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SATURDAY 4 MAY FROM 1-3 PM AT WMST MULTIMEDIA STUDIO! INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!
• Whileaway: Worlding and feminist SF
For Whileaway you will create either a paper or poster (which determined by lot earlier, whichever one you did not do for FemCriticon) in order to explore feminist processes of worlding. You will do some research on the concept of worlding, and choose a bundle of at least five SF texts to explore for their abilities to address feminist concerns through worlding practices.
WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT MAKING A POSTER? LOOK HERE!
WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT MAKING A POSTER? LOOK HERE!
1) EXPLORE POSSIBLE WORLDINGS ON THE WEB. HOW IS THE TERM USED? (NOT DEFINED BUT USED.) HOW WILL YOU USE IT? PUT THAT INTO WORDS FOR YOURSELF AND FOR SOME PART OF YOUR POSTER OR PAPER!
Use the web to follow-up or look in greater detail at the kinds of worldings feminisms explore today and ways all of these are promoted in popular and scholarly media. Always make a point of connecting projects to class readings and lectures.
2) CHOOSE FIVE ITEMS TO EXPLORE FOR YOUR USE OF WORLDING AND SCIENCE FICTION FEMINISMS AS YOU WANT TO EXPLORE THEM IN TERMS OF OUR CLASS THEME! either "design fiction" or "cultural production" depending on which class you are in.
Two of these can be from the six required books of the course. You can use any or all of the five items you picked out from the SF boxes at the beginning of the class. Or you can find them anywhere else. And of course, it is all about sf feminisms at its heart, and demonstrates how you have understood the class. The more interconnected to the class itself, the better!!!
You will come up with your own topic that explores how sf feminisms help us think about worlding and complexity and learning and sf feminisms and...? you say!
Remix additions: flip cameras at WMST: Papers and posters may include a range of media creativities, in addition to their analytic aspects. Media fandoms are known for creative work: drawing, mashups, remix, vids, machinima, and more. Any of these may be ADDED to a project if you like. Women’s Studies now has a library of flip cameras for video projects, and you can check one out for a week at a time on a first come, first served basis. Notice that these techno-crafty things are enhancements to the basic project, not a substitute for one, or the only platform! They must be accompanied by a paper or poster no matter what. This is an opportunity to enjoy media learning in alternative forms, but these additions are entirely at your own discretion and pleasure!
Exploring these topics and themes as if at a con means that by attending and listening we will all benefit from the hard work of everyone. Notice that both sorts of projects in both cons should be begun several weeks ahead of their due dates. Not only do you need this time to do any additional research or reading, but to get good grades you need to • write papers in at least three drafts, and • plan out posters carefully to demonstrate both the results of your research and also how you got to those results.
Obviously attending class faithfully and taking good notes will make all this work a lot easier. Lecture materials are displayed on the class website, to be reviewed at any time. In college courses ALWAYS use your projects to demonstrate how you uniquely put together, or synthesize, class readings, mini-lectures and discussion. Make a point of displaying that you are doing all the reading and attending all the classes. Doing this clearly and carefully will demonstrate that this is your own work, and ensure your credit for honesty and for real engagement with the course.
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