations of Modernity](https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/3305673/1.-Jasanoff-and-Kim-2015-Dreamscapes-of-Modernity-Sociotechnical-Imaginari.pdf)," in Sheila Jasanoff and Sang-Hyun Kim (eds), _Dreamscapes of Modernity: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and the Fabrication of Power_ (University of Chicago Press, 2015) |
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| Artifact: Develop a character facing a dilemma. | Artifact: Develop a character facing a dilemma. |
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| ### Modernity | ### Modernism |
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| * H.G. Wells, _[The Discovery of the Future](https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/44867)_ (B.W. Huebsch, 1913) | * H.G. Wells, _[The Discovery of the Future](https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/44867)_ (B.W. Huebsch, 1913) |
| * _[Stories from Tomorrow: Exploring New Technology through Useful Fiction](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stories-from-the-future-exploring-new-technology-through-useful-fiction/stories-from-tomorrow-exploring-new-technology-through-useful-fiction)_, UK Ministry of Defence (February 28, 2023) | * _[Stories from Tomorrow: Exploring New Technology through Useful Fiction](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stories-from-the-future-exploring-new-technology-through-useful-fiction/stories-from-tomorrow-exploring-new-technology-through-useful-fiction)_, UK Ministry of Defence (February 28, 2023) |
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| Artifact: Introduce the structure and experience of a system of power. | Artifact: Introduce the structure and experience of a system of power, and do so using a technology from the [Media Archaeology Lab](https://www.mediaarchaeologylab.com/). |
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| ### Hype | ### Hype |
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| * John Cheney-Lippold, "[The Silicon Future](https://journals-sagepub-com.colorado.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1177/14614448241234864)," _New Media & Society_ (March 8, 2024) | * John Cheney-Lippold, "[The Silicon Future](https://journals-sagepub-com.colorado.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1177/14614448241234864)," _New Media & Society_ (March 8, 2024) |
| * Jamie Brassett and John O’Reilly, "[The Lore of Hyperstition](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14626268.2025.2503164)," _Digital Creativity_ 36, no. 2 (2025) | * Jamie Brassett and John O’Reilly, "[The Lore of Hyperstition](https://www-tandfonline-com.colorado.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1080/14626268.2025.2503164)," _Digital Creativity_ 36, no. 2 (2025) |
| * Aimee Walleston, "[Cultural Palantirism: Abuse of Fantasy Fiction Comes as No Surprise](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1447345&post_id=183980193)," _Do Not Research_ (March 2, 2026) | * Aimee Walleston, "[Cultural Palantirism: Abuse of Fantasy Fiction Comes as No Surprise](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1447345&post_id=183980193)," _Do Not Research_ (March 2, 2026) |
| * Justin Hendrix, "[How to Study the Phenomenon of Tech Hype](https://www.techpolicy.press/how-to-study-the-phenomenon-of-tech-hype/)," _Tech Policy Press_ (March 29, 2026) | * Justin Hendrix, "[How to Study the Phenomenon of Tech Hype](https://www.techpolicy.press/how-to-study-the-phenomenon-of-tech-hype/)," _Tech Policy Press_ (March 29, 2026) |