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The Digital Studies Center Presents a Special Screening of Hit and Stay

…with many of the participants, as well as observers ranging from political critic Noam Chomsky to historian Howard Zinn. As the activists went to prison or underground, tangled with the FBI, they ultimately helped change America’s mind about the war. Not Rated, 97 minutes. Q&A to follow. More info: www.hitandstay.com…

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Digital Studies Center is pleased to announce the 2014-2015 Project Grant Winners

…ideal tool to ensure students’ work doesn’t die a distinguished academic death when it is submitted to a professor. Instead, it can be publicly vetted and contribute to a wider debate on academic topics. When I’ve employed this method, I’ve found students work harder, engage deeper, and have more meaningful…

Spring 2015 DH Certificate Courses

Spring 2015 Introduction to Digital Humanities 50:352:394 Brown What does the artist, historian, or literary scholar have to say about the computational platforms and formats that shape our digital lives? This course will address these questions by treating digital technologies as both expressive media and as objects worthy of humanistic…

2015-2016 Fellows

…cultural debates that often accompany them in order to consider how technology is understood variously to augment the child’s imagination and creativity and address perceived problems of children’s attention and engagement. DH Certificate Course: Toy Design Fall 2015 50:163:386 Monday & Wednesday 6:00PM – 7:20PM ATG-109 Nicole Karapanagiotis As a…

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Well Played: Bioshock Infinite

…number of scenes during which they must navigate the fictional world of Columbia and its deep-seated racism. We’ll discuss two scenes, “Raffle Park” and “Fraternal Order of the Raven,” and how they implicate the player in the racial dynamics of Columbia. Those attending will have an opportunity to both play…