Feminisms, Technologies, and Digital Praxis

3 credits · Undergraduate

(1.5 hrs Lecture | 1.5 hrs Seminar/Discussion) This course is an introduction to digital media and feminist culture jamming. It explores feminist practice through the GENDER STUDIES use of various interactive media technologies which may include software, social media platforms, internet publishing, gaming, virtual/augmented reality and digital audio/video in the virtual praxis of feminisms. It also examines how feminist digital practices resist and disrupt the occupation of public space and imagination by corporate and mainstream media. Course materials focus on the transformative potential of digital media and culture jamming as tools for social change and worldmaking.