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This schedule describes the summer 2019 reading plan for the [[Sociotechnocanonicon]]. | This schedule describes the summer 2019 reading plan for the [[Sociotechnocanonicon]]. | ||
''Reading group meets on https://meet.jit.si/sociotechnocanonicon every Tuesday, 11:30 - 1:00 PM Pacific time.'' | |||
== Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas == | |||
[https://mindstorms.media.mit.edu Mindstorms], Seymour Papert (The website has a link to downloadable PDF of the book as a single file.) | [https://mindstorms.media.mit.edu Mindstorms], Seymour Papert (The website has a link to downloadable PDF of the book as a single file.) | ||
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** [http://web.media.mit.edu/~mres/papers/IJCCI-seeds-seymour-sowed.pdf The Seeds That Seymour Sowed] | ** [http://web.media.mit.edu/~mres/papers/IJCCI-seeds-seymour-sowed.pdf The Seeds That Seymour Sowed] | ||
== Collection Action == | |||
=== The Logic of Collective Action === | |||
:Olson, M. (1965). The logic of collective action: Public goods and the theory of groups. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. | :Olson, M. (1965). The logic of collective action: Public goods and the theory of groups. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. | ||
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* 2019-07-23: Read the entire book. Nate is facilitating. Chapters 1 and 2 are super classic and the reason the book is cited as much as it is. I expect that much of our discussion will focus on the first part of the book, but feel free to bring up the other parts as well. | * 2019-07-23: Read the entire book. Nate is facilitating. Chapters 1 and 2 are super classic and the reason the book is cited as much as it is. I expect that much of our discussion will focus on the first part of the book, but feel free to bring up the other parts as well. | ||
=== The Critical Mass in Collective Action === | |||
:Marwell, Gerald, and Pamela Oliver. 1993. | :Marwell, Gerald, and Pamela Oliver. 1993. The Critical Mass in Collective Action: A Micro-Social Theory. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. | ||
* 2019-07-30 Week 1: Read Chapters 1-4 (pg 1-100) on "The critical mass and the problem of collective action"; "Building blocks: goods, groups, and processes"; "The paradox of group size"; and "The dynamics of production functions" | * 2019-07-30 Week 1: Read Chapters 1-4 (pg 1-100) on "The critical mass and the problem of collective action"; "Building blocks: goods, groups, and processes"; "The paradox of group size"; and "The dynamics of production functions" | ||
* 2019-08-06 Week 2: Read Chapter 5-8 (pg 101-193) on "Social networks: density, centralization, and cliques"; "Selectivity in social networks"; "Reach and selectivity as strategies of recruitment;" and "Unfinished business" | * 2019-08-06 Week 2: Read Chapter 5-8 (pg 101-193) on "Social networks: density, centralization, and cliques"; "Selectivity in social networks"; "Reach and selectivity as strategies of recruitment;" and "Unfinished business" | ||
Once again, there is PDF copy of the book in the group Zotero library. Contact [[Mako]] if you need one in some other way. The book is difficult and includes a bit of math and data. Don't try to start reading this the morning of. | |||