Bernie, You might find it interesting to check out Piet Hut's project on The Art of Computational Science http://www.artcompsci.org/. It's an open source project for astronomical modeling, but it goes far beyond that in attempting to document the tacit knowledge and interaction that goes into program design, presented as a conversation between real and imaginary developers. Piet is a fascinating fellow, an astrophysicist by training and currently Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at IAS, with a long-running interest in epistemology grounded in German phenomenology and Eastern contemplative traditions. He intends this project to be a sort of phenomenology of programming experience, as its happening. Cheers, Jon On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan < bernardgeoghegan2010@u.northwestern.edu> wrote:

Dear Sigcis folks,

I'm teaching a course in Berlin this fall on the cultural history and theory of programming. I'm drawing heavily on recent work in software studies, platform studies, literary theory, and German media theory (Kittler, etc.). Some of our friends and family -- Ensmenger, Kelty, etc -- will also feature prominently. As a tendency, however, the approach is little more cultural studies and poststructural than some of what often takes place in our group. The course also features a heavy programming component (that is, we're writing programs in Perl). I've posted a very early, rough draft of the syllabus here http://bernardg.com/node/67 . Does anyone have suggestions for other texts I should consider? If so, I would welcome your emails at my new address, geoghegb@cms.hu-berlin.de or via the list. I will collate responses, in the event I get more than a few comments. Thanks for your thoughts.

Best, Bernie

Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan Institut für Kulturwissenschaft Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

www.bernardg.com

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