This talk explores what it means to consider games an aesthetic form — something akin to literature, music, or film. But what does it actually mean?
Podcast: Fred Turner, “The Family of Man and the Politics of Attention in Cold War America”
Critics have decried The Family of Man as a model of the psychological and political repression of cold war America. Fred Turner’s talk challenges that view.
Podcast: Frank Lantz, “The Aesthetics of Games”
Frank Lantz asks, “What does it mean when we say games are an aesthetic form akin to literature, music, or film?”
Video: Mimi Ito, “Fandom Unbound: Otaku Culture in a Connected World”
Mimi Ito, a cultural anthropologist at UC Irvine, discusses how otaku has come to play a major role in Japan’s identity at home and abroad.
Video: “Communications Forum: Cities and the Future of Entertainment”
From the Futures of Entertainment 5, the emergence of powerful new production cultures in such cities as Mumbai, Shanghai, and Rio de Janeiro.
Podcast: “Cities and the Future of Entertainment”
From the Futures of Entertainment 5, the emergence of powerful new production cultures in such cities as Mumbai, Shanghai, and Rio de Janeiro.
Podcast: Marina Bers, “Out of the Playpen into the Playground: The Design of Digital Experiences for Positive Youth Development
Marina Bers of Tufts University on digital spaces to support positive youth development.
