Many work as DAC electives!
http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/filmstudies/courses/course-descriptions.cfm#eng111
Including Film Studies 212-001, “Participatory Culture: Audiences, Viewers, and Fans.”
Here are some really great posters for the course by Katie Morrissey.
For the second year in a row, a student in the Digital Arts and Culture program has taken home the top award at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Undergraduate Research Symposium. On April 19, 2013, Gabrielle (Gabi) DuCharme received first place–the blue ribbon–for best poster presentation from among a total of 235 student presenters and more than 150 presentations.
Marc Tasman and Gabrielle DuCharme at the Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 19, 2013.
Gabi presented her research and her work with Wikiproject Public Art Milwaukee, a project initiated by Jennifer Geigel Mikulay, Assistant Professor of Communication and Technology at Alverno College, with support from the Milwaukee Arts Board. Marc Tasman, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies (JAMS), was a mentor for the undergraduate research and a collaborator on the project. Staff from the UWM Libraries also assisted the research team.
Wikiproject Public Art Milwaukee documents local outdoor sculpture and produces images to illustrate articles on Wikipedia. As research assistant, Gabi prepared and supplied images with proper licensing to support an effective display in the encyclopedia. In addition, a goal of the research is to raise awareness about the project and bring attention to public art both at local neighborhood sites and within the context of Wikipedia.
Gabi was introduced to the project through a collaboration in the Photojournalism course taught by Tasman in Spring 2012. Mikulay came to the UWM JAMS course as a visiting researcher to talk about the open nature of the project and how the class (or anyone, for that matter) could contribute by producing images licensed using Creative Commons. The class contributed by searching campus and documenting UWM’s public sculpture. Later in the semester, students took a field trip to Lynden Sculpture Garden and documented its works, learning a great deal by navigating the ethical and legal issues of intellectual property.
Gabi’s significant contribution over the following academic year, through UWM’s Office of Undergraduate Research, was the comprehensive treatment of the catalog of local public art collections at both UWM and the Lynden Sculpture Garden, a non-profit organization that is open to the public and displays more than 50 monumental sculptures.
Gabi will graduate from UWM in May 2013 with a BA in Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies and a certificate in Digital Arts and Culture. Mikulay and Tasman plan to continue their collaboration and work with undergraduate researchers. With the aim of encouraging the creation of accurate, informative and up-to-date articles about public art in Milwaukee, they hope to make clear that a good first step for caring for an artwork can be the process of examination, research and documentation that’s required for the creation of an engaging Wikipedia article. Gabi’s work on this project, through the generous support of UWM’s Office of Undergraduate Research, improves the representation of visual arts in Wikipedia and raises awareness about public art’s existence, meaning and context within the Milwaukee community.
In 2012, Garrett Katerzynske, then pursuing the DAC certificate, majoring in Film and minoring in Journalism, Advertising and Media Studies, won a blue ribbon at the Undergraduate Research Symposium for his work with Bruce Charlesworth, Associate Professor of Film.
The 2013 awardees are as follows:
Best Oral Presentation: From the College of Letters and Science, Angela Jones, mentored by Enrique Figueroa, for presenting “Normative and Structural Causes of the Black and White Wealth Divide.”
Third Place Poster: From the Zilber School of Public Health, Moua Vang and Wa Vang, mentored by Todd Miller, for presenting “Water Quality Database Development and Forecast Modeling at Bradford Beach.”
Second Place Poster: From the College of Letters and Science, Danielle DeMorrow and Mark Nebel, mentored by Jennifer Gutzman, for presenting “Regulation of Brain Morphogenesis by Differential Gene Expression in the Midbrain-hindbrain Boundary.”
First Place Poster: From the College of Letters and Science, Gabrielle DuCharme, mentored by Marc Tasman, for presenting “Wikiproject Public Art Milwaukee.”
Digital Arts and Culture is an interdisciplinary certificate program combining courses in the areas of arts, humanities, social sciences, and information studies and a networked community of students, artists, scholars, and practitioners, imagining the future by studying and shaping emerging forms. For more information about the program, see dac.uwm.edu. For more information about the Office of Undergraduate Research at UWM, see our.uwm.edu.
Call-For-Projects
“Coming of Digital Age” Gallery Night
Greene Hall – May 1st, 2013 (7:00pm – 10:00pm)
WHO: University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Undergraduate Students
Where: Greene Hall, UWM
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 31st, 2013 Extended to April 19th
DATE: May 1st, 2013 (7:00pm – 10:00pm)
WHAT: We officially welcome submissions for the inaugural DAC Gallery Night, to take place on May 1st, 2013 in Greene Hall. Over the course of three hours, contributors will be invited to display their digital projects in varying forms of development, both from course work and from independent research. While the motivating purpose of these projects is open to the interests of the contributors, they should speak to the concept of “growing up digitally” personally, socially, or professionally. Potential projects may fall into the following categories:
The time has come for a new generation of artists, scholars, and practitioners: a generation that has grown up using digital tools. As a result of the pervasiveness of these technologies, unprecedented numbers of individuals now turn to the digital for all manner of creative expression.
Students in the Digital Arts and Culture program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are fully aware and engaged in this social turn, creating and taking part in digital projects in a wide variety of mediums: video, audio, interactive software, web design, graphic design, and more.
We look forward to your submissions and creating a networking environment with a tone unique to the style and passion of UWM-DAC. Please send all submissions in the form of an abstract (250 word max.) or proposal description with any related images and/or links to: dac-gallery@uwm.edu. Include any technology requirements associated with the public display of your project.
Communicate with gallery staff by liking us on FB (http://on.fb.me/13DfuNL) and following us on Twitter @DACGalleryNight.
Digital Arts and Culture
Fall 2013 Course Offerings
Core Courses
ART-118: Digital Arts: Culture, Theory, Practice (3 units; U; FEE)
ARTHIST-111: Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, and the Internet (3 units; U; HU)
COMMUN-313: Human Communication and Technology (3 units; U)
ENGLISH-111: Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, and the Internet (3 units; U; HU)
FILMSTD-111: Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, and the Internet (3 units; U; HU)
INFOST-110: Introduction to Information Science and Technology (3 units; U )
JAMS-101: Introduction to Mass Media (3 units; U; SS)
JAMS-113: Internet Culture (3 units; U; HU)
JAMS-336: Media Graphics (3 units; U; FEE)
Conceptual Courses
ART-309: Issues in Contemporary Art: (3 units; U/G; FEE)
ARTHIST-111: Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, and the Internet (3 units; U; HU) –if not
selected above
COMMUN-313: Human Communication and Technology (3 units; U) –if not selected above
COMMUN-410: Organizational Communication Technology (3 units; U)
COMPLIT-133: Contemporary Imagination in Literature and the Arts (3 units; U; HU)
COMPLIT-135: Experiencing Literature in the 21st Century: (3 units; U; HU)
COMPLIT-233: Literature and Film: (3 units; U; HU)
ENGLISH-111: Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, and the Internet (3 units; U; HU) –if not
selected above
ENGLISH-253: Science Fiction: (3 units; U; HU)
ENGLISH-290: Introduction to Film Studies (3 units; U; HU)
ENGLISH-291: Introduction to Television Studies (3 units; U)
ENGLISH-312: Topics in Film Studies: (3 units; U)
ENGLISH-329: Film and Literature (3 units; U/G)
ENGLISH-380: Media and Society: (3 units; U/G)
ENGLISH-383: Cinema and Genre: (3 units; U/G)
FILMSTD-111: Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, and the Internet (3 units; U; HU) –if not
selected above
FILMSTD-290: Introduction to Film Studies (3 units; U ; HU)
FILMSTD-312: Topics in Film Studies: (3 units; U)
FILMSTD-329: Film and Literature (3 units; U/G )
FILMSTD-380: Media and Society: (3 units; U/G)
FILMSTD-383: Cinema and Genre: (3 units; U/G)
GLOBAL-202: Introduction to Global Studies III: Globalization and Technology (3 units; U; SS)
INFOST-110: Introduction to Information Science and Technology (3 units; U ) –if not selected above
INFOST-120: Information Technology Ethics (3 units; U ; HU)
INFOST-310: Human Factors in Information Seeking and Use (3 units; U )
JAMS-101: Introduction to Mass Media (3 units; U; SS) –if not selected above
JAMS-113: Internet Culture (3 units; U; HU) –if not selected aboveJAMS-262: Principles of Media Studies (3 units; U)
JAMS-360: History of Mass Media (3 units; U)
JAMS-361: Media Ethics (3 units; U; HU)
JAMS-559: Law of Mass Communication (3 units; U/G)
JAMS-562: Media Studies and Culture (3 units; U/G)
Practicum Courses
ART-118: Digital Arts: Culture, Theory, Practice (3 units; U; FEE) –if not selected above
ART-212: Introduction to Digital Studio Practice (3 units; U; FEE)
ART-316: Interactive Installation & Performance (3 units; U ; FEE)
ART-318: Physical Computing (3 units; U; FEE)
ART-324: Web Design (3 units; U; FEE)
ART-325: Multimedia Design (3 units; U; FEE)
ART-326: Video and Audio Strategies for Artists and Designers (3 units; U/G; FEE)
ART-327: Digital Media Workshop: (3 units; U ; FEE)
ART 393(293): Digital Printmaking (3 units; U; FEE)
ENGLISH-214: Writing in the Professions: (3 units; U)
ENGLISH-290: Introduction to Film Studies (3 units; U ; HU)
ENGLISH-312: Topics in Film Studies: (3 units; U )
ENGLISH-329: Film and Literature (3 units; U/G )
ENGLISH-380: Media and Society: (3 units; U/G )
ENGLISH-383: Cinema and Genre: (3 units; U/G )
ENGLISH-435: Professional and Technical Writing (3 units; U/G )
FINEART-313: Programming for Artists I (3 units; U/G; FEE)
GEOG-215: Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences (3 units; U)
GEOG-525: Geographic Information Science (4 units; U/G)
INFOST-240: Introduction to Web Design (3 units; U )
INFOST-430: Multimedia Application Development (3 units; U )
INFOST-491: Advanced Topics in Information Science & Technology: (1 – 3 units; U )
INFOST-685: Electronic Publishing and Web Design (3 units; U/G )
JAMS-204: News Writing and Technology (3 units; U)
JAMS-231: Publication Design (3 units; U; FEE)
JAMS-336: Media Graphics (3 units; U; FEE) –if not selected above
JAMS-356: Media Literacy (3 units; U )
MUSIC-327: Analog and Digital Synthesis I (3 units; U/G; FEE)
MUSIC-328: Digital Synthesis and Systems II (3 units; U/G ; FEE)
THEATRE-357: Digital Audio Workstations for Stage and Studio (3 units; U ; FEE
From watching cartoons in the living room to late night movies in our dorm rooms, for decades the television set has been an important fixture in many people’s daily lives. Today we also increasingly watch television on the go—using computers, cell phones, DVRs, and DVDs to keep up with our favorite shows. This course provides an introduction to television studies both by looking back and by looking forward. We will learn more about television’s past and the different factors shaping what television shows look like today. We will also discuss more recent technological changes, including the digitization of television, and how these things may affect what television looks like in the years to come. Due to its presence in our homes and as part of our daily lives, studying television has also become a way for us to study our society, to think about the ways television represents the world to its viewers, and to consider how viewers engage with television. In this class we will watch a variety of television programs, learn more about different approaches to studying of television, and consider television’s larger role in popular culture and society.
English 312: Topics in Film Studies
Cinema and Digital Culture
Instructor: Professor Tami Williams
E-mail: tamiw@uwm.edu
There are no pre-requisites for this course. The course also counts as conceptual elective credits towards the DAC (Digital Arts and Culture) Certificate Program
(http://dac.uwm.edu).
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
From the kinetoscope to the iPhone, moving image culture has never stopped reinventing or making itself anew. We will examine the nature of “new media” from a wide variety of perspectives: technological, economic, and particularly cultural and aesthetic. We will look at how new media, such as digital photography, video games, virtual reality, and the World Wide Web, refashion earlier media forms, such as cinema, as well as how the latter is itself influenced by emerging media. In addition to the shifts and changes effected by digital technologies in contemporary society, we will consider the place of the Self within the context of new media. To this end, in addition to reading critical texts, students will have opportunities to explore these questions on a personal and practical level, from blogging to video gaming. Class discussions will focus on weekly readings, film viewings and web visits.
