Teaching – THATCamp Southwest 2014 http://southwest2014.thatcamp.org THATCamp April 4-5 Sat, 25 May 2019 07:06:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 Talk/Do Session: How to use Vines (6-second loop videos taken on cell phones) to visualize AND analyze social change? http://southwest2014.thatcamp.org/2014/04/01/talkdo-session-how-to-use-vines-6-second-loop-videos-taken-on-cell-phones-to-visualize-and-analyze-social-change/ Tue, 01 Apr 2014 20:38:22 +0000 http://southwest2014.thatcamp.org/?p=183 Continue reading ]]>

As an urban anthropologist I’d like to get students to use the social media tool VINE in my courses to Provoke Deep Thoughts about urban change. I am inspired by what Vine claims on its web site (vine.co/):

“Vine is the best way to see and share life in motion.”

If this is even remotely true (and not simply a vehicle for teens to make selfies doing goofy things—not that there’s anything wrong with that!), then doesn’t “life in motion” = urban change??

I will bring some Vines about Phoenix to show you what I mean–and I hope you all can bring some Vines too.

Here’s a sample (run it more than once to get the loop effect:
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Questions to start off:

  • How can Vines capture “life in motion” in our neighborhoods and cities?
  • How can these micro-movies provoke viewers to think critically about our changing urban environments—and about what is at stake in those changes?
  • How can Vines help to expand our “right to the city”?

Prep: open a Vine account (hopefully we can access our online accounts on the Big Screen)

Bring: a smart phone to try Vines-on-the-spot, sample Vines you made, IDEAS (for community advocacy, scholarly visualization, classroom pedagogy…)

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