FTVM/DIGITAL 368 – Topics in Digital Media Studies: Lara Croft and Feminist Media
Focusing on critical approaches to Tomb Raider as a transmedia franchise and Lara Croft as a recognizable and controversial representation of white Western womanhood, this course approaches Lara Croft as a central case study for investigating the shifting terrains of feminism(s) and media cultures over the last three decades. Cross-listed with WGS 344 – Special Topics in Gender, Culture, and Representation
FTVM/DIGITAL 368 – Topics in Digital Media Studies: Queer and Trans Gaming
This course centers queer and trans experiences, relations, and knowledges to explore how gaming–from design to play–negotiates normative understandings and practices of gender and sexuality. Students will discuss a range of queer and trans games alongside readings in queer and trans game studies to consider how games participate in the constitution and potential reimagination of gender, sexuality, and the worlds they shape. Cross-listed with WGS 380 – Special Topics.
FTVM/DIGITAL 376 – Digital Media Theory
This course is an in-depth foray into the study and analysis of digital media technologies, practices, and cultures through a focus on theory as critical and conceptual linguistic tools for describing, analyzing, and (re)imagining the world. As such, students will engage in critical reading, thinking, and writing practices to examine the workings of digital culture.