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This week we conclude the second section of the course
>>>GATHERINGS: WITH PROCESSES, THINGS, BEINGS AND DISTRIBUTED POSSIBILITY
All during this week keep re-thinking what this means, how what we do and talk about are examples of such gathering, and why we want to be conscious and conscientious about it all....
Tuesday of Gathering week, we will meet during class time to share our projects, displaying posters and handouts on the walls of our room, walk and talk one-on-one with each other, share questions, observations, excitements! On that Thursday, we will continue to work with the energy generated by the first day of the con, collectively coming up with reflective analysis and more ideas for what comes next! Next week you will run the show and begin the third section of the course!
>>>GATHERINGS: WITH PROCESSES, THINGS, BEINGS AND DISTRIBUTED POSSIBILITY
All during this week keep re-thinking what this means, how what we do and talk about are examples of such gathering, and why we want to be conscious and conscientious about it all....
Tuesday of Gathering week, we will meet during class time to share our projects, displaying posters and handouts on the walls of our room, walk and talk one-on-one with each other, share questions, observations, excitements! On that Thursday, we will continue to work with the energy generated by the first day of the con, collectively coming up with reflective analysis and more ideas for what comes next! Next week you will run the show and begin the third section of the course!
CON #1:
• A Gathering, with and without Avatars: exploring the feminist play of learning with games
Week of 22 October:
“A Gathering, with and without Avatars” is inspired by the Feminists in Games Workshop which takes place in British Columbia: http://borderhouseblog.com/?p=10905 For A Gathering you will create either a paper (with enough handouts for each member of the class) or a poster (and document it with digital pics): which one determined by lot early in the semester. You may work on these individually or with a partner.
With the help of three books (McGonigal, Reed, Flanagan) you will “Grow a Game,” and discuss its feminist implications.
• Identify a theme from the book that most captures your imagination, interconnect it with ideas from the other two,
• make your game, and
• share in either poster or written analysis why it matters for feminist learning.
ALWAYS make a point of connecting projects to class readings, activities, and discussions.
ALWAYS use a standard model for citation and bibliography, even on posters.
NOTICE how useful the website Not Your Mama’s Gamer will be here!
• Identify a theme from the book that most captures your imagination, interconnect it with ideas from the other two,
• make your game, and
• share in either poster or written analysis why it matters for feminist learning.
ALWAYS make a point of connecting projects to class readings, activities, and discussions.
ALWAYS use a standard model for citation and bibliography, even on posters.
NOTICE how useful the website Not Your Mama’s Gamer will be here!
Remix additions: flip cameras at WMST: Papers and posters may include a range of media creativities, in addition to their analytic aspects. Media fandoms are known for creative work: drawing, mashups, remix, vids, machinima, and more. Any of these may be ADDED to a project if you like. Women’s Studies now has a library of flip cameras for video projects, and you can check one out for a week at a time on a first come, first served basis. Notice that these techno-crafty things are enhancements to the basic project, not a substitute for one, or the only platform! They must be accompanied by a paper or poster no matter what. This is an opportunity to enjoy media learning in alternative forms, but these additions are entirely at your own discretion and pleasure!
Full credit for this assignment requires: • having begun work several weeks ahead of time, • writing and postering in several drafts, • displaying paper & handout or poster during first day of event and • actively participating both days of the con, • turning in electronic copies of poster pics or paper and handout to Katie’s gmail account by the evening of Friday of the week of the con (you are allowed to revise anything during that week, but what you bring in on Tuesday should still be like a final version and complete), • and documenting each piece of the assignment as completed in your logbook, which must be turned in electronically with everything else by the evening of Friday of the week of the con for credit. If for any reason whatsoever you miss any piece of this, you will need to document that in your logbook, with explanations, and perhaps notes of any discussions you have with Katie about it all. If you miss either day of the con, you will need to arrange with three fellow students your own little mini-con, where you all meet together outside class to share your work and discuss it, and you write a two-page report on your meeting and discussion.
· DUE THURSDAY IN CLASS: LOGBOOK 2, PAPER & HANDOUT IN HARD COPY & ALSO SENT ELECTRONICALLY, DIGITAL PICS IN HARDCOPY AND ALSO SENT ELECTRONICALLY
· Everything must be in final finished state on Tuesday to display, but you are allowed to revise one more time before turning things in on Thursday
· Send to katiekin@gmail.com , use filename <yrlastname> 468 <paper1> or <poster1> number pics if more than one. Subject header <yrlastname> 468 con1
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