Mimi Ito, a cultural anthropologist at UC Irvine, discusses how otaku has come to play a major role in Japan’s identity at home and abroad.
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.
Marina Bers, “The Design of Digital Experiences for Positive Youth Development”
This talk by Marina Bers will focus on digital spaces to support positive youth development.
“VANISHED”: Smithsonian and MIT to Launch Sci-Fi Infused Interactive Mystery Event
VANISHED is an 8-week online/offline environmental disaster mystery game for middle-school children, meant to inspire engagement and problem solving through science.
Podcast: Nitin Sawhney, “Media and Resilience: Creative DIY Cultures and Civic Agency among Marginalized Youth”
Nitin Sawhney on youth digital storytelling in the West Bank and Gaza and participatory media for resilience and civic agency among youth in conflict.
Podcast: Wayne Marshall, “Skinny Jeans and Fruity Loops: the Networked Publics of Global Youth Culture”
What can we learn about contemporary culture from watching dayglo-clad teenagers dancing geekily in front of their computers in such disparate sites as Brooklyn, Buenos Aires, Johannesburg, and Mexico City?
Stepping Your Game Up: Technical Innovation Among Young People of Color in Hip-Hop
Hip-hop culture through media technologies, historical examination of the hip-hop mixtape economy, and analysis of the “Crank Dat” online dance craze.
