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?”
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.
Video and podcast: “Surveillance and Citizenship”
How does the persistence and ubiquity of surveillance in our digitizing world affect what it means to be a citizen?
Podcast: John Bryant, “Revision, Culture, and the Machine: How Digital Makes Us Human”
John Bryant on revision studies, adaptation, translation, creativity, appropriation, and cultural difference in the ethics and editing of revision.
Podcast: Federico Casalegno, “Designing Connections”
Federico Casalegno on innovative ways to design creative new media and digital interactions to foster connections between people, information, and places.
