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INDEPENDENT STUDIES
Notes from longer investigations on our relationships with care and technology.
Domestic Labor as Design
Syllabus: Domestic LaborWhat if we viewed home as a care studio?Home as a site of power and resistanceHome as a site of social reproductionHome as a site of recoveryHome as a site of civic preparationHome as a site of cultural transmissionHome as a site of system designHome as a site of self-trustWorking with Companion Machines
Syllabus: Companion MachinesWhat if a machine could help you return to yourself?Observing ourselves observeTotal RecallDeveloping a Civic Heart
Syllabus: Developing a Civic HeartWhat is a civic heart?Navigating Media Across the ErasNews and the Nervous SystemMedia DietsWho gets to be a journalist?Soft Power and Moral ImaginationRaising a CitizenThe Long VoteFormative Concepts: A Glossary
Syllabus: Formative Concepts, A GlossaryContainersAnti-memetics Soft PowerDiagrammatic ThinkingCRAFT NOTES
Essays on writing, publishing and creative life.
2025
Designing a care lattice that withstands variabilityDesigning a minimum work season Designing a deep work sprintOn the realities parent-artist-freelance lifeWriting the way you thinkOTHER USEFUL NOTES
Should I send my kid to preschool?An approach to moving to a new city‣