Nitin Sawhney on youth digital storytelling in the West Bank and Gaza and participatory media for resilience and civic agency among youth in conflict.
Video: Participatory Culture: International Media Flows: Global Media and Culture, moderated by Ian Condry
The fourth panel from the Comparative Media Studies 10th anniversary symposium.
ROFLCon
Sponsored in part by CMS, ROFLCon is “Two days and two nights of the most epic internet culture conference ever assembled.”
Podcast: CMS 10th Anniversary: “International Media Flows: Global Media and Culture”
Panelists: Aswin Punathambekar, Xiaochang Li, Ana Domb, Orit Kuritsky, and Jing Wang
Jenkins’ Farewell
Henry Jenkins returns to talk about his scholarship on digital culture, founding Comparative Media Studies, and experiences as a teacher and housemaster.
Interpreting Abstract Games: The Metaphorical Potential of Formal Game Elements
I develop methods for a critical method wherein games are considered to be metaphors. I conclude with a discussion of this method’s implications for game design and future game research.
Video: Thesis Presentations 2010. Jason Begy: “Interpreting Abstract Games: The Metaphorical Potential of Formal Game Elements”
Jason Begy’s work in games focuses on abstraction and emergent game play.
