Media and Design Studio, part of @WeinbergCollege IT Solutions, Northwestern University — Language Learning, Digital Humanities, Pedagogical Technology.
Evanston, IL
Joined October 2015
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New exhibit! Organized by a @NorthwesternU scholars/#DH collective led by @katemasur!
It profiles 25 Black acvtists who challenged Illinois’ most oppressive Black law, organizing the 1st state convention in 1853. Launch event info below!
coloredconventions.org/black….
We’re proud to celebrate the launch of “Black Organizing in Pre-Civil War Illinois: Creating Community, Demanding Justice” a new web exhibit produced by Northwestern students, faculty, & staff. It joins the Colored Conventions Project @CCP_org this month.
news.northwestern.edu/storie…
Now viewable at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, CA Davis shares more on coproduction of our latest film essay “Inhuman Figures” with @NUEnglishDept prof. Michelle N Huang: web.madstudio.northwestern.e…
"Inhuman Figures: Robots, Clones, Aliens" — our latest film essay collaboration that explores science fiction archetypes and the relationship to Asian American history — is released online this month at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. smithsonianapa.org/inhuman-f…
.@ClassicsNU Prof. Francesca Tataranni will discuss her latest video essay, "One Dark Wall," developed in collaboration with @MADStudioNU on March 11, 4-5:30pm. Be sure to turn up your speaker volume and watch this amazing work online: web.madstudio.northwestern.e…
Francesca Tataranni & CA Davis - March 11, 4-5:30 PM CT
"One Dark Wall: Waking Up to the Aeneid in 1985"
RSVP to [email protected] for the Zoom link
#IllinoisClassicsEvents #ClassicsDuringCovid #IllinoisClassicsProfessors
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Francesca Tataranni & CA Davis - March 11, 4-5:30 PM CT
"One Dark Wall: Waking Up to the Aeneid in 1985"
RSVP to [email protected] for the Zoom link
#IllinoisClassicsEvents #ClassicsDuringCovid #IllinoisClassicsProfessors
.@MLAnews has announced the @PulterProject as the winner of the twelfth Modern Language Association Prize for Collaborative, Bibliographical, or Archival Scholarship.
@MADStudioNU is honored to share in this achievement and congratulates the entire project team.
Congratulations to all of the winners of MLA publication prizes! An amazing group! mla.org/Resources/Career/MLA…
Interested in #digitalhumanities but not sure where to begin? Attend our informal drop-in session next Wednesday (11am-1pm) together with the @NU_LIBRARY and @KaplanHum in Kresge 2350. More info: humanities.northwestern.edu/…
How and what universities teach is in constant flux, most notably in the literature canon. “It seems likely that the idea of a canon itself was weakened” @opensyllabus @FastCompany fastcompany.com/90376685/thi…
Kudos to @Apple for making so many accessibility improvements to iOS for users with color blindness and/or motion sensitivity. Digital learning materials can benefit from similar considerations and we’re striving to include them in our designs.
9to5mac.com/2019/06/05/ios-1…
Whistles can get attention and be heard long distances, but they can also form a complex language. A few months ago, we highlighted Sfyria, from Greece, but there is also a beautiful “bird language” from Turkey.
nytimes.com/2019/05/30/arts/…
What’s the most obscure language you know? Ever heard of Booráá? Lehali? How about Mirandese? Or Tok Pisin? A new Brooklyn-based startup is trying to document every language spoken in the world.
atlasobscura.com/articles/wi…
Virtual Reality (VR) for a literature class? Why not!? Hamilton College students built detailed VR worlds based on the novels they read
chronicle.com/interactives/2…
Running out of things to count? How about the 645 definitions for the English word "run"?
mentalfloss.com/article/5828…
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We are less than 48hrs from kicking off #TEACHx19! Check out our @sched and choose from ~80 options to fill your day(s)... workshops, posters, presentations galore + a keynote from @ruha9! teachx.northwestern.edu/prog…
Pokémon certainly provides its share of fun and games, but is there a chance that it can also give clues to how the mind processes language? dornsife.usc.edu/news/storie…
In 1959 C.P. Snow gave an almost famous lecture on "The Two Cultures," a divide between the humanities and the sciences. Yet, maybe things like science comedy, science fiction, science advisors for film and television show progress in the 60 years since.
forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/20…
The #bilingual effort goes major league as the Florida Marlins learn Spanish together in an effort to remove intercultural barriers and boost communication. nytimes.com/2019/05/10/sport…
