Collaboratory
Bonnie ‘Bo’ Ruberg: Video Games Have Always Been Queer—CANCELED
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States
Join us for a special lecture with Bonnie 'Bo' Ruberg hosted by our Serious Play Collaboratory! Ruberg will discuss their new book, Video Games Have Always Been Queer. Ruberg models the ways game worlds offer players the opportunity to explore queer experience, affect, and desire. As players attempt to "pass" in Octodad or explore the pleasure of failure in Burnout: Revenge, Ruberg asserts that, even within a dominant gaming culture that has proved to be openly hostile to those perceived as different, queer people have always belonged in video games—because video games have, in fact, always been queer.
Podcasting the Past: An Evening with Ben Franklin’s World (Presented by Liz Covart)
Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States
Join WUWM, Wisconsin’s NPR, and C21's Sound Inquiry Collaboratory for an evening of audio history with Liz Covart, the host of the widely-popular podcast on the American Revolution, “Ben Franklin’s World.” In a conversation with WUWM "Lake Effect" host Mitch Teich, Covart will discuss how podcasting is helping a new generation of history buffs learn about the Founding Fathers.
Teresa Mangum: Imagining an Alt-Alt-Ac Degree (Public Humanities PhD Collaboratory)
Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States
Join our Public Humanities PhD Collaboratory in welcoming Teresa Mangum for her talk, "What Would a Humanities PhD Look Like for Students Who Do NOT Want to Be Professors? Imagining an Alt-Alt-Ac Degree." Mangum's talk will consider the relationship(s) between the humanities and public life, the role of a humanities PhD within and beyond the academy, and options for PhD students going into non-academic fields.
Collaboratory Event: Karissa Hahn: “A Brighter Darkness”
Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesOur Media Studies Research Collaboratory is hosting Karissa Hahn for a special talk on "'A Brighter Darkness': Data, Pixels, and Celluloid." In this artist talk, LA-based film and video artist Karissa Hahn will discuss her production of “inkjet films,” a …
TL Taylor: Play as Transformative Work
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesIn this talk, Taylor explores the ways game live streamers are transforming their otherwise private play into public entertainment. Drawing on her research with live streamers, she offers a challenge to current models of IP and fandom, suggesting the work …
Media Studies Symposium: Mucking Up the Archives: Orphans, Amateurs, and Film Preservation
Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States
Join our Media Studies Research Group for an afternoon symposium on the orphan film movement and amateur film preservation! Featuring two exciting talks by distinguished scholars and archivists Dan Streible and Kim Tomadjoglou.
Collaboratory Event: Brigid Vance: Divining the Past
Garland 104 2441 E. Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesOur Critical East Asian Humanities Collaboratory is hosting a special lecture by Brigid Vance (Lawrence University) on "Divining the Past: Dream Encyclopedic Knowledge in China." In this talk, Professor Vance asks what happens to dreams after they are dreamed? How …
Collaboratory Event: Coffee, Donuts, Postcolonial Play (w/Guest Melissa Kagen)
Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesPlease join our Digital Cultures Collaboratory for a special talk with Melissa Kagen (Bangor University), world authority on walking simulators and games of wandering. In addition to a casual meet-and-greet with light refreshments, Kagen will be discussing "Traveling Through: (Post)colonial Play in 'Around …
Collaboratory Event: Eric Hoyt: From Digitizing Magazines to Preserving Born-Digital Media
Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesPlease join our Media Studies Collaboratory in welcoming Eric Hoyt (University of Wisconsin - Madison) for a special lecture, "From Digitizing Magazines to Preserving Born-Digital Media: Reflections on TV Guide, Podcasts, and Media History."
Raine Koskimaa: “Introduction to eSport Culture”
Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe C21 Serious Play Collaboratory is hosting a special lecture by Raine Koskimaa (University of Jyvaskyla) on Friday at 3:30 in Curtin Hall 118! In this talk, titled “Introduction to eSport Culture,” Koskimaa will survey the development of eSports and …