Craig Dietrich

ProjectsJump to: Teaching, Presentations, Media

Site of Impact (in progress)

Interviews with residents living near the proposed Los Angeles NFL stadium site

Director: Craig Dietrich
Information: http://siteofimpact.org

Magic (in progress)

Showcasing the process, design, code, and people of digital cultural projects

Authors: Craig Dietrich, Vanessa Vobis, John Bell
Publisher: Still Water Lab
Information: http://magic.still-water.net

Surfacing (in progress)

Interactive media project visualizing the cultural geographies of submarine communications networks

PIs: Nicole Starosielski and Craig Dietrich
Developer: Sean Brousseau
Information: http://vectorsjournal.org/projects/surfacing

Scalar (in progress)

Scholarly publishing platform combining content and media via semantic web technology

Team: Tara McPherson, Erik Loyer, Craig Dietrich, Steve Anderson, Jillian O'Conner
Publisher: Alliance for Networking Visual Culture, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Information: http://scalar.usc.edu/anvc

Public Spaces essays

Reflections on and interverntions in urban environments and land use, so far in New York City and Los Angeles

Author: Craig Dietrich
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

Author: Alex Juhasz
Designer: Craig Dietrich
Publisher: MIT Press
Date: February 7, 2011
URL: http://vectors.usc.edu/projects/learningfromyoutube/

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

Creators: Craig Dietrich, John Bell, Vanessa Vobis
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

Creators: Vanessa Vobis, Annalisa Vobis, Craig Dietrich
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...

Creator: Craig Dietrich
Inspiration: /RR (Response Requested)
URL: http://pleasereplytoall.com

Please, Do Not Reply to All!

Inverse benefiting the digital environment one email at a time...

Creator: Craig Dietrich
Inspiration: /RNN (Response Not Neccessary)
URL: http://pleasedonotreplytoall.com

ThoughtMesh

Distribute and connect your papers using this easy-to-use web-based publishing system

Creators: Jon Ippolito & Craig Dietrich
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

Authors: Kim Christen & Chris Cooney
Designer: Alessandro Ceglia
Database: Craig Dietrich
Presented by: Vectors Journal
URL: http://www.vectorsjournal.org/...?project=67

Unmarked Planes & Hidden Geographies

Aesthetics of secret planes flown in the USA by the USA, published by the Vectors Journal

Author: Trevor Paglen
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

Author: Rick Prelinger
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

Creator: Craig Dietrich
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

Creators: Katherine Parker, Vanessa Vobis with Craig Dietrich
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

Creator: Craig Dietrich
Installed: Spring 2008, Iowa City

Mall storefronts

Some glossy, some not: store facades installation at the the iGallery in Iowa City

Creator: Craig Dietrich
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

TeachingJump to: Projects, Presentations, Media

University of Southern California
School of Cinematic Arts

IML400: Web-based Scholarly Multimedia (Fall 09-present)
IML104: Intro to Digital Studies (Spr 11-present)
IML140: Digital Media for the Sciences (Fall 10)
IML140: Virtual Galleries and Web-based Narratives (Fall 09, Spr 10)

Work examples pending

University of Maine
New Media Department

NMD206: Project Design Lab 1 (Fall 08, Spr 09)
NMD205: Creative Hypertext (Fall 08)
NMD203: Intro to Variable Media (Fall 08)

Work examples pending

University of Iowa
School of Art & Art History

1J:091: Intermedia 2 (Spr 08)

Work examples pending

"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" — Student, IML400: Web-based Scholarly Multimedia, Fall 2010

"Very interested in what students have to say and encourages us to do projects about our interests." — Student, IML400: Web-based Scholarly Multimedia, Fall 2010

"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." — Student, NMD206: Project Design Lab 1, Spring 2009

"Craig was very up-front about his thoughts and expectations as well as showing some much appreciated enthusiasm and interest in his students" — Student, NMD205: Intro to Variable Media, Fall 2008

"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." — Student, NMD205: Creative Hypertext, Fall 2008