Are the Topics "Key" Enough?

Forthcoming Modules

Below is a list of the modules I have considered, along with the other "key topics". I ultimately decided not to include them in the final syllabus due to three factors: (1) their perceived lack of relevance to GWS, (2) the lack of advancements in digital studies, and (3) my lack of familiarity with them. I aim to develop these and other potential modules into a "database" of key topics in the future, serving as both a comprehensive bibliography and a resource hub for customizable syllabi.

• Identity and subjectification. Relevant discussions have appeared in the module "Connection, Infrastructure, and Touch."
• Race. Relevant discussions have appeared in the module Activism, Feminism, and Counterpubilcs and "Toxic Technoculture."
• Human-Computer Interaction, intersecting with the module "Connection, Infrastructure, and Touch."
• Pornography, intersecting with the module “Sex Work.”
• Labor. Or, something obligated to do, forced to do, or denied to do.
• Crisis, in tandem with the exponential growth of scholarships in the Covid and post-Covid eras.
• Disinformation. Of particular popularity in the US context. Sources include "Critical Disinformation Studies: A Syllabus."