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Response: Software Studies

For this response:

  1. Read pages 1 - 33 of Getting to Know Software: A Study of Autodesk Maya(2015) by Aylish Wood (Readings, password in class Discord)
  2. Watch RGBFAQ by Alan Warburton

Discussion prompts:

  • How does Wood's description of Maya compare to your experience thus far? Do you notice the ways in which Maya's UI is directing your thinking or approach to making?
  • Have you had an experience with any other software in which you noticed it's design was shaping your thinking and behaviors?
  • What does studying software allow us to understand about our culture and politics?
  • Would you consider Alan Warburton's video work a piece of software studies? Although not specific to one program, what do you think about the software he is speaking about and the conclusions he draws?
  • Does Warburton's video change how you think about the role of 3D images? How has this role evolved from the earlier images we say in the film Computer Dreams.