Final Project

Posted November 14th, 2007 by Duder
in
For my final project I will be constructing a proposal, project plan, and possible prototype for a multimedia program documenting Burke’s life. Using the chronology of Burke’s life from the Dec. 1993 Newsletter of The Kenneth Burke Society by David Curtis Williams, I will be creating an online timeline of Burke’s life. The interactive multimedia project (most likely a hybrid of flash and other mediums) I will be proposing, will highlight some of the major moments in Burke’s life along with some of his thoughts and theories about Dramatism and Rhetoric. I am also looking at various strategies of how to make the program expandable so that members of the KB Journal and The Kenneth Burke Society can submit additional information and help maintain the timeline.
David Blakesley's picture

KB Timeline

Submitted by David Blakesley on Tue, 11/20/2007 - 10:39.

Duder:

We've talked in some detail about your project already, so I won't add any more to that here. I think that it will be a lot of fun to develop this timeline.

I mentioned that exhibit at USC and have found out some more information. Here's their description:

The Digital Wall: Explore the 25,000 year history of the development of reading and writing through this new, interactive communication tool.

There doesn't appear to be any online representation, however, and I can't find out any more info. Here's where it's housed:

http://iml.usc.edu/index.htm

Here's another possibility to think about, probably for the longer term but not now, given its current state and the time remaining in the semester:

http://www.sophieproject.org/

Feel free to fire questions at me!

Dave