Highlights from the CMS 10th anniversary symposium.
Podcast: CMS 10th Anniversary: “William Uricchio’s Introductory Remarks”
CMS director William Uricchio discusses the history of the program, some of the challenges it has faced, as well as the unique role it has assumed at MIT and within higher education when it comes to a new vision of the humanities.
Podcast: CMS 10th Anniversary, “Dean Deborah Fitzgerald’s Introductory Remarks”
Deborah Fitzgerald, Dean of MIT’s School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, opens the CMS 10th Anniversary symposium with her remarks on the role of CMS at MIT and the essence of applied humanities education within the MIT mission.
Podcast: “Henry Jenkins’ Farewell”
Henry Jenkins returns to talk with long-time colleagues about his pioneering scholarship on digital culture, his work as the founding director of CMS.
Interpreting Abstract Games: The Metaphorical Potential of Formal Game Elements
I develop methods for a critical method wherein games are considered to be metaphors. I conclude with a discussion of this method’s implications for game design and future game research.
CMS 10th Anniversary
Schedule, speakers, podcasts, and video.
In Medias Res: The CMS 10th Anniversary
CMS emerged as a hearty repast, richer and more nutritious than we had any right to expect. It was the right program at the right time.
