Hello folks — it’s been a bit crazy busy, but fun, I think. But since we went to the presentation in the IAM department yesterday, I didn’t get a chance to update you on the syllabus. I’ll change the syllabus this weekend, but thought it was most likely that you were coming here first, so wanted to update the blog right away. So . . . here’s the scoop:

For the next class, please read:

• Wagner James Au, “Being Barracca and Chasing Aimee“ Democratic Vista Profiles, Center for Arts Policy, Columbia College Chicago.
• SLART (Second Life Art): go to any article on this web magazine, read, click the links, etc. and come to class prepared to discuss what you read about and your thoughts (they are short articles, mostly images).

Second Louvre Museum:

We will be discussing the readings and the video, along with the previous ones (that you read for last night’s class). Also, Elena and Jon will be presenting their pieces in class.

I will assign your last major review in class next week.

Read the blog: Take 2…culture paper posted by Andrew.Parks from the IAM department. Answer any of the following questions:

1. Do you agree with Parks’ assessment of video games? Why or why not?
2. Can you think of any examples that defy the stereotyping he describes?
3. Can you point to other instances of racial, ethnic, class, gender and/or sexual stereotyping in video games?
4. In what ways do these images inform or reflect one’s sense of identity, culture, and power?

Hi folks – note the readings due for this week:

Reading/Viewing Due:

Emlinger Roberts, Rebecca. “The Stripper: Victim Art and the Art of Suffering,” Antioch Review, Winter2005, Vol. 63 Issue 1, p23-39 (handout).

Warner, Sara L. “The Medea Project: Mythic Theater for Incarcerated Women” Feminist Studies: The Prison Issue, Vol. 30, No. 2, Summer, 2004

I’m not going to require posting this week. HOWEVER, if you are behind in any way (have missed some postings, for example), I will accept comments to this blog with regards to any one of the readings this week and will count as EXTRA CREDIT.

So this is your opportunity to do a little catch-up if you are behind.

No joke . . .