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Jeff Watson is an artist, designer, and Assistant Professor of Interactive Media and Games at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
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Monthly Archives: January 2015
LA sunsets never get old
LA sunsets never get old Continue reading
On my desk this morning: a gift (and some advice) for the new year from @kinojabber
On my desk this morning: a gift (and some advice) for the new year from @kinojabber Continue reading
Syllabus: Documentary and Activist Games (CTIN-499)
Filmmaker John Grierson famously described documentary cinema as “the creative treatment of actuality.” Documentary films can illuminate unseen processes, broaden our awareness of the past and present, and challenge us to make a better future. How might games achieve similar … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, courses, ctin-499, documentary, game design, games, imgd, serious games, usc
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The poetics of the oppressed
“The poetics of the oppressed is essentially the poetics of liberation: the spectator no longer delegates power to the characters either to think or to act in his place. The spectator frees himself; he thinks and acts for himself! Theatre … Continue reading
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Tagged augusto boal, liberation, spectacle, theatre
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