The Memo A monthly review of campus events, academic reminders, and program updates for Media Studies students. October 2020 | Featured News - Spark: Tamao Nakahara, BMS Speaker Series - Oct. 28
Opportunities - Volunteer Opportunity: Photographer - Nov. 5
- Volunteer Opportunity: UI Designer - Nov. 5
- What lights you up? Design Competition - Nov. 18
- Volunteer Opportunity with the Ubyssey - Ongoing
Featured Events - The Data Visionaries Series: Data for the Senses - Oct. 27
- UBC Journalism: Decolonize THIS (Media) - Oct. 27
- BMS Peer Mentorship Session #2: ASTU and Study Tips - Oct. 28
- MSSA Movie Night: The Social Dilemma - Oct. 29
- CENES Virtual Series with Nora Krug - Oct. 27 to Oct. 29
- Feasting Fools Closing Zoom Performance: Hatch Gallery - Oct. 30
- Voices on the Land: The Húy̓at Interactive Web Site - Nov. 6
- The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Jesmyn Ward - Nov. 10
Featured Courses - SOCI 433D 202: Sociology of Social Media
Advising Corner - BMS Advising
- UBC Wellness Centre Virtual Services
- UBC Keep Learning Resource
- UBC Student Assistance Program (SAP)
| Spark: Tamao Nakahara Talk Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 | 6:30pm - 7:30pm (PST) The Media Studies program is excited to present Spark, a series of virtual talks on Zoom featuring inspiring local artists, scholars, and performers in the field of media studies! On October 28 at 6:30pm (PST), join us for the first of our Spark series with a talk by Tamao Nakahara, a fan cultures media studies scholar and organizer of Developer Relations and Developer Experience events called “Fans and Communities across Industries." About “Fans and Communities across Industries”: Tamao Nakahara (UC Berkeley) will discuss research and applications of fan cultures: academic research of fan cultures around media such as film and television, and the application of fan culture knowledge to building technology communities, a field called “Developer Relations” (for pay!). About Tamao Nakahara: Tamao Nakahara’s work has covered how fans engage with props, costumes, and sets in films, how artifacts such as 1970s Italian sex comedies can help scholars to recognize and archive instances of gender being expressed in “plentiful” ways, as well as the roles of camp and play in films that often receive the tag, “cult.” Tamao also has been running Developer Relations and Developer Experience teams and events for about 15 years. This entails working for technology companies where we grow the community of users by appreciating the fans. --
Spark is an intimate and interactive series that will spark your imagination, spark new perspectives, and spark important dialogues in the ever evolving and diverse discipline that is media. Each talk will be followed with a Q&A segment where you will have the opportunity to ask the speakers your questions. With each talk’s theme connected to Media Studies in its unique way, you’ll have the exclusive opportunity to discover, and see how the theory and knowledge you have learned, and are continuing to learn in your courses impact, contribute, and change the world. The event is free, but please RSVP by today by clicking the button below to retrieve your Zoom link! RSVP Here | | | Volunteer Opportunity: Photographer
Deadline: Nov. 5th, 2020 Campus Nutrition, an independent non-profit organization committed to increasing awareness about nutrition and food on campus, is currently looking for a photographer to help create content for their website and social media channels. For more information about the position, click on the link below.
More Information | | | | Volunteer Opportunity:
UI Designer
Deadline: Nov. 5th, 2020 Campus Nutrition is an independent non-profit organization committed to increasing awareness about nutrition and food on campus. Apply to be a part of the team as UI designer. For more information about the position, click on the link below.
More Information | | | | What lights you up? Design Competition
Deadline: Nov. 18th, 2020 Create an art or animation that shows “What Lights You Up” and your design could be projected outside of Lee Square (by the UBC Bookstore) to help brighten up the dark winter nights on campus! Winners will also receive a cash prize of up to $300. Enter Now | | | | Volunteer with The Ubyssey
Deadline: Ongoing Interested in pursuing journalism? The Ubyssey is recruiting volunteers to help produce content for the university school paper. To learn more about the volunteer positions or learn how to apply, please click below.
More Information | | | | | The Data Visionaries Series: Data for the Senses
Oct. 27th, 2020, 12:00-1:30PM (PST)
Explore how emerging data-rich technologies can create a deeper understanding of our lived-experiences by combining AI, human data and the artistic process. This panel session features leading experts who are using advances in AI and machine learning to transcend disciplinary boundaries, re-interpreting how our senses shape our understanding of the world. Register Here | | | | UBC Journalism: Decolonize THIS (Media)
Oct. 27th, 2020, 12:30-1:30PM (PST) UBC Journalism and Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies at First Nations & Indigenous Studies invite you to Decolonize THIS (media), a special talk featuring 2020 UBC Asper Visiting Professor and award-winning journalist, Angela Sterritt and moderated by UBC Associate Professor, Dr. Candis Callison. Please click below to register. Register Here | | | | BMS Peer Mentorship Session #2: ASTU and Study Tips
Oct. 28th, 2020, 9:00-10:00AM (PST)
Calling all first-year BMS students! Led by two of your peer mentors Claire and Hui, they have been working hard to organize a great mentorship session packed with helpful tips and information on the topic of “ASTU: Academic Writing Session, and Study Tips.” Click below to read more about the session.
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| | | | MSSA Movie Night: The Social Dilemma
Oct. 29th, 2020, 7:00 PM (PST)
Relax, cozy up and connect with your fellow BMS students this month at MSSA’s October Movie Night! The movie that will be played is The Social Dilemma! Click below for more details on how to watch, and join MSSA's movie night.
Register Here | | | | | Feasting Fools Closing Zoom Performance
Oct. 30th, 2020, 8:00-10:00PM (PST)
As part of the closing to their second online exhibition, ‘Feasting Fools at the Foot of the Mountain’, the Hatch Art Gallery would like to invite you to join them for a live, collaborative and interactive performance artwork by their three exhibiting artists over Zoom. Click below for more event details and to access the event Zoom link. Event Details | | | | Virtual Series with Nora Krug
Oct. 27th-Oct. 29th The Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver is delighted to announce a series of virtual events with award-winning graphic novelist Nora Krug from October 27th to 29th, 2020. Click the link below to register and read more information about the events. Register Here | | | | Voices on the Land: The Húy̓at Interactive Web Site
Nov. 6th, 2020 3:00-4:30 PM (PST)
“Húy̓at: Our Voices our Land” (www.hauyat.ca) is a multimedia exploration of Húy̓at — one of a network of culturally significant places of the Heiltsuk First Nation (Central Coast, British Columbia). We explore Húy̓at's history through interviews, archival documents, memory, language, and archaeology. For more information, click the link below. Event Page | | | | The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Jesmyn Ward
Nov. 10, 2020, 3:00-4:30PM (PST) The Phil LInd Initiative is proud to present Jesmyn Ward, MacArthur Genius and two-time National Book Award winner, for a virtual event as part of 2020 Phil Lind Initiative series on “Thinking While Black,” hosted by UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Please click on the link below to register. Register Here | | | How are social media platforms, from Facebook to YouTube to TikTok, changing the world? In the past two decades, we have seen an explosive rise of various social media platforms that have greatly impacted society, shaping how race, gender, class, sexuality, ability, etc. can be conceptualized. As a dominant method for transmitting, fostering, and developing knowledge and culture, social media has dire effects on how we and the platforms themselves can exist as social agents. This seminar will explore how social media can be understood from a sociological lens, and how it might be applied to participants' everyday social media use. If you are interested in taking this course, please fill out this survey below and register on SSC. If you have any questions, contact Ervin Wong (ervin.wong@alumni.ubc.ca) and/or Kritika Joshi
(kritikajoshi@alumni.ubc.ca).
Course Survey
Register on SSC | Virtual BMS Advising Do you have questions about your academics, program planning, or degree requirements? If you would like to speak with the BMS advising team, please email the advising team by clicking the link below, or ask to set up a virtual advising appointment. Contact BMS Advising | UBC Wellness Centre Resources and Opportunities The Wellness Centre has many offerings to support student learning about health & wellbeing for this current school year. The Centre is offering various virtual services to support you. To view the resources, please click the link below.
View Resources Here | UBC Keep Learning Resource Education at UBC is undergoing unprecedented change. You, your instructors, and peers are all figuring out how to teach and learn in a fully online environment. Know that you are not alone in navigating these changes. The Keep Learning website compiles resources to help you learn effectively online. Check it out by clicking link below. View Keep Learning | | Winter Term 2 Course Schedule Changes Changes have been made to the Winter Term 2 Course Schedule (January-April 2021) to accomodate the online delivery of classes. You would have received an email with your designated registration time (or a direct notification on SSC) should you need to change or add classes in Term 2. Learn More | UBC Student Assistance Program (SAP) We are here to support you - offered by Aspiria, the UBC Student Assistance Program (SAP) is a free, 24/7 wellness resource for students. Services include personal counselling, life coaching, group programs and more based on your needs. UBC SAP can help you with a wide range of concerns to support your mental, emotional, physical and financial health. Visit Website | | Do you have a posting for The Memo? Send it to arts.mediastudies@ubc.ca if you would like it featured in the next Memo. Make sure to follow the BMS on Instagram and Facebook for more updates! | | | | |
