In Media Res Fannish Vidders-themed week
January 28th, 2008 by BobPassing this along …
In Media Res is envisioned as an experiment in just one sort of collaborative, multi-modal scholarship that MediaCommons will aim to foster. Its primary goal is to provide a forum for more immediate critical engagement with media in a manner closer to how we typically experience mediated texts.
Each day, a different media scholar will present a 30-second to 3-minute clip accompanied by a 300-350-word impressionistic response. The goal is to promote an online dialogue amongst media scholars and the public about contemporary media scholarship through clips chosen for either their typicality or a-typicality in demonstrating narrative strategies, genre formulations, aesthetic choices, representational practices, institutional approaches, fan engagements, etc.
This week’s In Media Res line-up:
- Monday, January 14, 2008 – Francesca Coppa (Muhlenberg College) presents: “Pressure” – a metavid by the California Crew
- Tuesday, January 15, 2008 – Tisha Turk (University of Minnesota, Morris) presents: “Not Only Human” – an X-Files vid by Killa and Laura Shapiro
- Wednesday, January 16, 2008 – Jacqueline Kjono (independent scholar) presents: “A Day in the Life” – a Dead Zone vid by Shalott and Speranza
- Thursday, January 17, 2008 – Louisa Stein (San Diego State University) presents: “Bricks” – a Supernatural vid by Luminosity
- Friday, January 18, 2008 – Kristina Busse (independent scholar) presents: “Us” – a multivid by Lim
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