Welcome to a special Latino media-themed week from In Media Res. While each of the contributors this week will respond to one another, the forum is still open to everyone to add their comments as well. Please feel free to respond to their comments and add your own thoughts and ideas about the series as well. http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org This week’s In Media Res line-up: Monday, November 12, 2007 – Mari Castaneda (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) presents: “Latino Hip Hop: The Complexity of Challenging the Status Quo” Tuesday, November 13, 2007 – Joe Straubhaar (University of Texas, Austin) presents: “Will the Wolf Survive, Los Lobos” Wednesday, November 14, 2007 – Mary Beltran (University of Wisconsin, Madison) presents: “On Chances Lost: The World Outside Ed’s Garage” Thursday, November 15, 2007 – Juan Pinon (New York University) presents: “SíTV and the emergence of English-language Latino television networks” Friday, November 16, 2007 – Antonio La Pastina (Texas A&M University) presents: “Queering Ugly Betty's nephew” Please check out these wonderful contributions and offer your thoughts via a comment. http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org 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 100-150-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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Avi Santo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 3014 Batten Arts & Letters (BAL) Department of Communication and Theatre Arts Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia 23529 (757) 683-6971 [log in to unmask] Co-Coordinating Editor: MediaCommons: A Digital Scholarly Network http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org Co-Creator: Flow: Television and Media Culture http://www.flowtv.org _________________________________________________________________ Have fun while connecting on Messenger! Click here to learn more. http://entertainment.sympatico.msn.ca/WindowsLiveMessenger ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu