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introduction to scholarly multimedia holly willis november 18, 2008
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introduction to scholarly multimedia
holly willisnovember 18, 2008
what is scholarly multimedia?what are its modes?what does it allow?
researchwritingpresentingpublishing
increased connectivityaccess to vast amounts of informationtools that facilitate collaborationcross-disciplinarityshift in expertiseage of print –> regime of computationNOT about same practices with new tools!(from Kate Hayles talk, CST, 2008)
+ computercyberinfrastructure
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modes: telling
using the elements of storytellingcreates desire to knowmay spark identification
modes: telling
using the elements of storytellingcreates desire to knowmay spark identification
what’s “new” about it?adding the algorithm…adding the reader as creator…
Sharon Daniel and Erik Loyer | Public Secrets
modes: mapping and visualization
-mapping: representing a region
-visualization: “a tool or method for interpreting image data fed into a computer and for generating images from complex multi-dimensional data sets.”
Map of the London Underground Henry Beck, 1933
Mindmapping
- used to brainstorm, organize and visualize ideas- combines text and images
- hand-drawn or digital- software tools include VUE, Freemind and OmniGraffle
Charles Schulz map, by Austin Kleon
Joy Division map, by Austin Kleon
Quiet Mind map
Displaying Information
- gathers and displays information graphically- uses size, color and placement to indicate significance
- can be static, but is often dynamic
Map of the Internet, University of BirminghamBlue: net; ca; us Purple: de; uk; it; pl; fr
Green: com; org Aqua: br; kr; nlRed: mil; gov; edu Yellow: jp; cn; tw; au
Displaying Data
- gathers and displays data graphically- again, uses size, color and placement to indicate
significance- and again, can be static, but is often dynamic
“This Is Where We Live,” Time Magazine
Websites as Graphs
Icoro Doria: Angola, China, Colombia
Faces of the Dead in Iraq
Newsmap
Displaying Connections
- gathers and displays data graphically- again, uses size, color and placement to indicate
significance- and again, can be static, but is often dynamic
Did You Know?Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod
Preparedness NowTheo Angelopoulos | 2008
modes: gaming
The Free Culture Game | Molleindustria | 2008
Darfur Is Dying | Susana Ruiz | 2006
McDonald’s Video Game | Molleindustries | 2004
Disaffected! | Persuasive Games
modes: gaming:alternate reality games
-interactive, transmedia events-shifts according to player participation and involvement-uses real time -intersection of “reality” and the “alternate reality”
-See Wikipedia:-storytelling as archeology-designing for the hive mind-whisper is louder than a shout-“this is not a game” aesthetic-real-not a hoax
Why not use ARGs to solve real problems?
World Without Oil | Electric Shadows and PBS | 2008
Superstruct | Institute for the Future | 2008
modes: gaming: countergames
-modifying existing games to “counter” original intent-generally done in one of three ways:
1) at the level of visual design2) rules of the game, changing how gameplay
unfolds3) at the level of software
Adam Killer | Brody Condon | 2000
“The player/performer navigates through a game level filled with multiple copies of the same character being ‘idle’ on a white plane. As the characters are mutilated with different weapons, an exploited glitch creates a harsh trailing effect. This turns the environment into a chaotic mess of bloody, fractured textures. Adam Killer is disseminated as a multi-channel video installation and DVD documentation of game play.”
Domestic Tension | Wafaa Bilal | 2007
Gandhi’s March and dead-in-iraqJoseph Delappe | 2007 - 2008
modes: immersive
Mode :: Immersive
- One of the key characteristics of new media
- Tied to new ways of learning by doing
- Positives: powerful, rich, sensorily intriguing
- Negatives: easy to go awry!
Immersive: using MUVEs (Multi-User Virtual Environments)
– Shared space: the world allows many users to participate at once.
– A sense of immediacy: interaction takes place in real time.
– Interactivity: the world allows users to alter, develop, build, or submit customized content.
– Persistence: the world's existence continues regardless of whether individual users are logged in.
– Socialization/Community: the world allows and encourages the formation of in-world social groups like teams, guilds, clubs, cliques, housemates, neighborhoods, etc.
(from Virtual Worlds Review)
Melanie Swalwell and Erik LoyerCast-offs From the Golden Age
Matt Lee | Rivenscryr
Second Life
mediagraphy
- slide 2: Peter Cho, “letterscapes” http://www.typotopo.com/letterscapes/letterscapes.html- definition of visualization: “Visual Universe” site:http://edmall.gsfc.nasa.gov/99invest.Site/VISUALIZATION/visualization.html#2
