“Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will”: Empathy and Solidarity in the Times of COVID-19

~ Ernesto Priego

Any optimistic or 'positive' approaches to the coronavirus pandemic should be framed and motivated by an awareness of the interconnectedness of everyone and everything.

PROGRAMME

~ Ernesto Priego

Looking forward to Creating Comics, Creative Comics 2020: BEYOND! a comics symposium in Cardiff!

geraintdarcyblog's avatarCreating Comics, Creative Comics 2020

Monday 6th April.
0930-1030CA B414 Studio Theatre.Registration andWelcome.

1030–Keynote.Dr.Sarah Lightman.Building Bridges: Art, Life and Comics.

1130–ComicsCreation

Alexander James Pollard–The Precognitive Painting Programme.

DanielGoodbrey–How to Cheat at Comics – DigitalAlternatives toTraditionalTechniques forComicIllustration.

Leonie Sharrock– Memories of Story-Self and the Insides ofOldEnvelopes:theMaking of aCollage-comic, ‘Unwritten’.

1300–LUNCH

1400–AdaptationPractices

Lena Lenny– Slovene Literature in Comics – Adaptation ofLiteraryClassics.

SimonGrennan– RationalisingGraphicAdaptation as aMethod ofInterrogating theImpact of French Theatre in Victorian London.

Geraint D’Arcy–MakingTheatreTechnologyComics.

1530–Writing Practice

Hailey Austin– CreatingCommando.

BrianFagence–ConstructingEntropy, Deconstructing Practice.

1630END DAY 1

Tuesday 7th April.
1000– Registration Day 2.

1030–EsotericComics

Barbara Chamberlin–WalkingWyrd:Comics,Collaboration andCunningFolk.

LisaKottas– Sight Beyond Sight: TheConscious Aesthetics ofJibaMoleiAnderson’sThe Horsemen.

MartinSchwarzenbacher–…

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Using narrative to convey the experience of dementia care-giving: I Know How This Ends: Stories of Dementia Care

~ Ernesto Priego

Announcing the release of a new output in the Parables of Care series:  I Know How This Ends: Stories of Dementia Care (2020).

Stories of Designs Past: Narrative Design Transmedia Archaeology

~ Ernesto Priego

On the intersections of media archaeology and human computer interaction design. Provisional draft notes shared as a prompt for future research group discussion. I originally published this post on the HCID Comics, Games & Media Research Group blog.

Tweeting in an Age of Overwhelming Information Overload and Increased Workloads

~ Ernesto Priego

How has my thinking changed in relation to Twitter use by academics? I bullet-point some ideas that can be taken if desired as tips or strategies by those academic colleagues who are new to Twitter.

Abstract for Creating Comics, Creative Comics 2020: DIY Digital Comics Without Drawing: Craft, Collaboration and Materiality in the Digital Age 

~ Ernesto Priego

I am delighted my paper for the Creating Comics, Creative Comics 2020- BEYOND Symposium at the University of South Wales: Cardiff Campus (Monday 6th – Tuesday 7th April 2020) has been accepted. I am looking forward to participating. Below I share a slightly revised version my abstract. Abstract DIY Digital Comics Without Drawing: Craft, Collaboration … Continue reading Abstract for Creating Comics, Creative Comics 2020: DIY Digital Comics Without Drawing: Craft, Collaboration and Materiality in the Digital Age 

Who Are You and What Are Your Superpowers? Creating Student Trading Cards

~ Ernesto Priego

Where I describe how we created student trading cards in the module I started teaching this term.