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  Pokemon Go, Queer Spaces, and Queer Contact

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  Edmond Y. Chang Ohio University

  October 15, 2016

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  Granted there are limits to this queer possibility--particularly for already marginalized or precariously ...
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  Where the Wi-Fi Ends

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  Alenda Chang University of California, Santa Barbara

  October 15, 2016

  3 comments

  Where the Wi-Fi Ends augmented reality critical infrastructure ecomedia Environment games media Pokemon Go Curator's Note Don’t get me wrong, I love Pokémon Go. As the screenshots show, I have played a lot. But as someone who works on how games model ...
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  Re: Pokemon Go, Queer Spaces, and Queer Contact

  And then there's Diglett

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  Alenda Chang University of California, Santa Barbara

  Monday, October 17, 2016 — 6:41 pm

  appreciate Diglett's emergence. That's not to say queer play wouldn't be possible with the ...
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  Re: Where the Wi-Fi Ends

  That Gamer Profile

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  Katharine McCain The Ohio State University

  Wednesday, October 19, 2016 — 2:39 am

  I’m thrilled you’ve raised this point, especially since (optimistically) my own post focuses on ...
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  Re: Where the Wi-Fi Ends

  Augmented, Really?

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  Edmond Y. Chang Ohio University

  Wednesday, October 19, 2016 — 5:30 am

  I think all of our posts thus far raise the possibilities for engaged and even radical ... games) allowed you to "take a picture" of a bird and it would randomly generate the possibility ...
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  ”I am”. Collaborative storytelling in the shape of a Twitter poem

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  Bo Reimer Malmö University

  November 03, 2016

  3 comments

  be possible to view the poem as a simple representation of what is happening “out there”. But one ...
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  What Counts as Harry Potter Canon?

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  Lauren Camacci Penn State University

  November 10, 2016

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  What Counts as Harry Potter Canon? SWPACA HPC@CHC Harry Potter Universe Harry Potter Studies Canon Curator's Note With a new "eighth story" play out and the first of five new films set to debut soon, the million-dollar question for Harry Po ...
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  Trump-Voldemort Metaphors in the 2016 US Presidential Election

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  Ashley Hinck Xavier University

  November 14, 2016

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  Trump-Voldemort Metaphors in the 2016 US Presidential Election politics Harry Potter Universe activism Curator's Note Trump-Voldemort metaphors have proliferated during the 2016 US presidential election. Early in the campaign, Rowling asserted that T ...
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  Re: Trump-Voldemort Metaphors in the 2016 US Presidential Election

  I’m so glad that someone took

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  Ashley Hinck Xavier University

  Friday, November 18, 2016 — 1:07 pm

  I'm so glad that someone took the time to flesh out the Hitler connections! They are so complex, rich, and interesting it really needed a full blog post. And those connections are just so necessary to understanding how the Trump-Voldemort metaphors a ...
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  Ritualistic Embodiment in Fever Ray's "When I Grow Up"

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  Michael Frazer Auburn University

  November 30, 2016

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  Ritualistic Embodiment in Fever Ray's "When I Grow Up" Media and the Occult indie music gaze embodiment electronica Curator's Note Indie producer Fever Ray is known for esoteric lyrics and stunningly dark imagery. From the music video ...

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