Transcriptions/Literature.Culture.Media

The LCM’s Film.Literature.Software presentation this quarter will be the anime film Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence. This film explores the question of humanity and its relation to machines, especially cyborgs and androids. An urban adventure that probes philosophical, moral, and aesthetic issues, this is one of a small number of animated films to become a finalist for the famed Palme D’Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Join us on Thursday, February 26, at 6pm in SH 2635 for movie and discussion – all are welcome!

Monday, December 1, 12:00-2:00p.m., South Hall 2509

Guest speaker: Aaron McLeran, MAT

The LCM’s Film.Literature.Software series is pleased to present a software demo of the recently-released Spore. This newest game from the makers of SimCity and The Sims is perhaps the most sweeping simulation ever, starting from a cellular organism and ending with a spacefaring civilization.

MAT graduate student Aaron McLeran, who worked on the game’s generative music during software development, will be on hand to discuss his work. The Creature Creator program will also be available to allow for a hands-on experience with this unique content-authoring software.

The Literature.Culture.Media (LCM) Center continues the work in digital humanities and new media begun in 1998 by the Transcriptions project. Our overall goal is “to build a working paradigm of a humanities department of the future that takes the information revolution to its heart as something to be seriously learned from, wrestled with, and otherwise [...]