Bettering Realities: Gaia, our second Con....

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image from: http://i.stack.imgur.com/asvzJ.jpg

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NOTICE THAT GAIA: CON #2 IS next WEEK! TIME TO GET WORKING ON IT! QUESTIONS? LOOK CAREFULLY AT CONS&THEMES TAB NOW! 

OVER THE WEEKEND, BRING IN FOR TUESDAY:

We discussed in the last class where you need to be on Tuesday for Workshop 2 next week! 

=You should have figured out whether you are working with a collaborator or not.

=You should know whether you start your project from a game, or from a social issue. That's the first step in the process for Gaia. 

=You should examine carefully the section on Cons&Themes as a map for how to begin the process of Gaia: itself a sort of play, thus more than just a game, but something more encompassing. Check out the link to FemCon too! BRING IN QUESTIONS NOW! 

=In class on Thursday we went over two readings carefully: one from Salen and Zimmerman and a section from Sandoval (both on course reserves).

=Consider the Sandoval as if it were a mystery papyrus found in a game, that needs to be decoded to proceed to the next step! YOU MUST TALK TO THOSE PRESENT ON THURSDAY TO GET THE CODE! 

(this image from http://cdn-blog-assets.bigfishsites.com/Walkthroughs/The-Crop-Circles-Mystery-Walkthrough/the-crop-circle-mystery032.jpg)

=Consider the Salen and Zimmerman as an explanation of what is at stake in Gaia: the double consciousness we are learning to use for Better Realities! 

=The end of your quest for Gaia, the result? an analysis! and your companions in this quest? Pick one: Nardi, Pearce & Artemesia, or Taylor. Tell us which on Tuesday. 

=WHAT IS IT ABOUT? the hook, the heart of your project emerges from careabouts discovered as you work with your companion (Nardi, Pearce & Artemesia, or Taylor) as they speak to you about

how feminist processes of play, worlding and games are activist actions.

image: McCullough, #9 Quanta: Gaia Centra-Fusion: http://the-mac.org/2013/06/51813-62913/

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Tuesday 12 November, Better Realities

·       McGonigal: Reality: finish it up: Part III and all Appendixes

If Reed and McGonigal were going to have a conversation, what would it be about? What would they think of each other? Add yourself to that conversation and say where you would be in it all.

Thursday 14 November, Playful Values and Political Games

·       Values at Play: http://valuesatplay.org/

·       Tiltfactor Lab: http://www.tiltfactor.org/

Explore the sites well enough to talk about the projects and people involved, the motivations, how these are political (and what do you mean by the term?). Flanagan is a major player in all this. How? Put Nardi, Pearce, and Taylor into these contexts and meanings.

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Watch McGonigal again to get ideas about what sort of play we are creating for Gaia!

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