Category: Video & Animation
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Teaching With Short Docs
Last week I got the opportunity to be apart of a workshop that focused on teaching through short documentaries. The workshop was held in room 5315 at The Graduate Center. Elizabeth Aslop started us off by asking a few questions. Why should we attempt to teach with short docs? How do we find creative ways to […]
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Digital Storytelling and the Humanities – A Report from the 2017 DH Forum at the University of Kansas
Digital Storytelling & the Humanities: A post-conference report from the 2017 DH Forum at the University of Kansas by Dhanashree Thorat and Brian Rosenblum On 28th and 29th September 2017, the Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities (IDRH) held our 7th annual Digital Humanities Forum at the University of Kansas. Organized as a series […]
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New is Now, Now is Then: Exploring Rob Feulner’s Analog Remix of Off the Air’s “NEWNOW” as a Case Study in Digital Aesthetics
While the 2010s have certainly brought with it unmatched technological advancements in the way of “smart” devices, ever-improving “apps,” and, more recently, commercial virtual reality headsets (reminiscent of the hallucination helmets in Cronenberg’s Videodrome), such an influx of developments seem to have sparked a prevalent interest in the more nostalgic components of media. While it […]
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On the Significance of Connecting, in Face-to-Face Interactions and in Digital Spaces; An Interview with Dr. T. L. Taylor
Dr. T. L. Taylor is Professor of Comparative Media Studies at MIT, and a member of the HASTAC Board of Advisors. A sociologist, Dr. Taylor’s research work focuses on Internet and Video Game Studies, exploring how those digital media may inform of as well as foster changes in today’s society. I felt extremely lucky to have […]
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Internet Piracy
Megan Ptak, Wylder Tallman, Derek Holbrook, Maria DiPilato, Jaime McGrath 11 December 2017 Intro to Communication & Media Dr. Sylvia Internet Piracy The creation and sharing of intellectual property on the Internet is a process cherished by artists, writers, and creators of all mediums. It has become a staple of internet culture, found across […]
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Conference Report: The 2017 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
I’m filing this conference report from the annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, which just wrapped in Orlando, Florida. The conference is a project of Anita B.org, which has been a community for women in computing since 1987. According to the GHC conference website, it’s the largest gathering of women in computing in the […]
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The Operative Image Syllabus
The City College of New York MFA in Digital & Interdisciplinary Art Practice Workshop: The Operative Image: approaches to the political in contemporary moving image practices Instructor: Aily Nash Course Description What can an image do? How does the image represent? How does the image convey a historical narrative or event? This […]
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Turn On, Tune In, Go “Off the Air”: A Psychedelic Trip into the Heart of Experimental Television for the Digital Age
On Christmas Day, 2006, Time magazine named “You” the Person of the Year, marking a shift in the meaning of “celebrity” for the 21st Century as the rise of social media platforms, namely YouTube, ushered in a new era of broadcasting and mass communication. Popularity in the entertainment business was no longer reserved for Hollywood […]