Collaboratory Event: Karissa Hahn: “A Brighter Darkness”

Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Our 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 States

In 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 …

Collaboratory Event: Brigid Vance: Divining the Past

Garland 104 2441 E. Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Our 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 …

Brazilian Digital Media Studies: Two Talks

Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

C21’s visiting media scholars from Brazil present their research on digital media technologies. This event consisted of two short talks and a Q&A. Watch below!      Fatima Regis Oliveira New Media Literacies: Developing Participatory and Playful Learning Methodologies …

Brown Bag Discussion w/Jairus Grove: “Bringing the World Back In”

Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Jairus Grove (Director, University of Hawai’i Research Center for Futures Studies) will be hosting a special brown bag discussion at the Center for 21st Century Studies on Friday at noon. Grove will be discussing his work in progress, "Bringing the …

Jairus Grove: Savage Ecology: War and Geopolitics at the End of the World

Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Jairus Grove (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa) joined us on November 1, 2019 to discuss "Savage Ecology: War and Geopolitics at the End of the World." (Grove also hosted a brown bag discussion on Friday at noon in the Center for 21st …

Collaboratory Event: Coffee, Donuts, Postcolonial Play (w/Guest Melissa Kagen)

Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Please 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 …