{"id":28,"date":"2018-01-12T16:11:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T21:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/games18\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=28"},"modified":"2018-03-30T10:22:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T14:22:38","slug":"diversity-and-difference-weeks-6-10","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/games18\/portfolio\/diversity-and-difference-weeks-6-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity and Difference (Weeks 6-10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A central question in North American game studies concerns the extent to which games imagine difference and the other.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Monday, February 19 (Week 6)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Katherine Isbister, &#8220;Character&#8221; from <em>Debugging Game History<\/em> (2016), pp. 37-44<\/li>\n<li>Kate Edwards, &#8220;Culturalization&#8221; from <em>Debugging Game History <\/em>(2016), pp. 97-101<\/li>\n<li>Carly A. Kocurek, &#8220;Identities&#8221; from <em>Debugging Game History<\/em> (2016), pp. 237-245<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Wednesday, February 21<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Anna Everett and S. Craig Watkins, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/wyzon9dghm5tpn0\/Everett%20-%20Power%20of%20Play.pdf?dl=0\">\u201cThe Power of Play: The Portrayal and Performance of Race in Video Games\u201d<\/a> from <em>The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning<\/em> (2007), pp. 141\u2013164<\/li>\n<li>V\u00edt \u0160isler, <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com.ezproxy.lib.davidson.edu\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/1367549407088333\">\u201cDigital Arabs: Representation in Video Games\u201d<\/a> from <em>European Journal of Cultural Studies<\/em> (2008), pp. 203\u2013219<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Friday, February 23<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Colleen Macklin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/t4upf6humvhntb3\/Macklin%20-%20Queerness%20in%20Games.pdf?dl=0\">&#8220;Finding the Queerness in Games&#8221;<\/a> from <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Queer Game Studies<\/span> (2017), pp. 249-257<\/li>\n<li>Amanda Phillips, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/1by0vuu4lpf8o5j\/Phillips%20-%20Welcome%20to%20My%20Fantasy%20Zone.pdf?dl=0\">&#8220;Welcome to <em>My <\/em>Fantasy Zone: <em>Bayonetta<\/em> and Queer Femme Disturbance&#8221;<\/a> from <em>Queer Game Studies<\/em> (2017), pp. 109-123<\/li>\n<li>Introduction of <a href=\"http:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/games18\/close-playing-project\/\">Close Playing<\/a> project<\/li>\n<li>In-Class: <em>Bayonetta<\/em> (2009), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mattiebrice.com\/mainichi\/\">Mainichi<\/a> (2014) [free Mac or PC download], <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmylands.com\/experiments\/kissing\/\"><em>Realistic Kissing Simulation<\/em><\/a> (2014), <a href=\"https:\/\/radiatoryang.itch.io\/cobraclub\">Cobra Club HD<\/a> (2016) [free Mac or PC download; 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