Highlights of JF Koh's Honours Programme, 1997

Communication Studies
Murdoch University
Perth, Western Australia

Semester 1 Thesis Preliminary The Internet Time-line Project A compilation of selected events related to the development of the Internet. It is designed to be used in engagement with a critical paper, Four Models For Networks, listed below. (Please refer to "Using the Time-line" which contains a quick guide on how to use the time-line, as well as some notes on the purpose and limitations of this project. A separate file contains the references used.) Four Models For Networks A critical paper describing four models applicable to the Internet. It contains a grey column mapping the theories to the time-line. The four models are: Deleuze and Guattari's rhizome Rothschild's bionomics Chaos theory Malpas and Wickham's governance and failure Annotated bibliography A selection of books and articles, to be used for my impending thesis.		Other Internet history resources on the Web: The 25th Anniversary of the Microprocessor — presented by Intel and The Smithsonian Institute. HCS Virtual computer history museum Timeline of Microcomputers The Web History Project — still under construction; will be available in the third or fourth quarter of 1997. History of IT by Anthony Penning, PhD, Marist College, New York. 1943 through 1997. Graphics and links to other history sites and key figures. A Chronology of Computer History. Goes back all the way to 3000 BC. Neal Stephenson's Wired article, "Mother Earth, Mother Board". The epic story of a hacker tourist's pilgrimage around the world to follow the trail of FLAG (Fibre-Optic Link Around the Globe). Russ Haynal's ISP Page. Links to maps of Internet backbones around the world.
Semester 2 Thesis-writing Working title     Internet Development: Chaos and Design Finalized title     Internet: Towards a Holistic Ontology Internet: Towards a Holistic Ontology Thesis abstract Thesis (frames version) Thesis (non-frames version)