Week 9: Grace R Morrissey – Relationship status: It’s complicated

As much as we are seduced by the idea of an equal marriage between professionals of all stripes working the new media and fans/participants/users in the online space, the reality of the relationship might be more complicated.

Interdisciplinarity means a broader base of creative perspectives for a project but this broader base can also just mean getting more experts on board and making the creative backroom an even more exotic place for the general cohort of users.

All three of the featured projects this week employed a level of interdisciplinary, technical wizardry that is definitely out of my league, speaking as a communications professional with a reasonably good level of technical competence with media technologies.

The dirty truth is that perhaps, we’ll always need these technical shamans — professional game designers, filmmakers and programmers — to be a “dominant” in the relationship in order for us to elevate our message above the clutter.  Maybe technological meritocracy in participatory media is just something we’ll have to learn to live with.

We can perhaps imagine transforming the Monopoly board game into an online game that raises social consciousness about issues of personal data and online privacy — like they did with the award-winning “Data Dealer” online game in gamesforchange.org — but we certainly need a game design whiz to execute the idea well and without glitches.

Media Storm seems to operate from a completely different perspective as Scribe Video Center, the community-based video outfit we explored during the first week.  They offer cinema-quality video narratives to clients and their professional crew can work on the whole process, without having to go as much into the intricacies of community diplomacy like the Scribe video folks.

The Still Water project can actually be a launching pad for all sorts of projects that subvert and fill the cracks in the Internet commercial hegemony.  One of their projects, ThoughtMesh, is designed to go around the tyranny of Google searches. It even dabbles in the alternative real estate industry.  But you need a decent grasp of programming lore to even begin participating as a creator in this project.

The good news is that, maybe, there are really certain optimal ways for users to be participatory.  Users don’t need to be at the helm of creation all the time for meaningful participation to happen. The most obvious example is the “games for change” concept. The game designers need us, the gamers, for their games to actually lead to real change. We vote with our game chips.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

6 comments to Week 9: Grace R Morrissey – Relationship status: It’s complicated

  • GrabMyEssays

    GrabMyEssays associate degree essay may be a terribly straightforward operating. We tend to provide you with varied varieties of essay and the way to write down associate degree essay properly services.

  • Charlotte

    After being in relationship with him for 3 years,he broke up with me, I did everything possible to bring him back but all was in vain, I wanted him back so much because of the love I have for him, I begged him with everything, I made promises but he refused. I explained my problem to someone online and she suggested that I should rather contact a spell caster that could help me cast a spell to bring him back but I am the type that never believed in spell, I had no choice than to try it, I mailed the spell caster, and he told me there was no problem that everything will be okay before three days, that my ex will return to me before three days, he cast the spell and surprisingly in the second day, it was around 4pm. My ex called me, I was so surprised, I answered the call and all he said was that he was so sorry for everything that happened, that he wanted me to return to him, that he loves me so much. I was so happy and went to him, that was how we started living together happily again. Since then, I have made promise that anybody I know that have a relationship problem, I would be of help to such person by referring him or her to the only real and powerful spell caster who helped me with my own problem and who is different from all the other ones out there. Anybody could need the help of the spell caster, his email is DRAISEDIONSPELLCASTER@GMAIL.COM you can email him if you need his assistance in your relationship or any other problem. WhatsAPP Number +2348150972036

  • Jesse M

    Are you tired of spending hours untangling and hanging up Christmas lights every year? Let GoBright Lights take care of it for you! Our permanent Christmas light installations will not only save you time and hassle, but they’ll also add a beautiful, festive touch to your home or business. Plus, for a limited time, we’re offering free quotes to help you plan your perfect holiday lighting display. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to make your holiday season stress-free and bright. Contact us today to get your free quote and take the first step towards hassle-free holiday lighting! https://gobrightlights.com

  • ΜΑΓΟΣ ΓΙΑ ΠΑΡΤΥ

    Hopefully you won’t stop the flow of such magical material! ταχυδακτυλουργός για παιδικά πάρτυ
    μάγος για πάρτυ

  • Eva Davison

    Good Day, I was in my married of 13years when my husband came back home one evening with a divorce paper for me to sign, I was confused and asked what the problem is but he angrily left the house and blocked me from all social media platforms, this sudden changed of behavior made me look for help when I came across good testimonies about Dr Ajayi and I decided to share my problems him. Dr Ajayi made me to understand that my husband is been manipulated and told me what have to be done to free him, I followed all of his instructions, to my surprise my husband came back home after some days and our love life have improve. All thanks to Dr Ajayi my Marriage was rescue. If you are going through any kind of relationship problem Dr Ajayi is your last stop. Contact Dr Ajayi on Email : drajayi1990@gmail.com OR Whatsapp / Viber : +2347084887094

Leave a Reply to GrabMyEssays Cancel reply

You can use these HTML tags

<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>