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  • General

    Out of the Digital Dungeon:
    Exploring Gender and Technology in Sci Fi, Fantasy and Horror Films

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    • All Art work on this Course Page: Alex Ronald, Judge Dredd & 2000 AD Copyright © Rebellion A/S 2004. All Rights Reserved.


    • PLEASE START HERE: Welcome to the Course Page

    • The Administrative Area and Ongoing Course Activities in this section contain information that you will continually return to throughout the course. Here you will find the essential components of your course and details of how to progress, as well as activities that you will revisit during the course.

      Administrative Area

    • Course Overview and Approach Page
    • Weekly Schedule Page
    • Required Films and Readings Page
    • Assessment/Evaluation Page
    • Summative Assignment Details Page
    • Important Announcements Forum

    • Ongoing Course Activities

      You should visit this area regularly and, from here, contribute to discussions both when asked to do so and when you wish to do so.
    • Terms to Consider: a Glossary
    • Working Definitions: a Glossary
    • General Forum for Discussion
    • Help Forum
    • Open Chat
    • Course Readings and Resources Page
    • Extra and Related Readings Page
  • This topic

    Topic 1

    • Getting Started

      Art work: Alex Ronald, Judge Dredd & 2000 AD
      Copyright © Rebellion A/S 2004. All Rights Reserved.


    • Ice Breaker Activity

      Before we begin our explorations into Fantasy and its neighboring genres it is important to get to know each other and begin to foster a sense of community in this online environment. Therefore, please ensure that you complete the ice breaker activity in the first two weeks of the course.
    • Perceptions Choice
    • Perceptions Forum

    • Assessing your Knowledge and Interest

      Here you are asked to share your experience and familiarity with the field. There are, most certainly, no 'correct' answers here but it is very helpful if we know where people will be starting from as we embark upon this course. You will all very likely have a different experience and approach to this material-- this will make the course more interesting for us all!
    • Introduction to Assessing Knowledge and Interest Page
    • Where people are Quiz
    • Where people are: reading Choice
    • Where people are: expectations for this course Choice

  • Topic 2

    • Genres, Gender and Technology... in context

      Art work: Alex Ronald, Judge Dredd & 2000 AD
      Copyright © Rebellion A/S 2004. All Rights Reserved.

    • An Introduction

    • Approaching the Genres Page
    • Mapping Approaches to Genres Page
    • Mapping films Choice

    • Theoretical Background

    • Science Fiction Page
    • Horror Page
    • Forum Activity: Initial Thoughts

    • Thinking about Emotion

      Note: These readings and quizzes to follow should be done only after you have taken part in the Initial Thoughts Journal and Forum activities.
    • Why do we/should we talk about emotion? Page
    • Emotions: Definitions, Locations and Discussions Page
    • Emotions in Reviews Quiz
    • Introducing Emotions and the Genres Quiz
    • Reading: Emotion, Reason and ICT URL

  • Topic 3

    • Women, Robots and Dirty Dishes (1970s)

      Art work: Alex Ronald, Judge Dredd & 2000 AD
      Copyright © Rebellion A/S 2004. All Rights Reserved.

    • Introducing Feminism Page
    • Reading: Donna Haraway URL
    • Film Viewing: The Stepford Wives (1975) Page
    • Stepford Wives and the Fear Factor Choice
    • Reading: Braidotti URL

    • Please pause here and go the Working Definitions: A Glossary to post your own thoughts or definitions on the following terms: Gender, Feminist, Feminism. There are no right or wrong answers for this activity and I welcome multiple definitions if you should choose to submit these, but each of you should define each term at least once. You may also include URL's and images within your glossary definitions if you wish.
    • Women and Robots Forum

  • Topic 4

    • Technology: the Gendered Cyborg (1980s and early 1990s)

      Art work: Alex Ronald, Judge Dredd & 2000 AD
      Copyright © Rebellion A/S 2004. All Rights Reserved.

    • Technology: Emotion and Reason Page
    • Film Viewing: Blade Runner (1982) Page
    • The Blade Runner and the Fear Factor Choice
    • Reading: Picard and Emotion URL

    • Please pause here and go the Working Definitions: a Glossary to post your own thoughts or definitions on the following terms: Cyborg, Emotion and Reason. There are no right or wrong answers for this activity and I welcome multiple definitions if you should choose to use these, but each of you should produce at least one definition for each term. Additionally, if you would like to add examples to your definitions, please feel free to do so.

    • Film Viewings: Terminator (1984) and Terminator II: Judgement Day (1991) Page
    • The Terminator and the Fear Factor Choice
    • Terminator II: Judgement Day and the Fear Factor Choice
    • Technology: The Rise and Fall of Cultural Fear Page
    • Reading: Kibby URL
    • The Gendered Cyborg Forum

  • Topic 5

    • Face to Face Component in Denmark
      Science and Technology: Creating Monsters (1990s)

      Art work: Alex Ronald, Judge Dredd & 2000 AD
      Copyright © Rebellion A/S 2004. All Rights Reserved.

    • Face to Face study in Denmark Page
    • Reading: Reeder "The Uncastrated Man" URL
    • Reading: Technology and its dangerous effects... URL
    • Face to Face Study Choice

  • Topic 6

    • The Supernatural (2000+)

      Art work: Alex Ronald, Judge Dredd & 2000 AD
      Copyright © Rebellion A/S 2004. All Rights Reserved.

    • Readings

    • An Overview on Fantasy and its Neighboring Genres File
    • Film Viewing: The Blair Witch Project Page
    • Reading: MacDonald URL
    • Film Viewing: Ginger Snaps Page
    • Reading: Nielsen and Ginger Snaps URL
    • Extra Reading: Creed URL

    • Activities

    • Genre Lesson
    • The Blair Witch Project and the Fear Factor Choice
    • Ginger Snaps and the Fear Factor Choice
    • The Supernatural Forum

  • Topic 7

    • Consent for Research

    • Consent Form Choice

    • CATAC (Cultural Attitudes Toward Technology and Communication) Conference paper

      The following paper presented at CATAC 2006 addresses issues of technology, emotion and power and is based on research, in part, conducted using the interactions and discussions of this course.

    • CATAC paper 2006 File

  • Topic 8

    • Learning Support Space

    • Getting Started

    • Introduction to the Learning Support Space Page
    • Finding your way through Moodle Page
    • Net-Etiquette (Netiquette) Page

    • Moodle Features

      In this section you are introduced to the features of Moodle that we will use in this Course.
    • Introducing the Forum
    • Introducing Chat
    • Introducing Choice
    • Introducing Quiz
    • Introducing Glossary Page
    • Introducing Lesson Page

    • Personalizing your Moodle Space

    • Editing your Online Profile Page

    • Continued Support for your Learning

    • Approach to Learning and Teaching Page
    • Using Moodle Off Campus Page

  • Topic 9

    • Weekend Study

    • Frankenstein questions for face to face or before? Page
    • Creating Monsters Forum

  • Topic 10

    • Extras, in development

    • Influenced or the Influence? Choice
    • Influenced or the Influence? Forum
    • Visual Images of Fantasy and Horror? Page
    • Colour poster things
    • Ginger Snaps Cover File
    • Blade Runner Cover File
    • Stepford Wives cover File
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