Hi all, This week’s In Media Res line-up: (http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org): Monday, September 24, 2007 – Ben Aslinger (University of Wisconsin, Madison) presents: “Playing with Peripherals”. Tuesday, September 25, 2007 – Hector Amaya (Southwestern University) presents: “TBA” Wednesday, September 26, 2007 – Cynthia Chris (City University of New York, Staten Island) presents: “Life During Wartime: On 9 Scripts from a Nation at War” Thursday, September 27, 2007 – Tanner Higgin (University of California, Riverside) presents: “Lrn2Play Noob: Progressive Masculinity in Games” Friday, September 28, 2007 – Michael Lecker (George Mason University) presents: “Can Catwoman Challenge Patriarchy?” Please check out these wonderful contributions and offer your thoughts via a comment. http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org ABOUT IN MEDIA RES In Media Res is envisioned as an experiment in just one sort of collaborative, multi-modal scholarship that MediaCommons will aim to foster. Its primary goal is to provide a forum for more immediate critical engagement with media in a manner closer to how we typically experience mediated texts. Each day, a different media scholar will present a 30-second to 3-minute clip accompanied by a 250-300-word impressionistic response. The goal is to promote an online dialogue amongst media scholars and the public about contemporary media scholarship through clips chosen for either their typicality or a-typicality in demonstrating narrative strategies, genre formulations, aesthetic choices, representational practices, institutional approaches, fan engagements, etc. Best, Avi Santo _________________________________________________________________ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org