Projects
Magic (in progress)
Showcasing the process, design, code, and people of digital cultural projects
Publisher: Still Water Lab
Information: http://magic.still-water.net
Surfacing (in progress)
Interactive media project visualizing the cultural geographies of submarine communications networks
Co-Creative Directors: Erik Loyer & Craig Dietrich
Information: http://vectorsjournal.org/projects/surfacing
Site of Impact
Interviews with residents living near the proposed Los Angeles NFL stadium site
The Interpreters
Designing narratives will be demonstrated by Natural History Museum staff, including experimental exhibit designers and performance artists
Presented at: USC School of Cinematic Arts Gallery
Date: February 12, 2013
URL: http://web-app.usc.edu/.../event/897846
Walking Wall Street
Immerse in the route, hear stories, and produce collaborative media along Los Angele's Wall Street
Tenants in Action (TIA)
Submit housing violations directly to Los Angeles City agencies using the mobile app's conversational language
Publisher: Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE)
URL: http://callTIA.com/about
Scalar
Scholarly publishing platform combining content and media via semantic web technology
Publisher: Alliance for Networking Visual Culture, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
URL: http://scalar.usc.edu
Public Spaces essays
Reflections on and interventions in urban environments and land use, so far in New York City and Los Angeles
Publisher: NMDNet: A Meta-Network of the University of Maine
URL: http://www.nmdnet.org/tag/public-spaces
Redesigning Reality
Week-long series featuring workshops where participants can remix and remake everyday objects and software
Organizers: Craig Dietrich and Steve Anderson
Presented by: USC Visions & Voices
Date: February 24 - March 2, 2012
URL: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/...
A Path towards Global Reach: The Pool
Chapter supporting networked environments in the classroom, with The Pool as a case study
Book: Learning Through Digital Media: Experiments in Technology and Pedagogy
Author: Craig Dietrich with Jon Ippolito
Date: Spring, 2011
URL: http://learningthroughdigitalmedia.net/a-path-...
Learning From YouTube
"Video-book" analysing YouTube's Pedagogical concerns while reimagining its interface, published by MIT Press
Designer: Craig Dietrich
Publisher: MIT Press
Date: February 7, 2011
URL: http://vectors.usc.edu/projects/learningfromyoutube/
Unauthorized Pictures of Sony Pictures
... the guard ran out and told us we couldn't take pictures of Sony Pictures
The Network of Ecology
Talk series and companion installation show bringing "ecology" back to its source
Director: Craig Dietrich
Events: Panel Discussion featuring LA-based Ecologists, part of the USC Digitial Studies Symposium, The Natural History Museum's Age of Mammals Exhibit and Vivarium Jar Building (talk by Vanessa Vobis), Companion installation show at USC's Ronald Tutor Campus Center (November 2010-February 2011)
Dates: October 2011 - February 2011
Representing Culture via Agile Collaboration
Chapter on developer ecosystems that priviliage small, bottom-up collaborations
Authors: Craig Dietrich and John Bell
Book: Handbook of Research on Technologies and Cultural Heritage: Applications and Environments
Editor: Georgios D. Styliaras
Date: Spring, 2011
URL: http://www.igi-global.com/...?id=50271
Magic at Without Borders
Video installation featuring interviews with scholars and designers as they develop interactive media
Installed: Without Borders VI, UMaine Lord Hall Gallery
Date: August - September, 2009
Science Species Lab
Ecology-centered installation show and companion workshop in California's Wine Country
Installed: ArtSpace404, Arts Council of Sonoma County
Date: Fall, 2009
Press release: PDF
Plateu Peoples' Web Portal
Archive of Plateau people's cultural material, currated by Plateau Tribal members and WSU special collections
Director: Kim Christen
Lead Developer (2007-2009): Craig Dietrich
Developers: Eric Volkernic, John Smith
Presented in part by: Washington State Startup Grant, Northwest Computer Consortium
URL: http://libarts.wsu.edu/plateaucenter/portalproject
Please, Reply to All!
Benefiting the digital environment one email at a time...
Please, Do Not Reply to All!
Inverse benefiting the digital environment one email at a time...
Inspiration: /RNN (Response Not Neccessary)
URL: http://pleasedonotreplytoall.com
ThoughtMesh
Distribute and connect your papers using this easy-to-use web-based publishing system
Presented by: Vectors Journal & Still Water
URL: http://thoughtmesh.net
Example meshes: National Poetry Foundation mesh, Critical Code Studies 2010 Conference mesh
Mukurtu Archive
Open source content management platform based on local cultural protocols of indigenous communities
Director: Kim Christen
Lead Developer (2005-2010): Craig Dietrich
Presented in part by: Washington State Startup Grant, NEH Digital Start Up Grant
URL: http://mukurtuarchive.org
Press: BBC News, Wendy Seltzer, Slashdot.org
Digital Dymamics
Indigenous cultural archive and learning tool, published by the Vectors Journal
Designer: Alessandro Ceglia
Database: Craig Dietrich
Presented by: Vectors Journal
URL: http://www.vectorsjournal.org/...?project=67
Dear PeopleSoft
Intervention for a software used by many private and public institutions
Unmarked Planes & Hidden Geographies
Aesthetics of secret planes flown in the USA by the USA, published by the Vectors Journal
Designer: Raegan Kelly
Developer: Craig Dietrich
Presented by: Vectors Journal
URL: http://www.vectorsjournal.org/...?project=59
Panorama Ephemera
Online version of Rick Prelinger's Panorama Ephemera, published by the Vectors Journal
Designer: Raegan Kelly
Developer: Craig Dietrich
Presented by: Vectors Journal
URL: http://www.vectorsjournal.org/...?project=58
Dynamic Backend Generator
Relational writing canvas incoporated into dozens of scholarly multimedia projects
Presented by: Vectors Journal
URL: http://vectorsjournal.org/journal/blog/.../tools/dbg/
Nitpickers
Installations at Cedar Rapids' artist-run gallery and theater, Legion Arts | CSPS
Installed: September 2008, Legion Arts|CSPS
Airport runway lights
Installation at the University of Iowa's art building portico featuring airport runway lights and companion runway
Installed: Spring 2008, Iowa City
Mall storefronts
Some glossy, some not: store facades installation at the the iGallery in Iowa City
Installed: Spring 2007, iGallery, Iowa City
The Daily Palette OS X Dashboard Widget
An artwork a day delivered to your OS X Dashboard (a hip place to be in 2005...)
Creator: Craig Dietrich
Presented by: University of Iowa Intermedia Area
URL: http://dailypalette.uiowa.edu/widget
Goal 2006! Dynamic Trading Card
Thirty-two teams and their contry profiles represented
Director: Jon Winet
Technology Director: Craig Dietrich
Presented in part by: DiverseWorks, Houston
Teaching
University of Southern California
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"He knows what he is talking about, is interested in the field and loves to help
us figure out new ways to use the technologies from class to achieve our goals"
"Very interested in what students have to say and encourages us to do
projects about our interests."
"Craig left a lot of room for interpretation and autobiography, keeping the class meetings fun and interesting on so many levels.
Craig is New Media, learning with and about his students on a critical level."
"Craig was very up-front about his thoughts and expectations as well
as showing some much appreciated enthusiasm and interest in his students"
"Craig is one of the most dedicated teachers. I have met with
many times [sic] outside of class and he always made time and was a tremendous help to me."
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Photos and Video in Articles, Blogs & Creative Writing
Space Shuttle Endeavour arrives at LA Exposition Park
The shuttle moves past a crowd in front of the LA Memorial Coliseum
Image URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/craigdietrich/...
Borax Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, California
Borax Boron Mine, the largest open pit mine in the US, in Boron, CA, near California City, CA
Image URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/craigdietrich/...
Los Angeles Metro Expo Line Opening Day
Rider photographs himself at the Pico St Expo Line station on the line's opening day
Image URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/craigdietrich/...
Downtown New York City Two Months After Zuccotti Park Raid
The New York Stock Exchange, 11 Wall St, on 15 January 2012
New York City High Line Park
High Line Park, Chelsea, NY, on a crisp day in January, 2012
Image URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/craigdietrich/...
Delhi Metro Airport Express
Delhi Airport Metro Express on the above ground segment, 14 December 2012
Image URL: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Del...
Right to the City Los Angeles: Tax the Rich Shuffle
SAJE / Right to the City Tax the Rich Shuffle outside Citicorp's downtown offices
Image URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/craigdietrich/...
Broadway Ave New York City: Walkways
Pedestrian walkways on Broadway Ave (Times Square), New York City, 10 February 2011
Image URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/craigdietrich/...
#OccupyLA protest at Los Angeles City Hall
Library tent at #OccupyLA, 23 October 2011
Image URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/craigdietrich/...
#OccupyLA protest at Los Angeles City Hall
Downtown Los Angeles #OccupyLA protest, 1 October 2011
How Occupy Lost Its Way In L.A. (Zócalo),
2012 In Photos (yourtripto.com)
Image URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/craigdietrich/...
#OccupyLA protest at Los Angeles City Hall
Downtown Los Angeles #OccupyLA protest, 1 October 2011
Image URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/craigdietrich/...
Raymond Ave Community Garden
Raymond Ave (South Los Angeles) Community Garden Annual Fundraiser, 1 April 2011
Image URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/craigdietrich/...
Milo, Maine, the Fire and the Future
Interview with Roger Merchant, Milo, Maine. Part of the ongoing video series, USA Today
Recent Presentations
THATCamp SoCal, Cal State Fullerton
Presenter, "Web Publishing with Scalar", 14 September 2012
ELO
West Virginia University
Presenter, "Vectors, Scalar, & Magic: Emerging Platforms for E-lit Scholarship", 20-23 June 2012
Computers and Writing
NC State
Presenter, "Hacking the Classroom: A Roundtable of Lightning Talks", 17-20 May 2012
Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Boston
Chair, "Teaching the Moving Target", 21 March 2012
College Art Associaiton
Los Angeles
Presenter, "Art History in the Digital Age: A Hands-On Workshop", 25 Feb 2012
IEEE Semantic Computing
Stanford
Topical Keynote, "Semantic Web Authoring: Bridging Disciplines, Archives, and Scholarly Nuances", 19 Sep 2011
Digital Humanities Week
UMaine
Keynote, "Many-To-Many Engagement in the Digital Humanities", 26 Sep 2011
Critical Code Studies Summer Symposium, USC
Participant, topics in CCS as a series of open discussions, 3 Aug 2011
Coalition for Networked Information, San Diego
Panalist, "Realizing Scalar Capacities To Transform Media Archive Scholarship", 4 Apr 2011
Reimagining The Archive Symposium, UCLA
Presenter, "Beyond relational: Database dynamics of Scalar", 13 Nov 2010
HASTAC 2010:
Grand Challenges and Global Innovations
Chair, "Avoiding a Cultural Bottleneck: Networked, Distributed, and Agile Collaborations", Apr '10
Digital Media and Learning
UCSD
Panelist, "Setting Critical and Creative Parameters for a Cross-Disciplinary/ Platform Research Agenda", 19 Feb 2010