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CCSWG: Critical Code Studies Working Group

2026 Week 1: Critical in Critical Code Studies

Book: Forty-Four Esolangs by Daniel Temkin

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Week 1: Where is the Critical in Critical Code Studies?

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Week 2: AI Sprint: Vibe Coding Strachey's Love Letter Generator (1952)

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Hai / Bye: syntactic ambiguity in Valence

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2026 Week 2: AI and Critical Code Studies

Book: Intellivision by Tom Boellstorff and Braxton Soderman

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Week 2: AI, Vibe Coding and Critical Code Studies

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Critical Code Studies Workbench

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The First AIs: IPL-V and Simon&Newell's 1950s (!!) Cognitive Models

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2026 Week 3: Code as Cultural Heritage

Week 3: Latin American World Model

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Rivulet: calligraphic code inspired by natural language

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Week 3: Software Heritage for Code Studies: A Guide Based on Programming Historian

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Week 3: Code as Exhibit

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Book: Output by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and Nick Montfort

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2026 Week 4: New Work and New Directions

Week 4: New Work and New Directions

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Book: Moral Codes - Designing Alternatives to AI, by Alan Blackwell

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What Can Critical Code Studies Read When Programmers Stop Writing?

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Markdown: A Lightweight Markup Language (2004)

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[Code Critique] getCrimeaStatusCookie, Yandex and very large codebases

37 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by brianarechiga February 112026 Week 4: New Work and New Directions

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2026 Code Critiques

The SoyJaking of 4Chan and a Preliminary Reading of Entropy in the Bump Algorithm (Code Critique)

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Joining Molt.Church, a religion for AI

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Treasure Hunt: Mabel Addis and the Sumerian Game

71 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by andreacontato February 122026 Code Critiques
POET: A BASIC Poetry Generator

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Furry, Needy Code (Code Critique)

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2026 General

Introduce Yourself (2026)

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2026 Bulletin Board and Call Sheet

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Cliff Shaw's Early AI Archive at the Smithsonian JUST Accessed (like two hours ago!)

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First time in a CCSWG? Start here (2026)

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CFP: Retro AI (July 31, Aug 1, 2026, USC)

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2024 CCSWG

2024 CCSWG Participants and Credits

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2024 Week 1: Queer(ing) Code

[PRACTICE] Queer Code Poetry Jam

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Drag Queen Data Science

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[PROMPT] Queer Bodies, Embodying Code (Main Thread)

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[PROCESS] C:\Users\marylyn.tan\UnDocuments\Queer Bodies (Code Critique)

Announcement 312 views 11 comments 0 points Most recent by Steve.Klabnik February 20242024 Week 1: Queer(ing) Code
[CODE CRITIQUE] "Why Are the Digital Humanities So Straight?" But Only the Gamey Bits

178 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by edmondchang February 20242024 Week 1: Queer(ing) Code

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2024 Week 2: AI and CCS

The Weird World of WookieScript [Code Critique?] [AI and CCS]

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AI and Critical Code Studies (Main Thread)

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[Code Critique] LLM reads Joseph Weizenbaum's DOCTOR Script.

85 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by anthony_hay March 20242024 Week 2: AI and CCS
[Code Critique] What does the original ELIZA code offer us.

148 views 8 comments 0 points Most recent by davidmberry March 20242024 Week 2: AI and CCS
What makes an image AI-generated? Patent diagrams for a computational Bokeh effect (code critique)

304 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by jeremydouglass February 20242024 Week 2: AI and CCS

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2024 Week 3: DHQ Special Issues

How to Do Things with Deep Learning Code

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DHQ article: Lai-Tze Fan -- "Reverse Engineering the Gendered Design of Amazon’s Alexa"

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Defactoring Code as a Critical Methodology

154 views 18 comments 0 points Most recent by jorisvanzundert March 20242024 Week 3: DHQ Special Issues
The Epistemology of Code in the Age of Machine Learning (Evan Buswell)

257 views 19 comments 0 points Most recent by ebuswell March 20242024 Week 3: DHQ Special Issues
Tracing “Toxicity” Through Code: Towards a Method of Explainability and Interpretability in Software

115 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by période March 20242024 Week 3: DHQ Special Issues

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2024 Week 4: Teaching Code Studies

Linking critical theory and critical pedagogy with CCS

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"Are we ready for advanced Critical Code Studies?": Mapping CCS Resources and Pedagogical Needs

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Teaching Critical Code Studies (Main Thread)

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2024 Code Critiques

[Code Critique] Unpacking Climate Solutions Data in Code: Using Magic cards to understand the SSPs

862 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by HarlinHayleySteele March 20242024 Code Critiques
[Code Critique] Joseph Weizenbaum's DOCTOR script for his ELIZA

277 views 8 comments 0 points Most recent by davidmberry March 20242024 Code Critiques
[Code Critique] Cloak of Darkness and the Code Style of Large Language Model Generated Code

56 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by jeremydouglass February 20242024 Code Critiques
[Code Critique] NBA Jam Source Code - Bulls can't beat the Pistons in the last five seconds

150 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by markcmarino February 20242024 Code Critiques
[Code Critique] Taylor Swift Web Page and Red Herrings

289 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by HarlinHayleySteele February 20242024 Code Critiques

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2024 General

Introduce Yourself 2024

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Conclusion of the 2024 working group

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2024 Bulletin Board: Announcements & Opportunities

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Welcome to the 2024 Critical Code Studies Working Group

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2024 Weekly Schedule

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2022 CCSWG

2022 CCSWG credits

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2022 Week 1: Anti-racist and decolonizing code critique

Week 1: Decolonizing Code -- Discussion Starter

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Week 1: Roundtable: Anti-Racist Critical Code Studies Reading Group

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2022 Week 2: Code and fibre arts | Exploratory programming

Week 2: Code Critique - SkyKnit

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Week 2: Exploratory Programming, Introduction

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Week 2: Of Textiles and Technology - Discussion Starter

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StyleGAN (code critique)

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Exploratory Programming: Your Exercises & Free Projects

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2022 Week 3: Creative coding and Processing

Week 3: Code Critique - describeElement()

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Week 3: p5.js and Access - Discussion Starter

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2022 Week 4: Aesthetics and Poetics as Politics in Code

Week 4: Introducing Aesthetic Programming - discussion starter

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Week 4: Translating Aesthetic Programming

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Week 4: Code {Poetry/Studies} as Code {Studies}{Poetry}

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code syntax! in art/poems

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Recipes and Code

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2022 Code Critiques

Decolonizing Climate Code / Decolonizing Climate (2022 Code Critique)

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128 Language Uroboros Quine (Code Critique 2022)

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"hello, [other language(s) than English] world!" (2022 Code Critique)

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Generating names for generated dinosaurs (2022 Code Critique)

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Wordle Accessibility (2022 Code Critique)

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2022 General

Introduce Yourself 2022

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A Critical Code Studies Syllabus

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Bulletin Board: Other Announcements & Opportunities

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First time at CCSWG? New to CCS? Start here!

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Welcome to CCSWG22

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2020 Week 1: Introduction to Critical Code Studies

Week 1: Introduction to Critical Code Studies (Main thread)

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Week 1: amazon.html by Euguenio Tisselli

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From the introductory chapter: "a job interview"

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2020 Week 2: Indigenous Programming

Week 2: Cree#

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Week 2: Indigenous Programming (Main thread)

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Code Critique: Mel, FIRESTARTER and Misreading Code

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2020 Week 3: Feminist AI

Week 3: Feminist Search (Code Critique)

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Week 3: Feminist AI (Main Thread)

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2020 Code Critiques

Platforms for writing Interactive Fiction: Ink, ChoiceScript, Inform, Tads (Code Critique)

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Code Critique: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Code Critique: AI and Animal Experimentation reading in Protosynthex III, 'There is a Monkey'

246 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Lesia.Tkacz February 20202020 Code Critiques
Code Critique / Book Review: Travesty Generator by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram

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Code Critique: internationalization of BASH scripts

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2020 General

The Critical Code Studies Website returns!

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Introduce Yourself 2020

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CCS Bibliography

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Call for Codebases

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Publication Opportunity: DHQ Minimal Computing (Jan 30)

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2018 Week 1: Gender and Programming Culture

Week 1: COLOSSUS and LUMINARY: The Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) Code

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Gender and Programming Culture: Representing Code in Movies with Female Programmers

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General Discussion

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Week 1: Gender and Programming Culture (Main thread)

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Sexist Autocomplete: Interventions?

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2018 Week 2: Creative and Critical Coding

Week 2: Creative and Critical Coding. Coding as Method?

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Week 2: Creative and Critical Coding (Main thread)

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Week 2: Rando by Ben Grosser (Code Critique)

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Week 2: Poetry as Code? Code as Poetry

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Week 2: Critical and Creative Coding – Calvinball and Coders

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2018 Week 3: Race and Code

Week 3: Race and Black Codes (Main Thread)

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Code Critique: Chimeria: Gatekeeper by Fox Harrell

Announcement 219 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by JamalSRussell February 20182018 Week 3: Race and Code
Week 3: Black Code/Databases/Humans (Code Example)

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The Beloved Community License (BCL)

Announcement 247 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by jmjafrx February 20182018 Week 3: Race and Code

2018 Code Critiques

Code Critique: Port of Secrets / snippet of anti-code from the Irvine-based GM-less larp community

285 views 11 comments 0 points Most recent by SamaraHayleySteele February 20182018 Code Critiques
Code Critique: Andrew Sorensen "A Study In Keith"

332 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by SamaraHayleySteele February 20182018 Code Critiques
Code Critique: analysing code from a website

148 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by nickm February 20182018 Code Critiques
Code Critique: Processing Samples from The Nature of Code

130 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by JudyMalloy February 20182018 Code Critiques
Code Critique: A Turing Machine in a Spreadsheet

352 views 12 comments 0 points Most recent by ebuswell February 20182018 Code Critiques

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2018 General

Code, Law, (Smart) Contracts, and Goals vs. Procedures in Praxis

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Introduce Yourself 2018

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CCSWG Bibliography

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Quora and Other Groups doing CCS in the Wild

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Workshop topics--division of race and gender

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