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May the 4th: Honoring the Stormtroopers
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Register Today: Social Issues Through Comic Books!
Did you miss the amazing Gender Through Comic Books SuperMooc course last winter?
Here’s your change to register for Ball State University’s Christina Blanch’s next course, Social Issues Through Comic Books! The six month course propose to discuss social issues ”using comic books as a lens” while examining how popular culture is shaped. Blanch’s anthropological perspective and great teaching skills will ensure a great experience to all participants!
Issues such as social inequality, environment changes and addiction are only a few of the issues which will be explored using varied reading material, lectures, live interviews and discussion threads.
We hope to meet you there!
Psst, Chicago!
If you live in Chicago and have an interest in geek culture, stop by our panel at the American Anthropological Association this afternoon!
We’ll discuss the process of mainstreamisation, gay geeks, the fake geek girl debate, fan fiction, gender representations, and much more!
Come meet us at the Hilton Chicago downtown at 12:15!
For more information on the AAA meeting and our panel, head to the AAA website!
See you there!
SuperMOOC Update: Gender Through Comics Books
On April 16th, I announced on this blog that I was taking part in a SuperMOOC, a Massively Open Online Course, titled Gender Through Comic books. You can read my initial thoughts here.
At the time, my intention was to blog about the course each week. Then I realized it was over.
The Geek Anthropologist 