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FW: Fall 23 DH MA Courses
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Posted by Luke Waltzer (he/him) on August 16, 2023 at 9:15 am
See course listings for two Fall 23 DH MA Courses below!
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Luke—
Luke Waltzer, Ph.D.
Director, Teaching and Learning Center
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http://cuny.is/teachingFrom: Jason Nielsen <jnielsen@gc.cuny.edu>
Date: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 8:31 AM
To: Luke Waltzer <lwaltzer@gc.cuny.edu>
Subject: Fall 23 DH MA Courses
Hi Luke,I’m writing to send details for two Digital Humanities MA Program courses if anyone might be interested. Would it be possible to forward this info. out? Enrollment is open to all. Course details are below:
DHUM 74000 (53153) Digital Pedagogy I: History, Theory, Practice
In person, Wednesday, 4:15 – 6:15 PM, 3 Credits, Prof. Joseph Ugoretz (joe@smarthistory.org)In this course, students will examine the economic, social, and intellectual history of the use of digital (and other) technologies in teaching and learning. By exploring the ongoing thinking and controversies around these technologies as they have been introduced, adopted, critiqued and maintained or rejected, and comparing these patterns to students’ own experiences as learners and teachers, students will reflect on the use and design of technologies inside and outside of the university. Students will also have the opportunity to clarify their own pedagogical philosophies and priorities as they relate to assumptions about and experiences with the use of digital technologies.
The course explores the claimed and actual values of digital technologies for teaching and learning, in a range of contexts and for a range of types of students and teachers. We will examine and experience possibilities for research, reading, reflection, writing, presentation, interaction, engagement, and play. All of these terms will be subject to discussion, definition, and expansion, and students’ individual interests and experiences will be included as topics and materials for collaborative investigation.
DHUM 78000 (53154) Special Topics: “Building, Playing, Thinking: Theory and Practice of Play in the Digital Humanities”
In person, Monday, 6:30 – 8:30 PM, 3 Credits, Prof. Jeff Allred (jeff.allred@hunter.cuny.edu)Play is notoriously hard to pin down, especially from our twenty-first-century vantage point. Is it work’s opposite and antagonist, distracting us from the serious business of building up ourselves and our society and economy? Or is it itself a multi-billion dollar industry that is central to “social reproduction,” a fundamental component of “subject formation” that is baked into ideas of psychological development and pedagogy, and a foundational aspect of our psyches that fuels our capacity for growth and creativity? This course will explore these questions through a combination of theoretical texts (Huizinga, Callois, Sutton-Smith, Barthes, Bogost), literary texts and movements (OULIPO, Dada, Carroll, Borges, Cortazar, Nabokov), and games (RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons, branched narratives like *Adventure* and *Choose Your Own Adventure*, and/or interventionist games that glitch or interrupt expectations). To the extent possible, we will integrate play into the very structure of the course, exploring the tacit values and narratives inherent in “taking” a “course” (the language implies a single path on a “take it or leave it” basis) and experimenting with “making” something that affords multiple pathways and choices.
REQUIREMENTS: lots of reading and writing, enthusiastic participation, a risk-taking spirit, and a willingness to take a class whose requirements are not spelled out up front.
Best,
JasonJason Nielsen
Academic Program Coordinator, M.A. Program in Digital Humanities(https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gc.cuny.edu%2FPage-Elements%2FAcademics-Research-Centers-Initiatives%2FMasters-Programs%2FDigital-Humanities&data=05%7C01%7Clwaltzer%40gc.cuny.edu%7Ca86cecd0db174f3cfd1508db9e54c30a%7C6f60f0b35f064e099715989dba8cc7d8%7C0%7C0%7C638277859122985843%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=7Chbirt8lXHW0Yn%2B0UZ%2BeEGVeCLai%2BYQ936DlSAhJbE%3D&reserved=0) & M.S. Program in Data Analysis and Visualization(https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gc.cuny.edu%2FPage-Elements%2FAcademics-Research-Centers-Initiatives%2FMasters-Programs%2FData-Analysis-and-Visualization&data=05%7C01%7Clwaltzer%40gc.cuny.edu%7Ca86cecd0db174f3cfd1508db9e54c30a%7C6f60f0b35f064e099715989dba8cc7d8%7C0%7C0%7C638277859122985843%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cEdH%2BNL%2BnlEkX8EG5N9ns3%2BFLrDBDJ3BZMkhx1QwDDM%3D&reserved=0)
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