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  Re: Gaming on the Spectrum: Autism and Xbox Live

  Perils of Xbox Live

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  Steven Boyer University of Glasgow

  Monday, April 4, 2011 — 8:50 pm

  restricting communication in this way eliminates the possibility for positive social experiences with other ... meaning it is more difficult to assess what is appropriate. One possibility is to follow the lead of other ...
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  Gaming on the Spectrum: Autism and Xbox Live

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  Steven Boyer University of Glasgow

  April 04, 2011

  4 comments

  Gaming on the Spectrum: Autism and Xbox Live video games Media Literacy autism Curator's Note  In January, a  local news story  about an eleven-year-old autistic boy's punishment on the  Xbox Live  gaming service caused an internet uproar. The i ...
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  Re: Karolina Sobecka's WILDLIFE

  Virtual Spectacle

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  Kaitlin Sweetman NYU

  Thursday, March 31, 2011 — 4:34 am

  a possible critique of the direct-to-consumer spectacle that Twitter is a platform for, as the cobra's ...
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  Re: The Big Toe on the Obelisk; or, the problematic of the Perverse in public art

  i meant it as a compliment (sort of)

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  Anneka Herre Urban Video Project and Syracuse University

  Tuesday, March 29, 2011 — 10:22 pm

  My concern isn’t really with prudishness. Or if so, in a very abstract way. As far as I’m ...
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  The Big Toe on the Obelisk; or, the problematic of the Perverse in public art

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  Anneka Herre Urban Video Project and Syracuse University

  March 29, 2011

  3 comments

  as public art is an open question.  In some ways, I’m delighted by how effectively it sets up an ...
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  Karolina Sobecka's WILDLIFE

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  Deke Weaver School of Art & Design, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

  March 28, 2011

  7 comments

  Karolina Sobecka's WILDLIFE wildlife New Media Art mobile projection DIY Curator's Note I'm a sucker for spectacle.   I used to work near Times Square.   They wrapped videoscreens completely around 745 Seventh Avenue.   Imaginary Forces des ...
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  Hottentot Venus 2.0?: Still Gawking at the Black Woman's Buttocks

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  Alfred Martin University of Texas at Austin

  March 23, 2011

  5 comments

  Hottentot Venus 2.0?: Still Gawking at the Black Woman's Buttocks race and television gender and sexuality black femininity Curator's Note In 19th Century Europe, Sara Baartman, also colloquially known as the Hottentot Venus, was exhibited as a ...
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  Re: "'It's Tough Being Different'": The Pitfalls of Colorblindness in CW's The Vampire Diaries

  Erasing History Indeed

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  Kristen Warner University of Alabama

  Tuesday, March 22, 2011 — 9:46 pm

  characters:  That is definitely possible but not done very often to my knowledge. I read somewhere that Shawn ...
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  Re: "'It's Tough Being Different'": The Pitfalls of Colorblindness in CW's The Vampire Diaries

  erasing race; erasing history

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  Kristina Busse Independent Scholar

  Tuesday, March 22, 2011 — 3:04 pm

  flashbacks, the witch identity, even the romance with Jeremy. I wonder if it might be possible to blindcast ...
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  "'It's Tough Being Different'": The Pitfalls of Colorblindness in CW's The Vampire Diaries

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  Kristen Warner University of Alabama

  March 22, 2011

  14 comments

  "'It's Tough Being Different'": The Pitfalls of Colorblindness in CW's The Vampire Diaries the vampire diaries race and television media industries casting Curator's Note The video I am curating illustrates the drama two ...

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