The Center for Transformative Media is engaged in transformative ways of thinking, acting, learning, and producing through media, a space where industry leaders, digital designers, social scientists, media managers, faculty, and students work together to push media practices and platforms in new directions. Critically, The Center learns from the young people it serves, grounding its work in a deep understanding of the kinds of social, civic, entrepreneurial, and creative practices in which they engage through media. Primary work is done in six areas: learning, networks, play, data, mobility, and identity. These six areas provide contexts for curriculum and research, and create specific points of entry for both students and industry partners.
Illustration by Doris Yee
Transformative Learning: Focus on the future of learning, leading to transformative pedagogies, and the design of innovative learning environments. Project Archive:Gaming SMALLab, Quest to Learn, Gamestar Mechanic Strategy Guide, Grinding Lenses, Mobile Quest, Mobo Studio, Super Art and Design Wednesdays, Trebor conference
Transformative Networks: Focus on networked media experiences, with an emphasis on participatory media practices, within diverse communities. Project Archive:Trebor conference
Transformative Play: Focus on the pedagogy of play within the design, dissemination, and critique of transformative media and associated practices. Project Archive: Gaming SMALLab, Quest to Learn, Gamestar Mechanic Strategy Guide, Grinding Lenses, Mobile Quest, Mobo Studio, Super Art and Design Wednesdays
Transformative Mobility: Focus on mobile platforms and location-based media, with an emphasis on urban environments and civic exchange. Project Archive:Mobile Quest, Mobo Studio
Transformative Data: Focus on the transformative potential of information visualization within dynamic media systems. Project Archive: Coming Soon!
Transformative Identities: Focus on the dynamic state of identity as it is created, negotiated, and sustained across media systems, including branding. Project Archive: Coming Soon!
Site by Bruce Drummond + Doris Yee. Special Access
Themes
The Center for Transformative Media is engaged in transformative ways of thinking, acting, learning, and producing through media, a space where industry leaders, digital designers, social scientists, media managers, faculty, and students work together to push media practices and platforms in new directions. Critically, The Center learns from the young people it serves, grounding its work in a deep understanding of the kinds of social, civic, entrepreneurial, and creative practices in which they engage through media. Primary work is done in six areas: learning, networks, play, data, mobility, and identity. These six areas provide contexts for curriculum and research, and create specific points of entry for both students and industry partners.
Illustration by Doris Yee