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SUMMARY:Bobbie Chase and Marjorie Liu on the State of the Comic Book Medium
DESCRIPTION:(Join our mailing list for an event reminder.) \nJoin Bobbie Chase\, Editorial Director of DC Comics\, and comic book writer\, Marjorie Liu (Monstress\, Astonishing X-Men\, Black Widow)\, as they discuss the current and future state of the comic book medium\, including DC and Marvel’s place in the industry\, and how creator owned projects are helping to evolve the face of publishing.
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/bobbie-chase-marjorie-liu/
LOCATION:MIT Building 4\, Room 231\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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SUMMARY:Illuminated Bodies: Kat Von D\, LA Ink\, and the Borderlands of Tattoo Culture
DESCRIPTION:Theresa Rojas\, SHASS Predoctoral Fellow in Comparative Media Studies/Writing\n(Join our mailing list for an event reminder.) \nThe first episode of the series LA Ink in 2007 was the all-time highest rated season premiere for the TLC network’s 18-34 demographic. The second tattoo vehicle in a franchise that began with Miami Ink\, the show continued its predecessor’s main format\, with select artists facilitating the therapeutic tattoo narratives of clients. One significant difference is LA Ink’s central “character\,” Kat Von D: shop owner\, tattoo artist\, and heavily tattooed Latina. Although women’s accumulation of tattoos has become more commonplace in the twenty-first century\, heavily tattooed female bodies are far from the mainstream. Latina bodies in particular are often exoticized and subject to cultural gatekeeping. Theresa Rojas examines the prolific and heavily tattooed Katherine Von Drachenberg\, popularly known as Kat Von D\, who offers a fascinating aesthetic that challenges both tattoo culture and notions of the “monstrous body” in new and intriguing ways. A polemical and sometimes polarizing celebrity\, Von D navigates the worlds of tattooing and popular culture in ways that are at once ground-breaking and problematic. Her formative role as the first heavily tattooed woman to have her own television show situates her as someone who has chosen to lead an exceptionally public life—telling her story in multi-mediated ways. \nRojas is a SHASS Predoctoral Fellow in Comparative Media Studies/Writing and a Ph.D. candidate at The Ohio State University. She received her MLA from Eastern Michigan University in Women’s and Gender Studies and her BA in English from the University of California\, Berkeley. Originally from San Francisco\, Theresa is also a Ronald E. McNair Scholar and an artist who works primarily in acrylics\, wood\, and ink. Her specialties include life narrative\, comics\, and visual culture.
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/illuminated-bodies-kat-von-d-la-ink-tattoo-culture/
LOCATION:MIT Building 4\, Room 231\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
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SUMMARY:Gonzalo Frasca: “Play\, Videogames and Education Reform”
DESCRIPTION:No\, videogames are not going to change the school system. Unfortunately\, the majority of educational games cater to the fears of parents and administrators rather than to the children’s needs. How should we create games that are both useful and effective inside and outside the classroom? \nGonzalo Frasca\nGonzalo Frasca is now making math games at okidOkO. A while ago\, he sort of invented newsgames\, wrote videogame and play theory\, made tons of webgames for Hollywood animation studios\, got Ph.D. in videogames and even co-created the first official videogame for a US Presidential election. He calls Uruguay home and teaches game development to a bunch of merry kids at ORT University and Liceo Jubilar.
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/gonzalo-frasca-play-videogames-education-reform/
LOCATION:MIT Building 32 (Stata Center)\, Room 141\, 32 Vassar Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139\, United States
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SUMMARY:Women in Science
DESCRIPTION:(Join our mailing list for an event reminder.) \nComputational geneticist Pardis Sabeti and energy studies expert Jessika Trancik will discuss their careers and the outlook for women in science in the 21st century. Sabeti\, an associate professor at Harvard and a senior associate member of the Broad Institute\, and Trancik\, an assistant professor in MIT’s Engineering Systems Division\, are both rising stars in the research world. They will be in discussion with Rosalind Williams\, the Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology at MIT.
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/women-in-science-pardis-sabeti-jessika-trancik/
LOCATION:MIT Building 66\, Room 110\, 25 Ames Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139\, United States
CATEGORIES:Communications Forum
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