New DAC course, English 380 – Media and Society: Game Culture

Stuart Moulthrop
English 380 – Media and Society: Game Culture
Fall, 2011 - Wednesdays 11:00 am – 1:40 pm


This is a first course in the critical study of games, especially videogames, and the culture of participatory media to which they belong. It will introduce the concept of games and play as pat of a meaning-making activity; it will survey forms, conventions, and practices that inform the design and reception of games; it will outline major theoretical trends within the emerging field of Game Studies; it will examine the place of games in contemporary culture, and consider some of the problems and challenges they pose.

The course is intended for students in any major who want to think critically, creatively, and yes, seriously about playful media. This will involve a certain amount of reading and writing (critical evaluation of games, applications and responses to theory), and also a good deal of game play, both in and out of class.

The preliminary syllabus can be accessed at http://www.tinyurl.com/gameCult.

Artists Now! Nate Larson at UW-Milwaukee

Nate Larson, Artists Now! Guest Lecturer
April 6, 2011
7 pm in the Arts Center Lecture Hall on the UWM campus.
FREE and open to the public!


Larson's photographic work uses visual and textual narrative to explore the way that individuals construct meaning in contemporary culture through the lenses of social networking, consumer behavior, organized religion, and other contemporary mythologies.


UWM's Department of Art & Design continues its Artists Now!, Wednesday evening lecture series designed for a broad audience with an interest in contemporary visual art. It presents a diverse group of artists working across traditional, hybrid and emergent disciplines.

Calling All Artists!

The UWM Planetarium is now accepting space-themed artwork for an upcoming benefit event hosted by The Manfred Olson Planetarium.

Requirements

Subject: Space-themed

Medium: Any

Please include artist name, email, and title of work.

Submissions are due by April 1 at 5:00 p.m. to Physics room 148.

For further questions or to submit work, please email RLHEBEIN[at]uwm[dot]edu.

Labor Dollars and Mythic Tractors March On Madison

From Lane Hall:

Madison was oh, so cold, but pretty amazing. I have posted a diary on
Kos, a reflection on tractors and spectacle.

I hope you enjoy it, and hope to see all of you on the streets, in the
rallies, and at the recalls. (Nice photo diary on Kos by "Kodiak54" if
you want to see some good pix)

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/13/955895/-Mythic-Tractors-March-On-Madison

Best,

Lane