Digital Identity, Digital Brand: Curating the Self

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In this online course, you will learn how to create a dynamic, digital portfolio website using WordPress. You will learn how to customize your portfolio in order to document your Gallatin-related experiences, including internships, study abroad, and extracurricular activities, synthesizing experiential, performative, and classroom learning. You will be encouraged to use this digital space to articulate and share your research interests, and identify thematic correspondence between your various areas of study, building toward a stronger understanding of your concentration. We will explore the current landscape of digital tools, including basic website design platforms, and social media technologies, and we will consider the various use cases for portfolios, and debate their efficacy. This course will also ask you to consider the social context of digital identity as you engage with your portfolio. Content and Readings for this course may include: Laurel Ptak’s Wages for Facebook; Rob Horning’s “Sharing” Economy and Self-Exploitation; Andrew Smith’s How PowerPoint is killing critical thought; Scott Berkun’s How To Write A Good Bio; and Morten Rand-Hendriksen’s WordPress Essential Training.